Such as?
The boomers had glass bottles for everything during their childhood. The boomer's children had plastic bottles for everything during their childhood.
The boomers had paper bags for everything during their childhood. The boomer's children had plastic bags for everything during their childhood.
The boomers had to walk up the stairs during their childhood. The boomer's children had escalators during their childhood.
The boomers had cloth reusable diapers during their childhood. The boomer's children had disposable plastic diapers during their childhood.
The boomers had human powered machines during their childhood. The boomer's children had "energy-gobbling machines" during their childhood.
The boomers had hand me downs during their childhood. The boomer's children had brand new clothes during their childhood.
The boomers had one tiny TV, and radio in the house during their childhood. The boomer's children had TVs the screen the size of Montana in every room in the house during their childhood.
The boomers packaged fragile items in newspaper during their childhood. The boomer's children packaged things with styrofoam during their childhood.
The boomers mowed the lawn with push mowers during their childhood. The boomer's children used gas mowers during their childhood.
The boomers use fountains during their childhood. The boomer's children had plastic bottles and cups during their childhood.
The boomers refilled pens during their childhood. The boomer's children had disposable pens during their childhood.
The boomers rode public transit and rode their bikes during their childhood. The boomer's children had parental taxi services driving $45,000 SUVs and vans during their childhood.
The boomers had one outlet per room during their childhood. The boomer's children had entire banks of outlets to power dozens of appliances during their childhood.
The boomers didn't need a computerized gadget to receive a signal beamed from satellites 23,000 miles out in space in order to find the nearest burger joint during their childhood. The boomer's children were raised by boomers, so they do.
Everything is still boomer's fault.
You must think that "boomers" controlled the economy. You're confusing the elites, who make changes that help themselves gain wealth, with regular people that scrape by and do the best they can. The same thing still happens. The only blame falls on those that back then made changes to save money, today move jobs overseas to save money The typical people don't have shit to do with it. They go with the flow that started on top by the wealthy.
The elites make unimaginable amounts of money no matter what. They're also so divorced from reality, they could never even dream of most of the stuff on this list. That's why whenever something truly innovative (petrol, automobiles, electricity, telecommunications, computing) comes along, they're always caught with their pants down, and a new group joins them. Worrying about every day conveniences like this is completely beneath them.
Most of this stuff was the result of middle management and marketers trying to justify their existence. The elites tell them "Make me more money", and the middle managers and marketers dream up all of this stuff to in hopes of getting slightly more table scraps. Who are the middle managers and marketers? The middle class white collar everymen.
You've got something here that could bring an interesting debate.
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