GPS would have stopped them from driving the wrong way for hours.A kid suddenly turned into an adult would face background checks and online records before landing a job.Two strangers who meet on a train would almost certainly swap phone numbers today.Its idea of a whole life being watched by an audience feels even more familiar in the age of influencers.A secret bet like that would probably end up all over social media before the prom.Modern tracking technology would likely have made the rescue a much shorter story.Cher’s fashion would play out on social media, and her matchmaking would happen through group chats.Five teens in detention would probably spend the day on their phones instead of opening up to each other.Caller ID and smartphones would make those mysterious phone calls a lot less scary.His elaborate tricks to fake being sick would struggle against today’s tracking apps and school portals.Twins secretly swapping places would probably be exposed by one tagged photo.A radio call-in show sparks the romance, and today a viral clip would have done it overnight.The romance hinges on dial-up email, and today the two would probably have looked each other up online in minutes.
