#1
There's nothing worse than finally getting some alone time by the ol' computering hole only to find that your porn-watching experience is gonna be delayed indefinitely because you have to update your browser's flash plugin. Dammit!!! This is REALLY gonna cut into the 45 minutes you were inexplicably just about to somehow take!
The so called "Greatest Generation" of the 40s never had to experience this. Their one ratty copy of some magazine with part of Mae West's shoulder exposed that they all used to masturbate in between bouts of constant life threatening combat NEVER had to be updated. Lucky devils!
#2
Whoops! You clicked on a thing on Facebook you thought was a GIF but actually it's a video and now a couple seconds of sound started playing and everyone else in your office bathroom knows you were looking at your phone while shitting. They were too, obviously, but you can't prove it. And also no one cares. But MAN did you get a rush of terrified adrenaline when that Geico ad started.
The Greatest Generation never had this problem when they were shitting on their toilets and reading newspapers, or reading nothing, particularly if they were shitting in ditches while out in the field of a history-altering battle with incalculable casualties. Advantage: THEM.
#3
Oh crap, that was Alex's Birthday Party last Saturday?? I didn't even notice the invite because the title was a two-sentence-long inside joke and it didn't even mention Birthdays or Parties until after the "..." part that got cut off. Sorry I missed it.
Do you think any wives from the "Greatest Generation" missed any telegrams from the War Office because the telegram title was too complicated?? Uhh, VERY unlikely.
#4
There's nothing more overwhelming than hearing about another great TV series that you "have to watch" and feeling left out and wanting to quit your job just so you can catch up on everything. It's rough!
People in the 40s never had this problem. They only had one fuzzy channel that beamed out radioactive theremin noises and alternated between the news and footage of a dude riding a horse on a sound stage. It was VERY easy for the Greatest Generation to stay caught up on sound stage horse man.
#5
Ahh, dammit, the Mexican place left out the little plastic thing of chipotle salsa. That's the best part! But I'm not gonna call and tell the delivery guy to come all the way back here to hand me a tiny plastic thing of sauce, plus my burrito's gonna be cold by then. Guess I'll just use (ughhh) regular hot sauce from my fridge.
The Greatest Generation never had this problem, or delivery food at all, really, besides the occasional pizza in cities. I guess maybe the milkman screwed up a few times? But he'd just smile and tip his cap and secretly be banging the wife, if I understand history correctly.
#6
Another Classic HardshipTM! You get all set to eat and stream the next episode of the show you're blowing through, then you remember you forgot to turn on your streaming device, so now you're navigating through that while your delicious food is sitting there getting cold, then you realize you have to SIGN BACK IN to HBO Go, which is gonna take literally minutes, and what's even the point of doing anything at this point, really?
Think any of this happened to our 'Boys In Blue' back overseas? Uhh NOPE. They never had to cue up "looking at other soldiers while solemnly eating" cause they were always just sitting there, probably.
#7
Oh cool, a new Twitter follower! AHH screw it, it's a blue egg with 1 Follower who follows 480 people and probably only exists so I accidentally click on the webcams link in its profile. Ya might as well just hand me a gift-wrapped box with a friggin BOMB inside it while you're playing dumb-ass tricks with my emotions here.
Twitter didn't exist in the 40s. Those dudes were fine.
#8
This is embarrassing, even if no one's around to see you do it. "My phone's gonna be loading some updates for a few minutes, guess I've got some time to kill, better look at my...AWW CRAP!" Guess I'll just STAND HERE like a big ol doofus and yell DUHHHHHRRR til this Yelp app updates.
Phones in the 40s never had to be restarted. Unless they broke, which they did all the time, but, like, they weren't that cool anyway so when you couldn't use one it didn't matter as much. And every phone call had to go through some operator lady who frantically moved wires around. That's somewhat irrelevant but the point is it's annoying when this happens now.
#9
Well shit, you really just assumed your buffalo chicken wrap came with fries (especially for $11 at this not-even-that-nice bar) and now you're gonna have to sit there and eat a wrap on its own and pretend the little side celeries are as good as fries and go the entire rest of the night and possibly your LIFE without ever being truly satisfied.
I guess this probably happened in the 40s too sometimes but whatever, everything cost like a nickel and I exist now so I'm mad about it now.
#10
I'm not even gonna get into how hard this is to deal with because I don't want to minimize the accomplishments of my WWII veteran grandfather or anything, but suffice to say we've both experienced some pretty steep challenges in our lives.
My last one barely even got any likes! I the dimensions weren't really ideal or I posted it too early in the morning or something, cause it was pretty damn good pic. Ah well. Don't wanna sound like I'm complaining.
