Older Adults Are Sharing The Modern Items That Would've Been Wildly Helpful To Have Way Back When, And We Definitely Take These For Granted

Rewind · Posted 4 minutes ago Older Adults Are Sharing The Modern Items That Would've Been Wildly Helpful To Have Way Back When, And We Definitely Take These For Granted "I'm so glad they're here, and I would have loved to have had them when I was in my teens." by Claudia Santos BuzzFeed Staff Link Facebook Pinterest Twitter Mail It's easy to reminisce and be nostalgic about the good ol' days. But sometimes, you have to admit that certain modern inventions would have made life way easier back then.

Recently, we asked older adults of the BuzzFeed Community to share the present-day item they wish they had in their younger years. Here's what they had to say. 1.

"The chickenpox vaccine. I caught it when I was 12. What a wonderful way to almost die.

" Liudmila Chernetska / Getty Images — certified_drapetomaniac 2. "As a child who loved to read, e-readers! I could rarely take more than one book on trips, and I would wind up reading it and then not having anything else to read. Now, as an adult with a Kindle, I wish I could send one to little me.

" — elishajaelb 3. "Email. My poor grandmother HATED writing letters but sent out at least five to seven each week.

Then, she discovered reel-to-reel tapes and started recording letters instead. Cassettes were even better. But I know if email had existed, she would have been THRILLED, not only because she could write shorter messages but because she would have heard back within hours instead of days or weeks.

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