Of Bread and Tea Bags

My sandwich-holder tupperware is custom shaped like a piece of bread. My bread won't fit in it because it's much too big!

The tea bag should hang in the mug just right... but it doesn't! The mug is so large, the tea-bag's string just isn't long enough to loop over the edge sufficiently.

Both of these items had some thought and engineering go into their design. Their form and function were at one time appropriate. But things change.

Some things are perfect for a specific time and place but as the world changes around them, they no longer serve the same purpose they once did.

Progress is not universal. Progress is not always progress. As time marches forward, many good things get left behind.

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