Passing times

 Yeah..

So, as usual, some recent events had me reflecting on things…

I was asked for my email address while on a work call and it elicited a lot of giggles when I called it out.

redhotokey@gmail.com.

Looking back on that call now and the source of the laughs, I can understand the amusement. What in God's name were we thinking back then in forming all those fancy email names we chose? If I’m being honest, maybe the realization of how immature it sounds is because we’re all grown up and mature now, added to the fact that the novelty of emails and all things internet was the rage back then and there was this hype to try and be as cool as possible…

But “redhot”??? (groans in cringe!!!😖😖)

Anyway, it just made me reflect on the fact that life is very transitory. What's hip and cool today could be very much the source of giggles for future generations.

I mean look at clothes. I recall some of the outfits we wore back in school. Baggy jeans, baggy suits, baggy shirts and co were all the rage… Except you’re Idris Elba, go and try it these days and get your ass laughed off.

It's all the same with so many aspects of life.

Social media has gone ballistic. Facebook and twitter and Instagram are gradually becoming “old school”. There's now Discord, Snapchat, and the ubiquitous chief time consumer TikTok.

Clothing has changed, sagging which was delinquent behavior back then has become all the rage

Language is gradually evolving (as should be, I guess) new slangs are popping up every day..”steeze” “drip”, “trenches” etc..

Sigh. Times have to change I guess.

The email thing wasn’t just me, by the way.. almost everyone did it… *ahem… there are some worse ones from people whose names won’t be mentioned (for my physical safety😂😂). You’ll see things like “chillibebe64@xyz.com” or ruby2everly@xyz.co.uk or creamylucci@xyz.com..... Lmao.. everyone had one and I suspect there would be much worse ones too…

Anyway, thank God for growth. Biko, I have opened a new (acceptably mature) email address which I’ll be using going forward on official comms..

Not that it really makes any difference anyway but I embrace it and accept it with all the cringeworthiness and you know what…. redhotokey actually sounds very cool. Lol.