It has just occurred to me that there are many things in this generation that don’t appeal to me. Maybe they will go away like the Edsel, Corvair, or the milkman although I miss the Corvair and the milkman. Here’s a list in no particular order:

1. Stemless wine and champagne glasses. It takes the class out of the glass.
2. Pants, shirts, or sweatshirts sold with manufactured tears and rips in them. Looks like the person is trying to look poor or works construction for a living. Annoying.
3. Selfies. We used to use our Brownie cameras to take a picture of ourselves together. No reason to label it Selfie. It’s been around since cameras were small enough to hold in one hand.
4. Golf tournament announcers that are clearly partial to who they want to win. They praise ad nauseum for one player over another. They shouldn’t have favorites.
5. Skirts or dresses that barely cover one’s ass. Usually doesn’t look good on most gals.
6. Bathing suit bottoms that expose the butt cheeks. TMS. Too much skin.
7. Women who get tattoos, nose rings, botox, and spray paint in their hair. Stop it.
8. Unnecessary breast implants. Small chested women are just as sexy. Remember Farrah’s red swimsuit pinup poster.
9. Any and all transgender surgeries. Be happy with the gender God gave you.
10. Protesters of any kind. Totally over them and never liked them to begin with.
11. Tailgators. Nothing worse than someone who tailgates you in the slowlane. Go to the fast lane if you want to drive faster than the limit allows.
12. People who have to tell waiters that they are vegan or vegetarian. Just order and leave your personal fads and preferences to yourself. No one cares.
13. Seniors who want to chat it up with the checker or bank teller when there are other customers in line behind them. So rude and discourteous.
14. Doctors and nurses still wearing masks in the exam room. Covid is over and masks never worked anyway. It only reminds us of what should never have happened.
15. Tesla vandals. You are hurting your own party of climate change activists and raising everyone’s auto insurance. Stop it.
16. Women teaching their children in the grocery store like it is a kindergarten class trying to show they are good parents. Do it quietly if you must do it at all.
17. Choosing the gender of your next child using IVF. Let God choose. You are already using science to conceive.
18. Talking on your cell phone while in a store. Wait till you get to your car. We don’t need to hear your private conversations.
19. Little girls swooning over Taylor Swift. It is off putting. When we were that age we swooned over Elvis, Beach Boys, Beatles, or Ricky Nelson. Girls should be infatuated with male singers. We liked Stevie NIcks or Linda Ronstadt but didn’t swoon over them. Stop it.
20. The liberals, left, progressives, (or whatever they call themselves now) expecting illegal aliens to receive the same rights as citizens of the United States. They broke the law by entering our country illegally and our president has the right to return them over the opinion of activist judges.
21. Cupcakes served at weddings rather than wedding cakes.
22. Cable news anchors reporting their opinions as the news especially on CNN, MSNBC, NBC, CBS, and local news channels and radio.
23. Firestorms being blamed on climate change when they were clearly started by arson.
24. Too many reality shows on tv. I mean we don’t need to see 1,000 pound sisters and hoarders buried alive. It just shows an ugly part of our society that no one learns a thing from. Half the reality shows should be taken off the air including silly cooking competitions and kitchen detectives. Sorry Ramsey.

Am I easily annoyed? Probably. And I’m sure I have many more pet peeves from this generation, but there are a few things I’d like to bring back as well. Here they are:

1. Puffed Rice or Puffed Wheat Cereal. Love that cereal.
2. Ice cream trucks.
3. Cursive and penmanship being taught in schools. Kids need a signature.
4. Landline phones in homes over cell phones.
5. Stick shift automobiles. Fun to drive.
6. Wood burning fireplaces.
7. Mary Tyler Moore reruns.