The big one is no more public indoor smoking.

Used to hate Wednesday gym class because the gym was also used for bingo on Tuesday nights and it'd still reek of smoke.

And Less lead and generally better quality diet in terms of vegetables and more than meat and pasta diet options.

Been vaping for 11 years and still get carded everywhere at 31 🤷

I do believe that joke is that in the 1990s, the meme viewer was young, and saw people in their 30's as old and decrepit, but in 2026, the meme viewer is old, and sees people in their 30's as babies. (The comparison about spending a lot more time outdoors and in the sun might hold true for the 1890's.)

Smoking is major for looks.

That's where I see it differently: I started college back when, then returned much later to finish my degree, and found that the students were somewhat more mature. They kind of had to be, what with everything (admissions standards, tuition costs, housing costs, managing social media presence) in life getting harder. People in their 30's back in the '90s had more breathing room to fuck around, and still do okay. The difference isn't really that profound, and for the most part people then were a lot like people now.