”I can’t believe that 50 years ago, in 2005, …”

• people watched TV and liked it (Nina, Finland)
• people were admired even though they never really accomplished anything (like film stars) (Jaana, Finland)
• some people had so many tattoos and piercings (Alicia, USA)
• people were free to download music and films through the internet (Rafael, Belgium)
• I had CD’s (Jani, Finland)
• reality shows, where “grown-ups” could behave the way they wanted, were so popular (Nina, Sweden)
• people went home to watch a certain TV program (Baba, Finland)
• men and women wore different clothes (Mårten, Finland)
• people used make up (Cristian, artesan, Chile)
• you could curse on TV (Oliver, 15, Finland)
• only a minority of people in rich countries had had plastic surgery (Anna, Finland)
• people played video games outside their own heads (NN, USA)
• there were people who actually liked Tom Cruise (NN, USA)
• people rented movies (NN, USA)
• riding a car with loud music was considered ”in” (Denis, researcher, Siberia)
• we had to buy music (Kim, teacher, Åland)