Wallet Pictures

The bread and butter of today's "witty" observations usually pivot on how cell phones have changed our lives. Most observations usually talk about the death of the landline, the payphone, and not knowing where people are at all times. Today, I realized yet another victim that has been murdered by the modern cell phone: Wallet pictures. 

For so long, the picture in the wallet was a staple in hack 90's comedy. Men would draw out their huge George Costanza wallets (see below) to show off pictures of their children or loved ones and it would essentially bond them to the viewer. But that is no more. Wallets have been streamlined to thinner pieces of leather as it is.  There are no more big wallets that could keep condoms, cards, receipts, and photos in one inconvenient piece of baggage.

Gone are the days of men pulling out their wallets to show off hard copies of photos..........come to think of it, most hard copies of photos are gone.............but that's a different story anyway. Instead, we no longer reach into our back pocket, but our front one. We reach for our cell phone to show photos of people. 

I'm not against this. Big wallets were a pain in the ass (literally). Cell phones can do so much for us now. We are now to the point where we can buy things on our cell phone or use our phones as credit cards at participating vendors. It's only a matter of time before our license ID's will be in there. We won't have to carry pieces of thin plastic to prove who we are. Or maybe we will. Who knows. I'm terrible at predicting things. 

Anyway, I think we should all have a moment of silence for the wallet photo and giant wallets everywhere. Cell phones have taken your place, fallen soldier. 

Gone but not forgotten.