Very often people say, "Things were better back in my day!", constantly criticising the era they live in, even when it is a time of grand achievements. So I asked myself: could it really be true? Are the old folks right when they say the past was idyllic and the present is always getting worse? Why don't we play a little game then? Let's travel through the various decades of the entire 20th century and see if the grass of the past was truly that green. Let's start with the fi