T<\/span>he decade of the 2010’s has brought a great deal of change and I’m not referring to more state quarters. While I mention the decade, what do we call this decade? The “Tens?” The “Teens?” I don’t know anyone from the 1910’s to ask what they did then so I’m not sure what the protocol was. But anyway, I digress.<\/p>\n

This nameless decade has been a doozy for changing things up a bit. It’s been a real humdinger, a real bally hoo as one may have said back in the previous “xx10’s” decade.<\/p>\n

Here’s a list that I’ve been jotting down the past few years, to denote some of this “change”.<\/p>\n

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• Mt. McKinley, once so named to honor the assassinated 25th President of the U.S. William McKinley Jr. is now called Denali as the area was previously known by indigenous people in Alaska.<\/li>\n
• SeaWorld no longer has Killer Whales, err Orcas.<\/li>\n
• Bruce Jenner, 1976 US Olympic Gold Medalist in the Decathlon, is now Caitlyn Jenner.<\/li>\n
• Columbus Day is being renamed to Indigenous People’s Day.<\/li>\n
• Q-Tips have no safe use involving ears.<\/li>\n
• Hooded pullover sweatshirts once called “Hoodies” have been all but banned.<\/li>\n
• Clowns have become murderers and legitimately frightening Halloween costumes.<\/li>\n
• Ski Masks are only allowed during bank robberies.<\/li>\n
• Mini plastic baggies have been banned.<\/li>\n
• Crayola, for the first time in its 100-year history, retired a color from its 24-count box. They retired dandelion. Erasing it from the color bank. Sending it into the crayon black hole.<\/li>\n
• Monopoly’s Thimble & Iron are GONE!<\/li>\n
• Ketchup & Mustard makers are making each other’s products.<\/li>\n
• After 146 years Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus ends .<\/li>\n
• Cable companies want to be phone companies and phone companies what to be cable companies.<\/li>\n
• Some women want to be men and some men want to be women.<\/li>\n
• The USPS has begun to deliver on Sundays when needed due to the influx of Amazon packages and deliveries that need to be made.<\/li>\n
• You have to present ID showing you are over 21 to purchase O’Doul’s.<\/li>\n
• You have to show ID to purchase spray paint<\/li>\n
• The phrases clockwise and counterclockwise will one day very soon lose all meaning to current and future young persons.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

  …to be continued<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  …changing things up a bit. The decade of the 2010’s has brought a great deal of change and I’m not referring to more state quarters. While I mention the decade, what do we call this decade? The “Tens?” The “Teens?” …<\/p>\n

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