Todays college kids....make some us feel old....

[KDOG]

Someone emailed this too me....all i can say is *sigh*...

> Just in case you weren't feeling old today, this may change things.
>
> Each year the staff at Beloit College in Wisconsin puts together a list
to
>try
> to give the faculty a sense of the mindset of that years incoming
freshmen.
> Here is this years list (probably subject to change):
>
> The people who are starting college this fall across the nation were
born
> in 1982.
> They have no recollection of the Reagan Era and don't remember his being
>shot.
> They were prepubescent when the Persian Gulf War was waged.
> Black Monday 1987 is as significant to them as the Great Depression.
> They have no idea that Americans were ever held hostage in Iran.
> There has been only one Pope.
> They were 11 when the Soviet Union broke apart and don't remember the
Cold
> War.
> They have never feared a nuclear war.
> They are too young to remember the space shuttle blowing up.
> Tiananmen Square means nothing to them.
> The Vietnam War is as ancient history to them as W.W.I, W.W.II and the
> Civil War.
> Atari predates them, as do vinyl albums.
> The expression you sound like a broken record means nothing to them.
> They have never owned a record player.
> They have likely never played Pac Man or heard of Pong.
> They may have never heard of an 8 track tape player.
> The Compact Disc was introduced when they were 1 year old.
> As far as they know, stamps have always cost about 33 cents.
> They have always had an answering machine.
> Most have never seen a black & white TV set with only 13 channels.
> They have always had cable TV.
> There have always been VCRs, but they have no idea what BETA is.
> They cannot fathom not having a remote control.
> They were born the year that Walkmen were introduced by Sony.
> There has always been MTV.
> Jay Leno has always been on the Tonight Show.
> They don't know who Mork was or where he was from.
> They never heard: Where's the beef? Walked a mile for a Camel, or de
plane,
> de plane.
> They do not care who shot JR and have no idea who JR is.
> Michael Jackson has always been white.
> Bottle caps have always been screw off and bottles have always been
>plastic.
> Roller-skating has always meant inline for them.
> They have no idea when or why Jordache jeans were cool.
> Popcorn has always been cooked in the microwave.
> They have never seen Larry Bird play.
> They never took a swim and thought about Jaws.
> They can't imagine what hard contact lenses are.
> Kansas, Chicago, Boston, America, and Alabama are places, not groups.
> McDonalds never came in Styrofoam containers.
> They don't have a clue how to use a typewriter.

 

[jonnyjack]

not all of that is true, i was born in 1982 and a freshman in college this year...i remember a lot of that stuff actually...

i had an atari and pacman and pong are the best games!



<< Michael Jackson has always been white. >>


that cracked me up



<< They cannot fathom not having a remote control. >>


i can...our old TV didn't have one and my dad made me and my bro get up and change it...haha

 

[Mill]

Stamps were 25 cents not to long ago... maybe 8 years?

 

[ltk007]

I was born in 84 and a lot of that is wrong, but I can understand some of it. We are a new generation, get out of our way old people!!!!!!!!!

 

[Viper GTS]

That's mostly true for me. There are a few exceptions, though...

They were 11 when the Soviet Union broke apart and don't remember the Cold War.

I may not remember the Cold War, but I do remember the fall of the SSR.

They are too young to remember the space shuttle blowing up.

This one was quite traumatic for me. I still remember the newspapers covering that.

They have always had cable TV.

I've never had cable TV.

They have never seen Larry Bird play.

That wasn't THAT long ago... I remember when he retired.

They don't have a clue how to use a typewriter.

We still have one, somewhere. We had it as a toy.

Does that make me old?

:Q

Viper GTS

 

[jonnyjack]

Viper: i've never had cable either...

i use a typewriter all the time at work to fill out prewritten forms that are for the doctors...

 

[monckywrench]

Well, I AM old, (41) and as far as I can see most (though certainly not all) of the pop culture and world events they missed by being born later sucked anyway. The late 1970s and 1980s were no great cultural watershed. The partying level at college back then WAS impressive. Recreational chemicals were far less expensive and did not have the legal repercussions they do now. (Of course I only observed this from a distance.) I'd venture to say its better to be young now than it was then. The economy is rocking, technology ditto, and no recession/oil crisis/Cold War to dampen things for the moment.

 

[Mday]

really, i have never truly made anyone feel old... i have made people feel stupid. coincidentally, i have often made myself feel stupid.

 

[hans007]

Hmm... i'm 19. i guess i'm a year older. I dont know why jordache jeans are cool. Everything else i can remember. Mork was cool he was in a bigass egg. Anyone remember ALF? different strokes? Maybe they are talking about kids, who have bad memory

 

[Buddha Bart]

I saw somthing very similar last year.
While i didn't witness many of those things first hand, I most certianly know what they are all about.

bart

 

[DaBoneHead]

Viper...

>Does that make me old?<

No, you didn't make me feel old until I clicked on your pictures. I assume she is your girlfriend, otherwise, if that is you sister you are very sick!

Im 31, and sometimes I forget that the majority of the people on these boards are under 25. When I clicked on the link... I was just surprised. *That* made me feel old...

It is difficult (usually) to judge a persons age from their posts...

~And yes, I do remember all of the above, except we had a huge-a$$ antenna on our roof to pick up our 3 american and 1 canadian channels. Thing was a lightning magnet. Made us good for new appliances every 3 or so years. Insurance company loved us... (sarcasm there)

 

[Viper GTS]

DaBoneHead...

Pseudo-girlfriend would be the proper term. She'll be 20 in January. I'm 18. Most people seem to think I'm 21-25, though, unless I've told them different.

Viper GTS

 

[yakko]

jonnyjack,

So your tv had two remote controls?

 

[jonnyjack]

yakko: haha...at first i didn't understand what you meant, i thought i had clearly stated that we didn't have one...but i get what you're saying now

 

[UG]

Nearly a generation's-worth of college freshman preceeding this year's entrants' birthdays never new Sputnik, Yuri Gagarin's orbital flight, or John Glenn's, the moon landings, life without weather and communications satellites, double feature movies with serials, or free love... :Q

Out of our way, young whippersnappers, us ol' foggies ain't nearly dead yet. You're just getting in our way.

(Haven't seen Red here recently. Anyone seen his obit?)

 

[Capn]

....not my own writing, this was obviously written by a woman, doesn't apply to me.

Children of the Eighties
We are the children of the Eighties. We are not the first &quot;lost generation&quot; nor today's lost generation; in fact, we think we know just where we stand - or are discovering it as we speak. We are the ones who played with Lego Building Blocks when they were just building blocks and gave Malibu Barbie crewcuts with safety scissors that never really cut. We collected Garbage Pail Kids and Cabbage Patch Kids and My Little Ponies and Hot Wheels and He-Man action figures and thought She-Ra looked just a little bit like I would when I was a woman. Big Wheels and bicycles with streamers were the way to go, and sidewalk chalk was all you needed to build a city. Imagination was the key. It made the Ewok Treehouse big enough for you to be Luke and the kitchen table and an old sheet dark enough to be a tent in the forest. Your world was the backyard and it was all you needed. With your pink portable tape player, Debbie Gibson sang back up to you and everyone wanted a skirt like the Material Girl and a glove like Michael Jackson's. Today, we are the ones who sing along with Bruce Stringsteen and The Bangles perfectly and have no idea why. We recite lines with the Ghostbusters and still look to The Goonies for a great adventure. We flip through T.V. stations and stop at The A Team and Knight Rider and Fame and laugh with The Cosby Show and Family Ties and Punky Brewster and what you talkin' 'bout Willis? We hold strong affections for The Muppets and The Gummy Bears and why did they take the Smurfs off the air? After school specials were only about cigarettes and step-families, the Pokka Dot Door was nothing like Barney, and aren't the Power Rangers just Voltron reincarnated? We are the ones who still read Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys, the Bobbsey Twins, Beverly Clearly and Judy Blume, Richard Scary and the Electric Company. Friendship bracelets were ties you couldn't break and friendship pins went on shoes - preferably hightop Velcro Reebox - and pegged jeans were in, as were Units belts and layered socks and jean jackets and jams and charm necklaces and side pony tails and just tails. Rave was a girl's best friend; braces with colored rubberbands made you cool. The backdoor was always open and Mom served only red Kool-Aid to the neighborhood kids- never drank New Coke. Entertainment was cheap and lasted for hours. All you needed to be a princess was high heels and an apron; the Sit'n'Spin always made you dizzy but never made you stop; Pogoballs were dangerous weapons and Chinese Jump Ropes never failed to trip someone. In your Underoos you were Wonder Woman or Spider Man or R2D2 and in your treehouse you were king.

In the Eighties, nothing was wrong. Did you know the president was shot? Star Wars was not only a movie. Did you ever play in a bomb shelter? Did you see the Challenger explode or feed the homeless man? We forgot Vietnam and watched Tiananman's Square on CNN and bought pieces of the Berlin Wall at the store. AIDS was not the number one killer in the United States. We didn't start the fire, Billy Joel. In the Eighties, we redefined the American Dream, and those years defined us. We are the generation in between strife and facing strife and not turning our backs. The Eighties may have made us idealistic, but it's that idealism that will push us and be passed on to our children - the first children of the twenty-first century. Never forget: We are the children of the Eighties.
if this is familiar, you are one of us... pass it on to all the others...