Or maybe it was. I haven't taken a survey. Anyway, consider this: It's 1943. Guy orders some coffee at the counter. Puts in some sugar. Waitress puts down the check. End of story.

2016: This is a national story.

Anyone care? Oh, lots. Mashable comments:

Thank you for your interest. Your opinion is very important to us. You may now hang up.

Then there's Shouty McJudgy:

There's no room in your life for concerns small and large. It's zero-sum. Every small complaint displaces one a thousand times more important.

ART This piece about the box art of early computers games - really, really early games - states the obvious: the art must never reflect the actual game play. Everyone knew this. If the box had a detailed picture of a forest, the game had a thin brownish block with a green rectangle on top. I love this description of the style:

Perfect. Pix right here.