A girl is born in 1979. Her mother buys her a lifetime subscription to Tiger Beat magazine, signs her up for the Columbia House Record Club, and buys her a top of the line typewriter.
A girl is born in 2024. Her mother buys her a twitter blue account, reserves her user ID on Instagram, and signs her up for TikTok.
Which girl is more out-of-date by the time she gets to age 21?
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Speaking of teenage heartthrobs and #TigerBeat magazine:
Remember, GenXers, when KISS was in every issue of every teenybopper magazine? Surreal, but true.
What have I been looking up recently?
Well, we were watching the first two episodes of The Outsiders, and my partner was surprised when I told him that Jason Bateman was once a teenage heartthrob. For once, I knew more about an actor than he did! He believed me, but I found evidence for it, anyway: