The "Things That Change" Game

[HawaiianShirts]

I often see ads for those slideshow style articles with headlines that make proclamations like, "Check out these celebrities who used to be awkward kids/teens but turned into attractive adults," or, "Shocking pictures of celebrities who used to be young and attractive but aged and somehow became ugly!"

I usually ignore those, but they got me thinking today: Celebrities are still human, right? We're aware that humans change as time passes, right? In fact, I'd dare say that everything changes as time passes. So those articles could be changed to include just about anything. So I thought it might be fun to make a fill-in-the-blanks game of it, almost like Mad Libs.

Like this:
"Check out these [nouns] from [number] [period of time] ago that used to [description of past characteristics] but now [description of current characteristics]!"

Make your own Things That Change headline!

I'll start.

"Check out these conifers from 40 years ago that used to be scrawny little saplings but now have grown into a forest of strong, stately trees!"

[Kogarashi]

"Check out these ice sculptures from last week that used to be beautiful works of art but now are melted into indistinct puddles of water!"

[catcul]

"Check out these cars from 50 years ago that used to shine like a beautiful diamond but now are all rusty and falling apart!"

[Chromatix]

"Check out these Brutalist architecture buildings from fifty years ago that used to be ugly but praised as forward-looking but now are ugly and overdue for demolition!"

"Check out these closed railway lines from fifty years ago that used to be lossmaking and surplus to requirements but now are being rebuilt to satisfy demand!"

"Check out these computers from ten years ago that used to be top of the line but now are barely adequate for e-mail and web browsing!"

[firecat88]

"Check out these college textbooks from five years ago that used to be relevant must-have items but now won't even sell for 10 bucks on Amazon!"

[catcul]

"Check out these Maine coon kittens from two years ago that used to be tiny fluff balls but now are gigantic kitties!"

[cindybubbles]

"Check out these fridges and freezers from 50 years ago that used to store fresh fruits and veggies and leftovers from homemade Sunday chicken dinners but now store nothing but junk food and microwave meals!"

[TheSHAD0W]

The first thing that came to mine was badly into fratching territory. I think I'll sit this one out.

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

Check out this cheap-ass no-name 10' tablet you bought from the swamp for $80 that used to let you kill time on Facebook, YouTube, E-mail and the internet but now stopped working three minutes after the warranty expired.

[Argabarga]

"Check out these rocks from 55,000 years ago that used to be huge, hard, boulders but now are mere piles of loose, soft beach sand!"

[catcul]

"Check out these cars from 1 hour ago that used to be illegally parked but now have been towed away!"