Full disclosure, I read that comment while sitting on the Boardwalk sharing adult beverages with a couple of friends and my husband. I told myself, while I had a knee jerk answer to wait until morning to reply. Which I did. My answer started out with EVERYTHING. So even after answering him in a mature way this still has been eating at me. WHY?
The actions of those who share this world with us continue to point this out to me. First, I shook my head the entire time I responded to that man. Thinking to myself, he is seriously asking me this because he doesn't understand. He wasn't being rude. So I Googled It....That is one answer.
1913 The zipper
1914 Motorized movie cameras
1915 Pyrex
1916 Electric power drill
1917 Radio tuners
1918 The superheterodyne radio circuit
1919 The pop up toaster
1920 The hairdryer
1921 The modern lie detector
1922 Electric kettle
1923 Self-winding watch
1924 Loudspeaker
1925 Modern day can opener
1926 Tevelox robot
1927 Aerosol can
1928 Baird Television Department Company television
1929 Car radio
1930 Jet engine
1931 Electric razor
1932 Electric can opener
1933 The Teasmade tea maker
1934 Zippo lighter
1935 Radar
1936 First voice recognition machine
1937 Dirt Devil
1938 The biro ballpoint pen
1939 Helicopter
1940 Modern color television
1941 Artificial heart
1942 The turboprop engine
1943 The Slinky
1944 Kidney dialysis machine
1945 Clock radio
1946 Disposable diapers
1947 Kenwood food mixer
1948 First pager
1949 Photo-Pac disposable camera
1950 Alkaline batteries
1951 Power steering
1952 SAGE modem
1953 Black box flight recorder
1954 Regency pocket radio
1955 Breathalyser
1956 Behind the ear hearing aid
1957 Casio digital watch
1958 Pacemaker
1959 Black and Decker cordless drill
1960 Stereos/hi-fi
1961 Kodak Instamatic
1962 LED.. light-emitting diode
1963 The Telefunken ‘mouse’
1964 Plasma television
1965 Y. Hatano’s pedmoter
1966 El-Gi 1:12 Ferrari radio controlled car
1967 Polaroid
1968 Smoke detector
1969 The Internet
1970 Digital thermometer
1971 Handy pocket calculator
1972 Multi socket power plug
1973 The Ethernet
1974 Breville sandwich maker
1975 Kodak digital camera
1976 Lithium batteries
1977 Mattel Electronic Football
1978 Victor HR-3300REK – first VHS video recorder
1979 Texas Instruments Speak and Spell
1980 Sony Walkman
1981 Epson HX-20 – the world’s first laptop
1982 Sony Watchman – CD player
1983 Commodore 64
1984 Sony Disc-man
1985 The Leatherman multi-tool
1986 Bose noise cancelling headphones
1987 Sony super VHS camcorder
1988 Digital mobile phones
1989 World Wide Web
1990 Nintendo Game Boy
1991 Nintendo SNES
1992 Palm Pilot
1993 Dyson vacuum cleaner
1994 Digital cordless telephone /Mega Drive
1995 PlayStation 1
1996 Audio Highway – world’s first MP3 player
1997 Motorola StarTac
1998 Panasonic portable DVD player
1999 DVR by TiVo
2000 The Trek Tech/IBM – flash drive
2001 Apple iPod
2002 PlayStation 2
2003 Blackberry 6210
2004 Samsung OLED TV
2005 Xbox 360
2006 SanDisk Micro SD
2007 Apple iPhone
2008 Beats by Dre
2009 Twitter
2010 Apple iPad
2011 Kindle Fire
2012 Nexus 7
2013 PlayStation 4
This list is from literock969.com of Northfield, NJ
So a few things have changed since his mother was a child. Likewise accountability is no longer understood. We constantly hear people screaming they have a right to know this and a right to know that. We have a responsibility to protect too. Example, the leaks of the spies that were gathering intelligence for us that an individual took upon himself to expose and ultimately cost them their life. Yes he had a right to know, but more than that he had a responsibility to that human life to keep it to himself until they were safe.
Recently the Halloween displays that are causing controversy are the same. People have a right to them. They also have a responsibility to children not to cause emotional harm, to law enforcement and the tax payers to insure that countless hours are not spent insuring the display is not real people, and to anyone who has experienced such horror.
The media has also changed. When I was a child the news would have NEVER shown anything as graphic as it does today. Let alone think nothing of showing it. I remember being home sick when President Reagan was shot. I was only in 2nd grade but remember it well. I also remember the news anchors being overwhelmed with grief and sadness and would not show the actual moment the President was shot. They showed up until and taking down the suspect. But actual footage did not get shown after the live coverage until years later.
I would also say a mega shift in parenting has taken place. More people have babies than have families in my opinion. They have babies for multiple reasons. I hear people say it often that they need a break from parenting. Nope that didn't happen in his mother's time now did it? Mom was at home with the children and had a full time job there with gardening, mending, cleaning, etc. Now we run to Wal-mart and grab a new item instead of fixing anything, we hire people to clean our houses and do floral gardening not vegetable gardening. We go to the local Farmer's Market because it makes us feel good to have "organic" food. Then we run by McDonald's and grab dinner for the family on the way home. So what has changed?
We had children go to school far fewer hours with a higher quality education too. Oh boy stand back while the arrows fly at me for that one. IT IS TRUE! The students of a 100 years ago didn't go near the number or hours they do now. They are no smarter now than then in fact some would argue they are far less intelligent. The children had chores before school and after school and responsibilities to the family. Now, many children won't see their parents for two or more days and they certainly don't eat anything until they get to school. So the schools had to extend their days to allow time to eat, nap, exercise and release the built up energy of the children. Then after school programs were put into place. Homework, HOW DARE YOU CRAZY SCHOOL MY CHILD HAS TOO MUCH TO DO TO DO YOUR STUPID HOMEWORK. Don't believe me? Log onto Facebook. I see parents posting all the time how their child has 2 worksheets and they don't understand why the teacher doesn't let them do it at school they have sports and shopping and this and that to do no time for homework. (eyes rolling) Gone are the days of home from school, have snack, do homework, play outside.
So when did the F-bomb turn into an acceptable adjective? Wow do I remember when my mother THOUGHT I said the F-bomb. Let alone my grandfather. Now toddlers are flipping the bird on posts by and with parents and dropping the F-bomb like an infant drops their pacifier. I think we can say they are not bombs any longer.
Criminal activity once upon a time was frowned upon now it is glorified. We celebrate those who climb to the top of a flag pole and rip down government property. We see nothing wrong with people getting angry and burning down stores and stealing everything they can get their hands on. Now it has non stop coverage on CNN and it is ok, they are angry. BS I call BS.
Once upon a time we held PEOPLE accountable now we blame things. A shooter goes into a school, theater, mall, etc and it is the guns fault. No it is his/her fault. May have others at fault too but gun didn't shoot by itself. We had 911 and that killed thousands of people and destroyed many more, we didn't blame the planes we blamed the terrorists.
Accountability and Responsibility have been lost. That is my opinion on what has changed. We can write all the laws we want. Until the "system" follows them things won't change for the better.
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