We think people in older pictures look older, partly because people used to age faster, but also because we associate the clothes they're wearing with what older people wear now. Their fashion stayed mostly the same, they're old now, so when we see pictures of them in the same fashion, we think they look older.

It’s the lead exposure generation 😂

I was thinking that but then I realized younger me would probably just think they looked old and that maybe I’m the one that’s old.

That technology connections video makes me want to find one...

I have inherited a US$4 / 3.6€ toaster from a previous housemate. I told myself I'll replace it when it dies, but it's been nearly 12 years. That Sunbeam is much prettier than my plastic sweatshop junk and I'm a little jealous of it.

I think I'm so used to planned obsolescence in tech that I greatly underestimated how hard it is to fuck up building a toaster. Mine doesn't toast evenly, sure. But how perfectly even do I really need my toast to be?

Part of the 1970s suburban housewife starter kit.

I'm sure I would have too in her position, if it weren't for the very easily accessible and socially acceptable amphetamines and barbiturates.

"to help you transform a tense, irritable, depressed patient into a woman who is receptive to your counsel and adjusted to her environment ... (Warning, may be habit forming)" - Dexamyl Spansule advertisement targetted at doctors from c1961 or later

"Doctor, I'm tired all the time ... even the thought of beginning a day's housework makes me tired." - Benzedrine advertisement targetted at doctors from c1952 or later

Yeah, that thing's probably still sitting in their kitchen merrily making toast every morning; meanwhile I'm on like my 8th toaster and I'm not that old.

I've made toast by popping it in the oven on broil. Not too bad, if you're doing a large batch of toast.

LOL

A thing like that...

Yes it is!