MMeM, Vol. 9 Issue 18 – They didn’t do that

My oh my how times have changed.

Look, while there may be moments from time to time where my parents my disagree with this statement, I have tremendous respect for previous generations, i.e. Baby Boomers, The Greatest Generation, et al. Many of them do, however, waste no time in telling us from the Gen X, Y, or Millennial generations how good WE have it compared to them.

How WE have it better, apparently,

Computers, i.e. The Internet)
Color Television. A never ending number or infinite number of channels.
Cell Phones and Beepers. (Yes, I put that last one in for a giggle, let’s move on now)
Texting ability – so you can communicate in situations when talking loudly isn’t appropriate

How THEY had it better, apparently,

Computers, i.e. The Internet
Not as much TV. 3 channels.
NO DAMN CELL PHONES OR BEEPERS (snort)
NO TEXTING

But seriously, older err more seasoned generaations did have cheaper gas for bigger crappier cars, wars without drafts, and grin-n-bear it marriages or fewer divorces. Oh and having kids was, apparently, a 1-generation-and-done-affair. It’s different today and just one more thing to put a tally for under the list of why those generations had it better or at least, there may have been more of an END in sight. Now, IF there isn’t an actual child at home there damn well could be a GRANDchild. Obviously they are right on just about every account in that we today do have it a bit better than they did when growing up. With, however, one stinking exception…(drumroll please)…

…dogshit.

Do you EVER recall your mom or dad, grandmother or grandfather, EVER bending over and picking up a pile of dogshit off of a patch of grass either in or outside of their yard?

NO. You don’t. Today, it is practically a felony to let your dog run free and shit anywhere “nature” calls. Back when I was a kid, if your dog were to take a dump on a neighbor’s yard you’d watch, holding onto the leash, maybe, and think, “Hey, it’s not MY fault! That is Mother Nature in action!” My oh my how times have changed.

What would Andy Taylor, Opie, Aunt Bee, or Barney Fife have even done? Nothing. Do you think they had dogshit dangling in that hankerchief tied to the end of that stick dangling over their shoulders? Nope. How did people even get arouind back then? Why weren’t people slipping and breaking hips all the time on all that dogshit?

Naw, don’t get me wrong it’s good. I’m a pooper-scooper. IF I see dogshit on the ground today, first of all it feels like I’ve discovered a WMD and I need to wind up the civilian warning siren. Think about it, do you EVER even see dogshit anywhere anymore? You’re thinking of places right now and how you’ve been meaning to report someone or some dog sometime.