Creation of Cliches

The baby boomers. They were responsible for a great deal of the innovation, both cultural and technological of the last 30 years. Our parents! They invented so much. It was only about 10 years after each of these inventions that they had a re-imagining of each of these ideas. They range from the corporeal to the physical. Examples of each follow:

Seat Belts: remember the crash tests they used to do with live monkey's? 200 frames per second video, super slo-mo crash at 60 MPH with ONLY A CHEST BELT. Naturally, the monkey got decapitated. Most kids my age remember riding in small Ford Sedans where the lap belt was not attached to the across-the-chest belt. Now it's all once piece and thank god. I mean, who the fuck invented the decapitation belt in the first place and thought they did a good job?

Disney Land: this may be a little outside of my time zone but it bears attention. Upon the launch of Disney Land, Walt Disney was so distraught at the quality of service it was able to render to each family, that we went all the way across the country and bought the cheapest land he could in bulk. His intention was to make it way bigger than the one in LA, therefore allowing for more personal comfort.

That would be a shit ton of acres in Central Florida. Swamp land, full of gators, typoid, mosquitoes and rednecks. He bought the land and built his second miracle. It worked for a while. There were enough trash cans, prices were low and people were happy. Then he died and another invention of the Baby Boomers reared it's ugly head. Corporate America.

Money money, fuck the little man, work 50 years at the same company then get told to piss off with no stock options or pension, unpaid internships and endless commercilism.