Speaking from the same region, I’m fully on board with tennis shoes, as well as tennis; not sur if I’ve ever heard tennis runners though. But I am 1-2 generations older than you.
I have two cats; one will not touch soft (missing 2/3 of her teeth) cat food that has any sort of grain in it, the other goes bonkers when we cook potatoes or pasta, and will happily munch on Doritos.
Not much concern about snark from people who were 30 when they bought their first VCR, and still hadn’t figured out how to set the clock when they threw their last one away, 30 years later.
Speaking from the same region, I’m fully on board with tennis shoes, as well as tennis; not sur if I’ve ever heard tennis runners though. But I am 1-2 generations older than you.