People got super excited Wednesday night about the Chicago Cubs winning the World Series for the first time in 108 years. That's more than a century since they last won, and people noted on Twitter that a lot has definitely changed.
The last time the Cubs won the World Series, this was the hot car coming on the market https://t.co/6IiL1EckTZ
Science star Neil deGrasse Tyson dropped a lot of facts about what people knew in 1908. RIP planet Pluto.
The last time the Chicago Cubs won the World Series, the cosmic object known as Pluto was not yet discovered
Remember that thing called the Ottoman Empire? Yeah, that wasn't dissolved until 1922.
The last time the cubs won the World Series the Ottoman Empire still existed lmao
Some people pointed out that in many ways the world was a better place now.
Jane's reaction when I told her women didn't have the right to vote the last time the Cubs won the World Series. Ho… https://t.co/bvXZMwewiQ
But others noted that some things had stayed the same.
The last time the Cubs won the World Series, the logo for Cleveland was a racist caricature of a Native American.
While some people were being serious, many others took the time to make jokes.
The last time the #Cubs won the World Series, Abe Lincoln was still the president. Thats a crazy stat, holy shit.
In 1908, people didn't yet have to deal with The Never-Ending Election.
want to feel old? the last time the Cubs won the World Series this election hadn’t even started yet.
Can you believe people survived without smartphones?
The last time the Cubs won the World Series the iPhone hadn't even been invented yet.
There was no Friends!
Amazing: the last time the Cubs won the World Series, "Friends" was only in its third season!
And there definitely weren't any "I'd like to connect" messages.
No one had ever asked me to connect on Linked In the last time the Chicago Cubs won the World Series
Since 1908, newspapers have had quite the redesign.
Amazing. This was the front page of the Times the last time the Cubs won the World Series
Dinosaurs roamed Chicago the last time the Cubs won, apparently.
Downtown Chicago the last time the Cubs won the World Series
There probably weren't so many people tweeting about the World Series the last time the Cubs won.
I don't remember there being this much Twitter chatter the last time the @Cubs won the World Series.
Well, I think we can all agree the world has changed a lot.
The last time the Cubs won the #WorldSeries the map of earth looked like this