" Let him cook " might not be as unexampled slang as you think .
1.This ad for a $12,999.95 TV sure makes me glad certain things have gone down in price…:
2….But this photo of people at a 2007 concert reminds me that some things never change:
3.This 1999 description of Robert Downey Jr. is strange to see, considering he would go on to have a major comeback…:
4….But this campaign pin for Reagan is weird for entirely different reasons, considering the campaign slogan that’s still used today:
5.This strange boast from an oil company shows just how naive we were back in 1962…:
6….Though this 1977memourging then–President Jimmy Carter to act on climate change shows that we weren’t that naive—and we’ve been ignoring the threat of climate change for many decades:
7.These stamps remind us how much language has changed over the last few decades…:
8….Though this list of abbreviations for telegrams proves that some AIM-speak is older than we think:
9.This 1993 guide to the “whole internet” is kind of funny to see now, considering how much the internet has grown…:
10….But this old “Trump the Game,” with the quote, “It’s not whether you win or lose, but whether you win!” feels a little too on-the-nose post-Jan 6:
11.This definition of “e-mail” from a 1996 book feels a little antiquated…:
12….But this toy magazine headline unfortunately does not:
13.These 1958 predictions show how unrealistically optimistic we were back in the day…:
14….But these predictions for the 2000s feel weirdly accurate (except, of course, the part about “spending Christmas on the moon”):
15.These expressions/slang in this 1983 yearbook feel archaic…:
16….But “let him cook” might not be as new slang as we think:
17.These “top 10” artists are kind of funny to see now…:
18….But this album, which came decades before the famous Green Day song, shows that no music is really new:
19.This Christmas list is a cute reminder of all the stuff that were must-haves way back when…:
20….But this old family planning ad unfortunately feels like it’s still a must-have today:
21.This ticket to Disneyland makes me nostalgic for the days when going toDisneydidn’t cost an arm and a leg…:
22….But I don’t even have to feel nostalgic about Thanksgivings past because, as it turns out, we still eat the exact same thing they did back in the day:
23.This affordable Beatles concert ticket that cost $4.90 back in 1964 makes me sad…:
24….As does this $2 high school performance of Aerosmith…:
25….But this old notice about womentraveling alone, which is, unfortunately, no safer than it used to be, makes me sad for an entirely different reason:
26.This computer that offered a free Netflix trial feels like it was from 100 years ago, not 25 years ago…:
27….But this newspaper write-in feels like it easily could’ve been from the last few years:
28.It’s a little funny to see all the iterations of iPods, which are now practically obsolete…:
29….But it’s a little sad to see this headline from 1968, which could easily be from today:
30.This hospital bill after giving birth might be the bleakest entry on this list…:
31….But I find this old Geometry textbook strangely comforting because it proves that maybe we’re not as different from each other as we think:
32.And finally, it’s genuinely wild to see this old Amazon box — back when it called itself a bookstore and not the massive online marketplace it is today — but it’s also a reminder that we’re not so far from 1997 after all.
