A social media post titled “Baby Boomer Contest Question” is circulating widely online, featuring a list of 20 activities associated with past generations.
The image invites readers to give themselves one point for each experience they have had. Among the listed items are going to a drive-in movie, playing Red Rover, drinking water from a garden hose, and eating bread with sugar.
Other activities mentioned include watching American Bandstand, riding in the back of a pickup truck, using a paint-by-numbers kit, and collecting S&H Green Stamps.
The list also references drinking Tang, playing tetherball, shopping at a Five & Dime store, making Jiffy Pop popcorn, reading Highlights magazine, and clipping playing cards to bicycle spokes.
The post continues to spread across platforms, drawing attention for its collection of everyday activities once common in earlier decades.