1. |
The people who are starting college this fall
across the nation were born in 1980. |
2. |
They have no meaningful recollection of the Reagan
Era and did not know he had ever been shot. |
3. |
They were prepubescent when the Persian Gulf
War was waged. |
4. |
Black Monday 1987 is as significant to them as
the Great Depression. |
5. |
There has been only one Pope. They can only really
remember one president. |
6. |
They were 11 when the Soviet Union broke apart
and do not remember the Cold War. |
7. |
They have never feared a nuclear war. "The
Day After" is a pill to them, not a movie. |
8. |
They are too young to remember the space shuttle
blowing up, and Tiananmen Square means nothing to them. |
9. |
Their lifetime has always included AIDS. |
10. |
They never had a Polio shot, and likely do not
know what it is. |
11. |
Bottle caps have not only always been screw off,
but have always been plastic. They have no idea what a pull-top
can looks like. |
12. |
Atari pre-dates them, as do vinyl albums. |
13. |
The expression "you sound like a broken
record" means nothing to them. |
14. |
They have never owned a record player. |
15. |
They have likely never played Pac Man and have
never heard of Pong. |
16. |
Star Wars
looks very fake to them, and the special effects are pathetic. |
17. |
There have always been red M&Ms, and blue
ones are not new. What do you mean there used to be beige ones? |
18. |
They may have heard of an 8-track, but chances
are they probably never have actually seen or heard one. |
19. |
The Compact Disc was introduced when they were
1 year old. |
20. |
As far as they know, stamps have always cost
about 32 cents. |
21. |
They have always had an answering machine. |
22. |
Most have never seen a TV set with only 13 channels,
nor have they seen a black-and-white TV. |
23. |
They have always had cable. |
24. |
There have always been VCRs, but they have no
idea what BETA is. |
25. |
They cannot fathom not having a remote control. |
26. |
They were born the year that Walkman was introduced
by Sony. |
27. |
Roller-skating has always meant inline for them. |
28. |
The Tonight Show
has always been with Jay Leno. |
29. |
They have no idea when or why Jordache jeans
were cool. |
30. |
Popcorn has always been cooked in a microwave. |
31. |
They have never seen Larry Bird play, and Kareem
Abdul-Jabbar is a football player. |
32. |
They never took a swim and thought about Jaws. |
33. |
The Vietnam War is as ancient history to them
as W.W.I, W.W.II, or even the Civil War. |
34. |
They have no idea that Americans were ever held
hostage in Iran. |
35. |
They can't imagine what hard contact lenses are. |
36. |
They don't know who Mork was or where he was
from. |
37. |
They never heard the terms: "Where's the
beef?", "I'd walk a mile for a Camel," or "de
plane, de plane!" |
38. |
They do not care who shot J.R. and have no idea
who J.R. is. |
39. |
The Titanic was found? I thought we always knew
where it was. |
40. |
Michael Jackson has always been white. |
41. |
Kansas, Chicago, Boston, America, and Alabama
are places, not groups. |
42. |
McDonald's never came in styrofoam containers. |
43. |
There has always been MTV. |