Life — December 27, 1929 — page 6: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Analysis of Life Magazine Page 4 This page contains two separate satirical pieces from early 20th-century Life magazine. **"You Can't Win"** (poem by Norman Jaffray) satirizes how radios have inescapably invaded modern life—in offices, homes, churches, barbershops, and streets. The joke is that a man cannot escape radio broadcasts anywhere, with "dials at his fingers" giving him "music wherever he goes." It's social commentary on the ubiquity of new technology. **"It Sims To Me"** (by Tom Sims) offers humorous observations about everyday annoyances: difficulty finding parked cars, check-writing anxiety, overstuffed sandwiches, and inattentive movie-ticket sellers. The cartoon illustration shows people at what appears to be a newsstand or shop. Both pieces humorously complain about modern inconveniences and changing social customs of the era.