That Moment When You Realize That Your Parents Were Cooler Than You

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[@TampaZeke]

Two things that young people believe: 1) They invented cool, and 2) They'll never get old!

[@superfluffyshmoopy299]

Markus Hayden Sutherland Apparently you haven’t met the current generation. We don’t feel cool and can’t wait to get old....

[@matilija]

@@superfluffyshmoopy299 You should slow down and appreciate your youth, getting old sucks.

[@adrianlast195]

Up to aged 30 life seemed to be at snails pace.I blinked and then turned 55.

[@cajs9964]

They are the end of it

[@TheAmateurEditor]

@ Markus Hayden Sutherland Hey mate, just curious, is your ancestry Scottish by any chance?

[@agnesstrzykowska4300]

Due to COVID 19 quarantine my daughter has found some photos of me from years ago and we went down our privet memory lane... She was like " mom, you? how? did dad....? whoa you? in the 80...?" Yeah, I had fun informing her that the world didn't start in 2000😄

[@francesgrigsby7400]

Kids think their parent's life story begins the day their children are born 🙂, but its fun to tell them the stories pre-kids! 😎😉 How fun for you both!! 😄😄💕

[@shanniworld8310]

Take photos so your grans can find them next time. Photos and Film over Cell phone pics.

[@francesgrigsby7400]

@PotatoPowerPair 454 😉

[@jamssnana4084]

That is so great that you got to do that with her! ❤ Now go wash your hands. Lol

[@elizcringle6505]

🤣😂🤣😂

[@Romeo_GR]

After 40-50 years from today , our children or grandchildren will say..."This is a photo of my parents, surfing the internet and making new friends on facebook.... "

[@gacem.hassina]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@newname3718]

Don't forgot the dog face Snapchat filter 😂😂😂😂😂

[@tomarnold7284]

"they call them ... selfies..."

[@kmwomack5958]

LMBO!

[@Karma-qt4ji]

Patently untrue and just purely judgmental. My kids are in their 20's, are both pretty cool in their own right, they hike, cycle, play musical instruments, do artsy stuff, etc, just like I used to, but they have watched what I have gone through with skin cancer for all of their lives (and longer), so they are more cautious than I ever was. So maybe they won't be "as cool" as I was, but that means they will actually have a better life than I did. I have photos of when I was a decent looking young man, windsurfing off the beaches in South Africa, but the only recent photos I have were taken by doctors for my file.

[@zahemi914]

These pics show that people back then knew how to live and enjoy their moments to the fullest, without gadgets and smartphone... I wish i could go back to my 70s and 80s...

[@ms.annthrope415]

Every generation had cool people. Just go back to thr 40s and look at what could have been your granddads flying P51 Mustangs or driving Sherman tanks, wearing those crushed "50 mission" caps or grandma working at thr USO club so pretty and cute surrounded by adoring GIs.

[@zahemi914]

@@ms.annthrope415 it would be a great surprised, wouldn't it..

[@dan6442]

I wish I could go back to the 60s, with what I know now.

[@zahemi914]

@@dan6442 yes, that would be great wouldnt it ..

[@Cali5556]

"My father, halfway through motorcycling across Africa, 1980." Me: halfway towards the kitchen for another trip to the fridge, Quarantine 2020 Fml

[@Tazdingo01]

LOL

[@Cloud-vo1zy]

Same lol

[@randyfarnsworth7825]

Cali5556 😂😂😂😂😂👍

[@makhlukbumirandom]

🤣🤣

[@G58]

You didn’t have to comply. That was for the sheeple. Never locked down. Never tested. Never wore a face diaper. And obviously Never participated in the obviously unsafe and ineffective chemistry experiments. Born in ‘58 Peace

[@nerinobaloney3766]

the outfits back in the 50's, 60's, and 70's were the coolest ever. and that dad standing on top of the motorcycle WAS so cute

[@philadelphiawhovian5641]

yeah! back then, men were allowed to be cool, and us women were allowed to be sexy, badass and have lots of fun, whereas nowadays puritanical pricks and social media warriors will shame u into not doing anything else but living up to their sterilized idea of being a 'proper feminist woman--and their idea of feminism is hypocritical and is all about restricting us'. my mom talks about that time when she was young, a lot. she marched, was in protests, fought, served in the army (until she got pregnant), acted, danced, and wore miniskirts and sometimes stomach-showing shirts. and she commanded men's respect and adoration. she was the epitome of awesomeness.

[@Sourman1545]

and honestly they dont look different from what people are wearing now. girls in particular that style is back now

[@wok138]

And all of that just stop when the 80s rolled in 😁😁

[@lollipopsfordays3610]

Yeah the dad standing on the motorcycle and the one at 04:14 are very attractive

[@JesBdoinItAgain]

Mom: smart and an Introvert* Dad: dummy and an extrovert* *Me being a dumbass and an Introvert:*

[@VeryFairygirl14]

Same

[@jomama9075]

You're probably very empathetic, which the world needs!!

[@marcopresser9400]

Cannot be. Your comment contradicts that. Best wishes !

[@Jinskuw]

Mom: Introvert and not smart Dad: Extrovert Me: An autistic person with no friends and no life

[@Sean-lt3nc]

😁😁😁😁

[@teresavasey1041]

This video always makes me smile, having lived through these decades makes me realize how lucky we were, we enjoyed simplicity of meeting friends, making friends, travelling and taking every day as it came. No selfies, no fake boobs, no social media for human contact worrying about trolling. Enjoy what you have not what you would like to have, time moves swiftly.

[@ms.annthrope415]

Bit of rose tinted glasses. If you were a certain age before 1973, you had to register for the draft and hope your number didn't come up. Race riots hit Watts, Newark, Detroit. The nuke threat from the cold War was everywhere. Remember those duck and cover drills?

[@ericwoytasek269]

Also, we took these with film cameras. You never really knew how the shot would turn out till a few weeks later when you picked up the developed photos at the drug store.

[@rosiered3403]

Yeah no filters, just a genuine snapshot in time.

[@jnunyabizio5169]

Foto mat, lol lol lol

[@jamesroyce1845]

But each shot had real meaning and value because of that. Who can manage hundreds of images of the same thing? Which image is 'the' image? Which image captures the moment?

[@CraftyAlli]

Oof

[@donnakaye2015]

I remember always running out of film right when we needed it. We spent many a holiday paying a fortune for film at a convenience store. That was back when grocery stores actually closed on holidays.

[@c.inesr.7292]

We can be called "old"... But man, we had the best cars, great music, great friends and a lot of fun.

[@dan6442]

The best cars can still be had but they cost more than the new crap. I have a 1987 Buick Grand National with a cassette player, and a 1969 Mustang fastback updated to a CD player. I have a cassette of Pink Floyd: A momentary lapse of reason and a CD of the same. Late night and sometimes early morning cruising is fun for me. Not many friends left however, since I'm 69. I'm going to have to make some new ones.

[@stunningbeaute1037]

Being called « old » but do you really care? You guys had the best childhood teenage and young adult years ever!!!!!!

[@Kannot2023]

Best cars ? Compared with what? You take any car now and has better mileage and better safety than any care from '80

[@dan6442]

@@Kannot2023 "New cars make you feel safe. Old cars make you feel alive."

[@dan6442]

@@Kannot2023 "Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."

[@sizwendlanzi8181]

Love and protect your parents and grandparents, especially in these days. We need their wisdom more than ever.

[@bassfingers]

You’re absolutely right.

[@davidhunt6463]

It's amazing that I'm looking at photos of people I will never meet, some of whom may have died by now, and getting a brief glimpse into their lives, their passions and the good times they had. Time just flies by.

[@peng109]

That was the time when we spent more time outdoors. No distractions from cell phones and iPads.

[@majasaxena965]

That was life😌

[@hainleysimpson1507]

Actually shit is more dangerous now and people are far more paranoid. The technology is why most people are.still.somewhat sane.

[@DavidPringle-ep2jy]

Took my son to a park last year in Vancouver BC. Counted 15 used needles, homeless camps, and transients wondering around. And this city has a reputation of being amongst the nicest in the world. The world was much more innocent back when, it’s not like that anymore. Unfortunately.

[@DavidPringle-ep2jy]

Robert Brown Yeah, there’s needles in many parks now, more transient people with mental health issues. Homeless camps in city parks. It’s not the same at all!!!

[@dirus3142]

@@hainleysimpson1507 No. It is no more dangerous than it was 30 years ago. In fact it is safer. However due to social media, and the 24 hour media bombardment, we believe every thing is scary. We are paranoid, and we can no longer cope with adversity.

[@karmafile7685]

My biggest takeaway is how fit everyone is! (Even people in the background)

[@poonamshinde9597]

No artificial stuff in food back then.

[@101Volts]

Sugar wasn't anywhere near as ridiculously popular then. Ridiculing fat people was more widespread in the 50s - 70s, too, and people smoked cigarettes a LOT more. The 80s started to see this "low fat" food craze which may have been intended to reduce heart attacks, but it raised sugar levels.

[@tikolopez8884]

@@101Volts my family just kept telling us to go out the house to play. We spent hours running in the woods, playgrounds, and parks. And there were a lot of preservatives in the food before they found out they were bad for us. And gym class was a requirement in middle and high school.

[@Kayenne54]

If you check out documentaries from the forties and the fifties, you'll be slightly horrified at how thin everyone looks...(nearly everyone; only rich people were fat).

[@psychopunk8817]

@@101Volts I dont think smoking cigarettes keeps you thin. Unless you count lung cancer as a weight loss plan.

[@georgia8830]

My parents are cooler than me, *because they love me, care about me, and are the best parents i could ever want*

[@daphenomenalz4100]

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@mikeylikey6176]

This reminded of a time when me and my two adult boys were having a brew at our porch and conversation turned into maybe purchasing a handgun for home protection. They were both for it, but quite skeptical about their Mother going along with it, saying that a sight of gun would probably freak her out. That's when I went in the garage, rummage through old boxes filled with old photos and took out two..one with their Mother (during her military days in early 70's) firing off an M60 from a prone position and the other with her giving a kiss to her newly cleaned M16..before showing the photos, I said "your Mother freaking out from a sight of a gun..this Mother of yours?" Their reaction after viewing the pics - "WTF..that's Mom?"

[@brianb.1883]

I don’t know how “cool” it was, but my father was definitely a badass. He served three tours of duty in Vietnam as a Marine Scout/Sniper, served alongside Gunnery Sergeant Carlos Hathcock. He was in DaNang in ‘68 during the Tet Offensive, got a Silver Star for his actions in repelling the attack. I’m gratified that he was around to see that I followed in his footsteps in the Corps, and that I volunteered as a rescue worker at the World Trade Center in New York in the aftermath of the attacks on September 11th in 2001. He passed away in ‘06 of complications from his exposure to Agent Orange in-country, but I like to think that he was proud of me when he died.

[@tikolopez8884]

Thank you and your father for your service, and as the mother of soldiers, I guarantee he was proud. My father served in Nam, and three uncles. Dad's younger brother was First Sergeant US Army, Airborne; he served in the first Gulf war. He is retired now after chemical weapons exposure. My ex just retired Lt. Colonel from this last tour in Afghanistan. We mothers, wives, sisters, aunts, and grandmothers serve with you and are prouder than you will ever know. Thank you Ka Bar Brother. Siempre Fi and God bless.

[@firesturmgaming]

@knowledge share Sorry dude but Napalm Sticks To Kids.

[@bobmanp8653]

my cats breathe smells like cat food

[@catherinehiggins8006]

I'm sure he was : )

[@Chanie787878]

If he wasn't proud of you before 2001, he was definitely proud that you volunteered as a rescue worker in the world trade center!

[@nemo227]

I absolutely LOVE these "parents were cooler" vids. We all see our parents better when we get older. I'm 81 now but I always knew that my parents did some amazing and extraordinary things.

[@joebuzz2758]

The dude with a case of beer on each shoulder riding a unicycle has my cool vote all day long. 😎

[@nuntoki]

This made me miss my mother so much. She was a kindergarten teacher then a high school teacher. She started a church school for the underprivileged.

[@jihadrafia3198]

I love how most of the parents looked like supermodels while today's people put on too much make up and effort but wouldn't look half as cool as theses guys. Edit: omg thank you for all these likes🥰🥰

[@chantalfinn6173]

@@jrvasquez and less crap in the food

[@mangot589]

More makeup does not make you better looking🤷‍♀️

[@yujin1468]

@@mangot589 True

[@sightfield1132]

Cuz what you've seen was the cheap one... Even in the modern day, there are some people who looks cool, proper make up, and stuff Try search europe fashion more, there are some themes which clearly look like with those photos in the video

[@sitisaodah3579]

@@sightfield1132 nowadays is rare..

[@masterofsparkshwy6974]

Kinda forgot all the cool things I've done til this. I'm pretty sure I'm cooler than 2 of my kids, but my oldest boy has me beat. He's a Navy gunship pilot.

[@lorilair461]

My daughter, a seaman in Mass Communication in Bahrain, just got a bump in rank. Won the top Russell Egnor award for a video report which also caught the eye of an Admiral. This is her first year in the service. Third generation Navy.

[@masterofsparkshwy6974]

@@lorilair461 wow she's an over achiever huh? That's great. Safe and best wishes to her.

[@tessmolloy2388]

lori lair she’s officially cool. Congrats to her and you for raising such an awesome lady.

[@purplegamerwolves7570]

lori lair Cool! My dad is an engineer for royal flight in Bahrain and left school early to become a military engineer in the 60s or 70s. I live in Bahrain!

[@naly202]

I hope your 2 kids don't see this comment, or they'll take revenge

[@dirus3142]

The real reason why the "OK Boomer" line is used today, is insecurity.

[@arminho21]

ok boomer

[@seth-leong-scott3474]

You be spittin factsss

[@jackiec498]

Amen! I'm a millenial supposedly but I hate that line....like if u cant learn from ppl who know more than you, then at least appreciate the fact that they left u with a world that NO other generation in history even came close to. Instant information & communication, travel anywhere safely in hours, treatments and vaccines for things that killed hundreds of thousands in the past, COMFORT and VARIETY in ways that were only dreams for 1000's of years....we have opportunity to make great strides in advancement because we no longer struggle for the basic necessities. Thank you!

[@DiscontinuedChannelOne]

Felipe Neves Ok Gen Alpha

[@DiscontinuedChannelOne]

Can we just appreciate boomers If boomers didn’t exist we wouldn’t be here

[@imagesbyraphael]

People talking about their parents aside, I got nostalgic goosebumps looking at some of these photos which look as cool as iconic photos of olden day Hollywood stars.

[@kathryntoner8305]

yeah, no computers, we had to entertain ourselves

[@stacitaylor1064]

Kathryn Toner To bad times have changed unfortunately...

[@oiltoast3723]

WoW this is when YOU realize your all on a computer.😦

[@annecollins7065]

Kids nowadays use their thumbs to sit, game & surf YT videos for thrills. Their kids will never discover photos of them BEING rad.

[@oiltoast3723]

Do any of you realize YoU aRe On A dEvIcE.

[@londonpendleton2945]

@@annecollins7065 Not all of us are like that and I wish adults would realize when me and my friends are hanging out at parks adults just assume we are doing drugs or something it's hard to want to be in public (before corona virus) when you all just assume we are doing drugs or breaking the law when a group of teenagers is at the park.

[@tamie7974]

My dad was a paratrooper ... never thought much about it....until I saw a video of U.S. Army paratroopers jumping from a plane... I now have tremendous respect for everyone in the U.S. Army❤❤❤

[@TikkyNoSurname]

Wait, you didn't have respect for the army before knowing they jumped off planes? And how did you NOT know they sometimes jump off planes?

[@ms.annthrope415]

Everyone who served suffered hardship, long separations, posted in shitholes far from family and friends, endured danger and boredom.

[@felixalfaro3610]

The Man giving the bird to that kkk member is inspiring. It’s awesome how one little gesture can be so powerful. Thank you, sir.

[@Ziggy_Moonglow]

Yep. Our generation killed racism. And then Obama happened...

[@thisismyname3928]

🏳‍🌈

[@ShingenNolaan]

Back in the day when people did stuff.

[@clairenoon4070]

We'll be back out there - just hang on...

[@jordyn2668]

Thank you to all the parents that served!!!❤

[@missmiou6273]

''shooting an album cover '' duhh love it

[@erictaylor5462]

I realized at Christmas 1986 just how incredible cool my grandfather was. I was 16, very nearly 17. The previous summer I'd taken the family car, without permission, for a joy ride and crashed it. The only damage was to the car and by sheer dumb luck no one was hurt. I made things worse when I tried to lie about what had happened.. I was still grounded when the family flew to Oregon to see my grandparents. Dad was a GA pilot and owned 1/4th of a Cessna 177 RG. Of course grandpa wanted to hear about my misadventure and so, deeply ashamed I gave him the story. He shocked everyone (aside from Grandma who already knew) when he turned to my dad and said, "Mike, why don't you tell us about the time you took Pa's (grandpa's father) truck for a joyride." The look on my dad's face was pure shock. He said, "You knew about that?" At 16 he'd taken his grandfather's truck for a joyride. There was no crash but a 55 gal drum of oil was in the back. It fell out but dad was able to get the drum back into the truck by rolling it in down an embankment. Only the weight of the drum left the truck stuck. The theft of a family tractor my dad's friend owned got the truck unstuck, and my dad raced home, parked the truck and ran into the house and got the TV turned on just minutes before his parents got home. Though his parents never said anything about it, Grandpa notice the truck's engine was still hot. He was a mechanic and well known in town and by asking a few people questions let my grandfather figure out, more or less, what had happened. Years later, on my first visit to my grandparents as an adult, on my own, I asked grandpa why he didn't bust my dad after he took Pa's truck. He smiled and said, "I figured I might have a grandson some day who'd need bailing out." He really was a good man. And his plan worked. Dad let me drive home from the airport.

[@KayEl58]

Love this story

[@hillbillyshack]

We were really awesome in the 70’s I loved my life then, still do

[@raystaar]

It's nice to know that some kids can entertain the notion that their parents have/had a coolness quotient.

[@terencejay8845]

There's a common theme running through almost all of these that you wouldn't find today - Thin. ( Camaro Mom was Smokin'! )

[@kensummers7757]

Camero mom was smokin’ lol not just me then!

[@pault1964]

I was thinking the same thing

[@DerEchteBold]

Maybe that's an American thing?! I grew up and in the 70s in Germany, there were some fat people around then and there relly aren't that much more around now.

[@richardjohnson4238]

@@kensummers7757 Nope. You weren't the only one.

[@frig1]

The reason I paused the video to read the comments.

[@KokkiePiet]

The coolest parents are those who provide a stable home for their children, and make sure that they eat properly, and are going to school, dressed and clean. Pay regular visits to the dentist with them and support their children in their life choices. That is really cool.

[@tanawilliams7498]

Coming from the abuse I suffered from my mother I became not only cool but a completely awesome parent and yes I'm a boomer

[@Misses-Hippy]

All stuff, no mention of feelings. Not cool.

[@KokkiePiet]

@@Misses-Hippy Oh dear, my shortlist was not complete enough or specific enough for you?

[@Misses-Hippy]

@@KokkiePiet Very 2 dimensional. No depth.

[@KokkiePiet]

@@Misses-Hippy Your oneliners are much better. Stop whining and write a better description then of what parents should do, improve in my post.

[@thomasglunt5925]

You know the moment when you realize that your grandmother was cooler than you? When you find a picture of her as a "Flapper" from the 1920's.

[@DrDante221]

Old School Rules...and DON'T you forget it !

[@krishnakireetitata2385]

Old school is always lit🔥🔥

[@shemeleke1438]

Your time is up boomer.The future is now

[@SM-sy5cd]

When we were not controlled by our computers, we had to really get out and physically go places and do things. This creates a generation with an incredible imagination and an outgoing nature.

[@autumnf7321]

there are good and bad in each generation..I've lived nearly 50years and have seen the good bad and ugly in each time period..outgoing isn't always a benefit...it comes down to what have you individually contributed

[@budlewis721]

So an outgoing nature is the result of a going out nature. Got it.

[@archygirl1750]

It's wonderful that all of you shared these amazing photos. Not only were your parents cool, they raised some amazing kids. Thanks to all who shared.

[@9897431]

my dad went from leaving home at 16 (in mexico) on a bicycle to managing a gas station in hollywood to senior management in LA's MTA while teaching himself english. Married my mom at 19 and came over to Hollywood and started their citizenship process. She taught herself to drive (her friends car) and held down the homestead with my 4 other siblings while being a caretaker and a manufacturing operator until "retirement" (me). They bought a house with a pool that was close to schools... by 35. Im their age now and Ive got my 3 tiny dogs and new phone (yay) lol

[@sallymiller1359]

Loved it! My Mom was a Rosie the Riveter and my Dad a lathes man making parts for planes during WW II. He built a machine to make bricks for our house ad then built the house! The 20th century was one of the most creative of our time when we still had freedoms to be who we were. God bless every one of these beautiful people. i love my Baby Boom Generation.

[@Misses-Hippy]

Also known as the Love Generation.

[@yveeriksson6676]

It would be nice to see pictures of these cool people showing how they look today. The old people we pass in the street or in the mall today once were this cool!

[@Fatelvis2]

one of the members of the doors talked about walking Venice beach passing a kid in a doors shirt looking him right in the eye and the kid has no idea who he is

[@christinekelly5916]

Maybe best not to!

[@deblawson1575]

We had so much freedom, When someone told us "we cold die" we all just laughed and said "got to go sometime" Then did it.

[@aryatwohey7903]

What do you know about being cool MOMMM Mom”Hold my beer”

[@ivonnecastro5613]

More outdoor time = awesome memories 😁

[@rodolfoleyva4012]

The picture of the cop at 1:11. Kid: Hey dad Cop: Whats up son? Kid: You down with O.P.P.? Cop: Yea you know me!

[@MARLEYFANcbr]

Other Peoples Police

[@openyourmind3763]

Yeah, he looked like Ron Howard

[@clutchpedalreturnsprg7710]

Rodolfo, you have won the Internet for the day!

[@kritikitti3868]

@@openyourmind3763 Those truly were the HAPPY DAYS💕

[@GeneralG1810]

@@clutchpedalreturnsprg7710 I concur LMFAO

[@fernandamendoza925]

ahhh those sweet memories, the best time ever 70-80´s!!! real people, real feelings, everything was so cool!!

[@rayanbusiness7448]

I swear all of them look supermodels,i guess because the pictures were genuine and so real,no make up,btw what a cool family!

[@richardclifford003]

When I was 17 in June 1974, I was getting ready for my prom. My father . . . he was 17 on Omaha Beach 30 years earlier. No way in hell I could ever top that.

[@tessmolloy2388]

Richard Clifford God bless him! Both of my parents served in WW II but not on the front lines. Dad was a ham radio operator in Labrador, mom was a lab tech who had just gotten her papers for France when it all ended.

[@richardclifford003]

@@tessmolloy2388 My father passed away about six months after 9/11. No one should have been witness to the attack on Pearl Harbor, D-Day, and 9/11. Yet, he did. I always wondered what was going thru his mind on 11 Sep 01.

[@infallibleblue]

These are amazing and should be cherished. I miss my dad. Lord please watch over all over us and everyone.

[@lizzy6555]

Missing my dad too... Our dads are watching over us.. ❤️

[@autumnf7321]

They create a whole nobody else can fill except our dear Lord and Savior.

[@rmkpilates]

Never has been and never will be a cooler generation. I was there and am grateful to be born in this era. We were truly awesome. Peace

[@LauraS1]

It's hard to believe that the doddering, frail, elderly people moldering away in our nursing homes used to be young, vital, energetic people with lives, careers, and families like this. Be kind to the elderly for you will be one, too, someday.

[@10AntsTapDancing]

No fat people except for that old guy in the welding class photo with a bit of a pot belly. We didn't eat processed food because it hardly existed and our mothers were at home cooking our meals and we were outside playing. I'm a boomer born 1953. Just saying :)

[@taoist32]

Irene Ewens Fat people existed, just not as many as today.

[@10AntsTapDancing]

@@taoist32 Yep I know. When I was about 12 we had a family of fat people in our street except the husband, he was normal weight. They were not that fat compared with what you see today but they were unusual for the time. Old grandparents were sometimes fat :) We were much more active but we didn't have much money so no car or bicycles. We had to walk everywhere but we didn't know any other way. The other thing was there were no snacks, we had breakfast, lunch and dinner. Sunday dinner we had a dessert. Kids today always seem to have food in their mouths.

[@taoist32]

Irene Ewens I’m not a boomer. I was born early 70’s but my family was thin and all family friends were pretty lean, only one or two friends were a bit overweight but nothing too drastic. Both my parents were born between the WW2 generation and Boomer generation. Early 1940’s right after the war in ‘42 and ‘44. Not much food in Boston so they grew up poor. Definitely not a whole lot of fat people back then.

[@saldiven2009]

@@taoist32 Very true, but the rate of overweight/obesity was far lower. In 1980, the rate of obesity in the USA was about 6.3% (4.8% for men and 7.9% for women). Today, that rate is 39.8% (with another 31.8% who are overweight). So, the rate of obesity in the USA has increased by a factor of six in 40 years, or about two generations. And, there are a significant number of overweight people who say it's because of genetics, even though they have no overweight ancestors at all earlier than maybe their own parents.

[@bonnih6931]

M Via yea, my mom refused to let us drink much of anything but milk and water. KoolAid was for summer, tho! I didn't drink sodas until I was almost 13. Parents divorced and I moved 3,000 miles away (from country to small city) to live with an auntie and her kids. We had way more unsupervised time and I discovered 7-11 and fountain drinks!! I've never been more than 10-15 pounds overweight, except when pregnant.

[@Texeyevideo]

Kids, ditch that phone and go outside.

[@sharmiladevi6053]

Me: *goes out* Gets Covid-19 Me: *internal screaming*

[@justsomeguy7294]

Worst time to give advice about going outside BOOMER

[@Smoke_Weed_Everyday_]

ok boomer

[@audrey_447]

That’s kinda hard rn considering QUARANTINE

[@DavidPringle-ep2jy]

[HUNTERS] Prince josh Why? You can still go outside!!! And don’t you have a yard?

[@ianbeale2527]

Always thought of my dad as a bit of a boring old fart. He used to tell stories of his exploits in the army back in the 1960's, but for the most part we took them with a pinch of salt. Until he came on holiday with us (holidays back then were visits to my mom's family on the Somerset coast - dad rarely came with us as he always had to work). My aunt's next door neighbour came round one evening. Turns out he and dad served together in Germany and Hong Kong. Dad's "tall stories" suddenly became real with his old mate reminding him of the exploits they got up to. Hearing those same stories dad had replayed being told by someone else made us realise dad wasn't just trying to make himself look cool to us by making stuff up ! Later, in the late 1990's we came across long lost pics of him in his barracks in Germany, looking cool with a harmonica on his bunk, and a pic of him on maneuvers in Hong Kong with his SLR rifle.

[@palbaselim]

When i saw the clan picture,for a minute i thought it was gonna say"my father,a proud clan member.😂

[@oldschoolgirl3724]

All this is so true. Even when I show my sons pics with me in a micro mini, and my husband with shoulder length hair, they can’t believe it. I feel the youth of today rely a lot on spending money to have fun. My sons don’t dance and don’t jive and salsa,neither do their now wives. We met our boyfriends at music concerts and dances, and had simple fun, what say u?🤗

[@catherineroche2322]

I really regret, as a young person, that there aren't dances like there used to be-- I mean in the 50s and farther back. My peers' equivalent, I guess, are those wild college parties where the purpose is getting drunk and sleeping around. And another problem with the modern culture is that, for example, if a girl is nice to a boy, the immediate assumption is that she wants to sleep with him, like next week. How are you supposed to make friends or look for a husband among these people?

[@NightshadeGoddess]

but music concerts and dances cost money as well...

[@widgeonslayer]

The damned phones.....

[@clutchpedalreturnsprg7710]

Hi Banshee Queen,I seem to recall paying $10.00/ ticket. I saw Jimi Hendricks, Cream, Frank Zappa twice, Country Joe & the Fish, Stanley Clarke, Parliament/ Funkadelics, The Rolling Stones, Townes Van Zandt, Miles Davis, Joan Armatrading , J. Geils Band, Arnett Cobb & the Mob. It seemed like money well spent at the time. Besides, at almostall of these events, it gave me the opportunity to sit next to a pretty girl, who were my dates.

[@NightshadeGoddess]

@@clutchpedalreturnsprg7710 wow that is an amazing price, i can't get away with less than 50$-150$.

[@hackedstalked6371]

Absolutely awesome photos! Priceless. ...nice break from Covid19--- I forgot about it for the whole video. Thank you.

[@annapalacio4837]

YES!!!! Best times of our lives!!! Notice why they are still playing the music during those times? They're still the best so far, that's why they're reviving them. How we wish we can have them back.

[@sitisaodah3579]

When my son see my fhoto performing hardcore song in underground music festival he was suprise.. He don't know his dad once was young and dangerous..

[@matthewarnold4557]

What I learned from the is video...you can have a lot of fun on the back of a submarine.

[@mayavilaseca2245]

I don't even know what to say!! So full of life! Interesting individuals, what a treat!!! Great tribute to your parents And to life🙌 thank you👍

[@radioactivegum2298]

My mom was a cheerleader, my dad was on the football team, together they produced a frail nerd with anxiety.

[@Misses-Hippy]

Lol. Nerds can be cool.

[@christinekelly5916]

😂😂😂😂

[@zeea320]

My dad was an immigrant he moved to the UK and worked in factories and made it as a taxi driver....I made it as an Airline Pilot flying big jets...he was so proud of me he use to have a copy of my pilots licence in his wallet that he use to show his friends when he retired....I’m still not half the man he was..I would be nothing if it wasn’t for all that he did...it’s 3 years now that he passed away....miss him a lot ...till we meet again dad...rest safe...🙏

[@QAWoods]

Coolest picture I've seen of my dad is him standing in the middle of a crowd in a leather jacket at an... accounting conference, yeah, I was doomed to be a nerd from the start.

[@autumnf7321]

Never put down smart genes..I struggled my whole life and one of the coolest friends I have is a genius. It's a different cool..she's beautiful and smart.

[@nadineireland3361]

Hi Q.A. Woods - Your dad was kinda the embodiment of an oxymoron then-a cool beancounter! 😉 Cheers from Downunder, Nadine 😎🙃

[@2HRTS1LOVE]

I have a pic of my dad in Korea in the mid 50s, he was a Marine sent just after the war. He's leaning against a tent pole, wearing an Aussie style hat, one side up, legs crossed. He's about 19, with a 40 inch chest and a 32 inch waist, lol. He gained 30 lbs. of muscle his first year in the Corps. He looks like such a bad ass. I will never be that cool!

[@Bethi4WFH]

Yes believe me you will......your grandchildren, when they look at pictures/videos of YOU, will think ‘wow, Grandpa was really something!’. It happens to us all 👍

[@brianb.1883]

M Via, Semper Fi, Brother. My family (Father’s side) has been in the Corps since the Revolutionary War, all gone to some war or conflict, and all come back home to Boston. I was in Desert Storm, my father in Vietnam, his in Korea and WWII, and you get the picture from there.

[@vinucini4341]

Ok post his photo in the next episode

[@catherineroche2322]

Join the marines.

[@cathybobalek8069]

My dad FOUGHT ww2. Wor,ked as Doctor surgen.dentist when doctors had to take care of the whole person.my mom. Played in the Chicago orchestra. As lead mandolinist.both intelligent LOVING parents .DIDNT KNOW HALF the things they did till they past away.greatful.

[@caitlinholmes1337]

I'd like to think that I'm just as cool as my parents. I sang live with Styx on stage, preformed live at Carnegie Hall, and I did a few other things all before I turned 18. My parents are still my heroes. My mom is a cancer survivor 3 times now and has been in remission for about 15 years. My dad's real job only has 15 people now in the US working that job. My dad is retiring early in a few weeks because of covid-19. My parents are nerds and I am proud to take after them. The rest of my family is just as awesome in my opinion. Most are all ex military, nurses, authors, government workers, lawyers, and professional artists. If I have kids I still wouldn't tell them everything. We will definitely tell them how to survive all the crazy things we've faced. Kids should definitely learn how to survive what we have. Especially keeping themselves calm through it all.

[@vilouthphommajack]

Seeing the era of those times dipicted brings back memories, miss those days

[@retirednavy8720]

My father ran a plumbing company by day but at night he and a few other guys built and raced funny cars and dragsters in the mid-70s. I spent a lot of my youth in the pits at the local drag strip. One of his funny cars was called Hells Cargo. Look it up. Mustang body with a supercharged Keith Black hemi. As for me? I spent 25 years in the navy raising hell all over the world.

[@deanbarnette1602]

Those were magnificent eras, & I'm glad that I got to live in them too!! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@marialouis8736]

this whole video made me smile...I loved it and I'm not related to anyone in it! haha...photos like these are priceless!

[@lkreinmiller-author]

I have a pic somewhere of my dad, now almost 99, roping calves in a rodeo. Which is kind of like a busman's holiday as his job at the time was cattle rancher.

[@amazingwonders8950]

Real good times back then. 😍

[@lindahandley5267]

Being young in the 60's and 70's was so awesome...the music especially, the hair, clothes and of course the Youth!

[@2esquared]

I'm 58 and miss my parents. If I have one piece of advice for those of you who still have parents it would be LISTEN TO THEIR STORIES, even if you've heard the story before. Because just like us they also did exciting things, and we all want to tell people (especially our kids [I imagine, since I don't have any children myself]) about the things we did when we were young. Today I bitterly regret the deflated look on my dad's face (particularly in his 70's) when I wouldn't listen to the same story for the n'th time. The last story I dó remember which he had not told me before was how in the 1950's he would either walk to work, or ride his bicycle. No big deal right? But sometimes he would ride to work 0N HIS HORSE! Thát I didn't know and will now always remember. My only sibling, my sister died 9 months ago, so I have no one to reminisce with. Love and appreciate your parents children, they were cool before they had you and had to settle down and be responsible parents.

[@AmethystDew]

When the old want to talk, the young don't want to listen, but a day will come when the young want to listen, but the old have forgotten.

[@veeveegem]

Thank you for this reminder. 💗

[@petra5843]

@@veeveegem you are oh so right!!!

[@adelucas4824]

I know what you mean. Mom died of a heart attack when she was 60 in 1999 and dad died of cancer in 2015. Im 57 now and would give anything to hear them telling tales of when they met, or how dad left school at 14 to get a job when his dad died, or any of the stories they used to tell. Just one more time. When you start to reach the age your loved one's were when they died you realise life is short and there is always time to listen, because sooner than you would like, there is no more time.

[@daphenomenalz4100]

@@adelucas4824 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@rositahuff4858]

...I looked at some of my photos out of the same time...yea...we were cool indeed...very cool...

[@yogindertickoo]

5:32 dang!! and that car too!!!

[@tomarnold7284]

I love that one said "My Mama stole my cool". It totally is! Especially when your kids realize that what they consider trendy, but you already did it 30 years ago.

[@lisat9322]

8:26 The calendar in the background was designed by my dad who was a graphic designer. The original product was a yearly calendar starting in 1979. I had just graduated high school. I hand-set the type and did all of the pre-press artwork.The company was called Datemarker Design. Last year I was going through stuff and I found an old SignCrafters magazine from the early 60's and dad was on the cover. RIP dad.

[@ajbaker-lz8jn]

So not only were our parents cooler, but they were hotter too! It's like modelling shots throughout the video. I know my mom was a hot pants wearing babe back in the day!

[@apurvakmr]

And a lot fitter as well

[@annak804]

Its called not sitting on your butt all day as a kid/teen/adult. Walking places doing things with your hands mandatory physical education biking running dancing doing physical work. My husband worked and lived on a farm all his childhood baling hay and moving it by hand digging holes for posts and such plus he delivered newspapers and when he was a teen he was a stripper an honest to god male stripper he's in his 50s I'm in my 20s and that man runs circles around me. We're very happy with our three kids. But we wish they'd go to bed on time more often but that's how we ended up with 3 kids under 5 😘😻

[@MrsNanaBlue]

I would say, the more "normal" people pictures, didn't make it here in this video. Thats a fact.

[@roykarensanders3070]

Throw back for me, I’m from that era. Grad high school 1973. Enjoyed video, thanks

[@gregsmall5939]

All of these people display confidence, born of experience, earned early in life. None of them sat in the basement eating hot pockets and looking at screens.

[@05Rudey]

I saw a photo of my dad in his mid 20's standing next to his Triumph Bonneville and I actually thought it was Steve McQueen. Why oh why did I end up looking like Paul Gascoigne?

[@nancyannenesteriak-gentili3540]

I was at that Watkins Glen concert! Good times!

[@rosemarie575]

Back when we could figure things out for ourselves instead of as it is now where kids are told what they can and can’t do. Health and safety the internet have completely killed childhood imagination and ingenuity😞😞😞😞

[@newenglandgirl9523]

Totally agree... we actualy DID things, cool things, because we couldn't wait to get out of the house and GO somewhere!!! No sittin inside staring at a screen. Thank God!!

[@anettegarbutt5761]

These are lovely pictures. It is nice when kids appreciate that their parents were young and made their own mark in history.

[@glynismorris2196]

See when they became responsible parents, your parents had to stop having fun, being cool, and raise their children.

[@jmleaf8102]

Hi, You don't have to stop having fun raising your kids and raising your children by being a responsible parent is pretty cool. Peace

[@theropesofrenovation9352]

lol

[@HeronCoyote1234]

Yup, we boomers were, and still are, cool!

[@jnunyabizio5169]

Damn straight!

[@carriehunt9741]

Yep. We still rock and roll!

[@justsomeguy7294]

OK BOOMERS

[@deadon4847]

@@justsomeguy7294 Whatever snowflake

[@nadineireland3361]

Sure we are, Curlieq55! It's just that now everything hurts and we look like hell! 🙄👋🏼😊

[@janschild]

That graduation photo😂

[@kaysimpson8253]

Not a crybaby in the bunch! BEAUTIFUL photos...BEAUTIFUL memories!

[@AA-bk1oe]

Everyone was good looking back then. Standards today are Photoshop or beauty apps. Look how no one cared about poses and it looked so beautiful.

[@krissmiley7519]

If only we got to be young more then once ☺

[@lindamcavoy5516]

And know what we know now !😂

[@murielbarry3766]

Love your pictures. I can't tell my children how much fun I had back then.why? I won't be able to handle them.

[@That80sGuy1972]

This brings me back to telling some teens about 4 people I knew in the late 80s and early 80s and the rest of our circle of "nutty" friends. When at a neighbor's their kids were having a party, lots of friends, and we got to talking about the people we knew when we were their age and a little older. The teens, some of them, came in and started asking us for more stories... mostly mine... about one circle, focusing on two of the guys, two of the ladies. For almost 2 years, they kept inviting me over on a bi-weekly basis for chilling and stories. I thought they loved my storytelling or something. That ended when I was invited over and it was those 4 people and a couple mutual friends we had back then meeting me instead. They were cool party people with some really odd talents who were often criminals... like everyone was back when we were young. They had a sit-down with me. I picked apart their entire goody-2-shoe fiction of the days before their kids were born. Through their parenting fiction of being boring people, they sired two band geeks, a "glee club" kid (a strange mutation on choir class), a chess club kid, and a boy scout working at becoming a scout master. They were geeks crashing their version of "cool people" circles. From the formerly normal people I used to hang with, turned fiction-based parental saints, I was accused of ruining their entire good parenting efforts. "Well, maybe if you didn't bullsh^t them from the start, you efforts would not have been a house of cards waiting for someone to sneeze a fact or two at it and blow it apart." Well, I haven't seen them or their kids since. Shame. I rather enjoyed telling those stories and those 4, who they were back then, I was really proud and happy to call them friends. They raised weenies who didn't like being weenies. Nobody ever remembers that all parents f^ck their kids up. The goal is to teach as much as possible and to do as little damage as possible... basing it all on fiction always backfires.

[@brandywilliams290]

These pictures are AMAZING!!! YOUR LUCKY TO HAVE THESE PARENTS IN YOUR LIFE!!! SO BADASS!!!

[@mwillblade]

I still have the bullet removed from my father's leg during world war two while he was standing watch on his ship. He said later that night he was back on watch.

[@jnunyabizio5169]

That's what was amazing about our parents generation they were tough as nails

[@lorilair461]

My husband has a BB in his calf from his brother, he had the other one taken out as a kid. Parents didn't know about it till the got home from Dr's.

[@mwillblade]

@M Via My father had some kick ass stories from that war, your Grandpa told you any?

[@simosc2]

Yes...We were the coolest..lol...Enjoy your young years. Time passes so very quickly.

[@freakyfrankierorawrx3]

*The amount of motorcycles here is overwhelming*

[@edwardellis5417]

My 16 year old granddaughter found a old photo of me seating on my Harley softtail in the early 80s. I was 23. I had my long hair, full beard and a can of Bud in one hand and a Marlboro in the other. She said, "Man, grandpa you were cool." As she left the room I heard her say "And cute too." I worry about that girl. 😂