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Good old days

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Good Old Days is referred to as an expression in today's society. It refers to a time considered by the speaker, in his or her personal opinion, to be better than the era he or she is currently in. It is a form of nostalgic romanticism. (To discover what nostalgia typically refers too, click the link below this definition).

In 1844, 63-year-old Philip Hone wrote: "Railroads, steamers, packets, race against time and beat it hollow....Oh, for the good old days of heavy post coaches and speed at the rate of six miles an hour!" According to Mr. Gordon, Hone's lament is the first recorded reference to those mythical and ever-advancing "good old days." —(The Biggest Rags to Riches Story Ever by John Steele Gordon (book review) by Brink Lindsey). Subscript text (this improvement made from a suggestion on the talk page).

In our time now, hearing the expression "Good Old Days" would typically be heard coming from an individual who has a couple of decades behind them. However, this is not always the case, an individual could also refer to 'the good old days,' even if they'd never experienced those days themselves. This is what the invention of television and film did for the world, showing an audience individuals living in different eras that may seem idealistic to some (for example, the hit movie/film Grease https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grease_%28film%29/make-hyperlink.php )

For a person to use this expression referring to a time that they physically experienced living in, means that they preferred this time over the one that they are living in now. This is especially true of those individuals who aged during a time when the industrialized world was booming and new technologies were being introduced quite frequently.

The expression may be heard this year (2013) by someone who was around 50 years of age saying, 'When I was a kid, we didn't have touchscreens or flat screens. Those were the good old days.'

Other examples of The Good Old Days could be:

'Back when I was growing up, we met our significant other face to face, not through a webcam...those were the good old days.' 'Oh the good old days, back when girls wore dresses to school and the boys slicked their hair back. I wished I lived in that era.' 'I remember when teenagers didn't have piercings and tattoos all over their bodies, those were the good old days.'