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another related list...
I got this in an email today, and it reminded me of this thread...
THE CLASS OF 2005
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>Just in case you weren't feeling old enough today, this will certainly 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 mind-set of
>this year's incoming freshman.
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>Here is this year's list:
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>The people who are starting college this fall across the nation were born in 1983.
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>They have no meaningful recollection of the Reagan Era and probably did not know he had ever been shot.
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>They were prepubescent when the Persian Gulf War was waged.
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>There has been only one Pope in their lifetime.
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>They were 10 when the Soviet Union broke apart and do not remember the Cold War.
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>They are too young to remember the space shuttle blowing up.
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>Tianamen Square means nothing to them.
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>Bottle caps have always been screw off and plastic.
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>Atari predates them, as do vinyl albums! The expression "You sound like a broken record" means nothing to them.
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>They have never owned a record player.
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>They have likely never played Pac Man and have never heard of Pong.
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>They may have never heard of an 8 track. The Compact Disc was introduced when they were 1 year old.
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>They have always had an answering machine.
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>Most have never seen a TV set with only 13 channels, nor have they seen a black and white TV. They have always had cable.
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>There have always been VCRs, but they have no idea what BETA was.
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>They cannot fathom not having a remote control.
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>They don't know what a cloth baby diaper is, or know about the "Help me, I've fallen and I can't get up" commercial.
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>Feeling old yet? There's more:
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>They were born the year that Walkmen were introduced by Sony.
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>Roller-skating has always meant inline for them.
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>Jay Leno has always been on the Tonight Show.
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>They have no idea when or why Jordache jeans were cool.
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>Popcorn has always been cooked in the microwave.
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>They have never seen Larry Bird play.
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>They never took a swim and thought about Jaws.
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>The Vietnam War is as ancient history to them as WWI, WWII and the Civil War.
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>They have no idea that Americans were ever held hostage in Iran.
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>They can't imagine what hard contact lenses are.
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>They don't know who Mork was or where he was from. (The correct answer,
>by the way, is Ork)
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>They never heard: "Where's the beef? ", "I'd walk a mile for a Camel,"
>or "De plane, de plane! "
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>They do not care who shot J. R. and have no idea who J. R. was.
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>Michael Jackson has always been white.
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>Kansas, Chicago, Boston, America, and Alabama are places, not bands.
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>There has always been MTV.
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>They don't have a clue how to use a typewriter.
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>Do you feel old yet? If you do, then pass this on to some other old fogies . . . but don't send it back to me, I feel old enough.
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