THat&#x27;s one way of looking at it.<p>The other way of looking at it (and the way your comment came across) is that you&#x27;re using &#x27;back in the day&#x27; as a means to say what you feel, under the veneer of not actually saying it yourself.   After all, if it didn&#x27;t reflect what you thought, why would the phrase come to mind - and why take the trouble to call it out?<p>Underscoring this is that it&#x27;s not actually &quot;back in the day&quot; at all. It&#x27;s still a term that&#x27;s commonly used.