The world has gotten increasingly more difficult to live in. Housing prices have sky rocketed while average salaries have practically stayed the same. Work is no longer 9-5 but 12-12 thanks to cellphones. Your TV is slimmer than ever, but you are most likely larger. Oh, and while picking out filters and posting photos on Instagram seems fun, you were actually having more fun before your cellphone offered a distraction from everything.

I’m an optimist by nature, but even I have to admit that in many ways the world has changed for the worst. Don’t think so? Then check out these funny illustrations and pics that prove it!

1. Smaller Computers, Bigger People

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2.Holiday Pictures Before & After Smartphones

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3. Checking The Mail Then And Now

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4. Roles Are Reversing Sooner Than Ever Before

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5. No One Knows The Value Of Hard Work Anymore (says every Grandparent)

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6. Being A Teacher in 1960 VS. Being A Teacher Today

I have a lot of teacher friends and they all agree this is exactly what goes on today.

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7. TV’s Are Slimmer But People Are Bigger

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8. The Evolution of Philosophy

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9. How To Waste Time By Decade

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10. Durability Then And Now

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11. Changing Life Of Runners

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12. Then And Now: George Lucas

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13. Texting Vs. Calling

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14. Isolation Is The New Form Of Human Contact

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15. From Cruel To Barbaric

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16. Landline Jokes

Okay, but seriously, no cord is a change for the better and we all know it!

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17. Water Is The New Gold

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18. This Is Where Sagging Is Headed…

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19. Welcome To The Real World

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20. Who Needs Family When You Have Cell Phones… Right?

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