I'm so old I Remember when:

[Sally PB]

You were too cool for these I assume?

Never saw those when I was a kid. I would have used them, gladly. I was going to use a heavy duty rubber band, but could never find one when I wanted it.

 

[Sally PB]

I never worried much about "coolness" when I was a kid. I didn't mind looking uncool, being uncool. I was one of the social outcasts, so there wasn't much I could do to raise my cool factor, no matter what I did.

 

[RoyalChick]

Never saw those when I was a kid. I would have used them, gladly. I was going to use a heavy duty rubber band, but could never find one when I wanted it.

I did not grow up in the US so I wasn’t sure if you had them here. They are metal (steel I think) and we called them bicycle clips.
It was considered nerdy for boys to wear them (especially if you forgot to remove them when you were walking around), but girls could use them to preserve their bell-bottoms without ridicule. I must have dozens kicking around.
Now they come as fabric strips with Velcro and reflective panels to increase cyclist visibility.

 

[Sally PB]

Now they come as fabric strips with Velcro and reflective panels to increase cyclist visibility.

This is just... too dang smart. Why did it take so long to get this idea to catch on?

 

[sourland]

I never worried much about "coolness" when I was a kid. I didn't mind looking uncool, being uncool. I was one of the social outcasts, so there wasn't much I could do to raise my cool factor, no matter what I did.

We need to do a DNA comparison. I think you may be my long lost sister. I learned to embrace my uniqueness.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Yes! It was cool to be uncool!
At least, that was what I told myself, lol.

 

[sourland]

Yes! It was cool to be uncool!
At least, that was what I told myself, lol.

It fostered independence.

 

[Sally PB]

We need to do a DNA comparison. I think you may be my long lost sister. I learned to embrace my uniqueness.

It took me a long time to get to that point. Getting out of the house and off to college helped a LOT. All the other freshmen were dropped into the same circumstances of being in a new location, among strangers, doing new things, on their own for the first time. They didn't know how uncool I was!

The 3 strikes against me in middle/high school were: I was new, I liked school, and I did well.

 

[5Australorpasaures]

You were too cool for these I assume?
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I thought they were girls head bands. Duh! Musta been long after my time.

 

[5Australorpasaures]

It fostered independence.

Cool was the weather when I was a kid.