Feeling old? A list of what the pepsi generation forgot.

[oberkommando]

Sorry dennis, this aint RKBA but I will try to keep these types to a minimum.

Just in case you weren't feeling too old 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
> > > mindset of that year's incoming freshmen. Here
> is this year's list:
> >
> >
> >
> > > The people who are starting college this fall
> across the nation
> > > were born in 1982.
> > >
> > > They have no meaningful recollection of the
> Reagan
> > > Era and probably do not know he had ever been
> shot.
> > >
> > > They were prepubescent when the Persian Gulf
> War was waged.
> > >
> > > Black Monday, 1987 is as significant to them
> as the Great
> > > Depression.
> > >
> > > There has been only one Pope.
> > >
> > > They were 11 when the Soviet Union broke apart
> and
> > > do not remember the Cold War.
> > >
> > > They have never feared a nuclear war.
> > >
> > > They are too young to remember the space
> shuttle blowing up.
> > >
> > > Tianamen Square means nothing to them.
> > >
> > > Bottle caps have always been screw off and
> plastic.
> > >
> > > 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 and have
> never heard of
> > > Donkey-Kong.
> > >
> > > They may have never heard of an 8 track. 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 TV set with only 13
> channels, nor have
> > > they seen a black-and-white TV.
> > >
> > > They have always had cable.
> > >
> > > There has 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 Walkman were
> introduced by Sony.
> > >
> > > Roller-skating has always meant inline for
> them.
> > >
> > > Jay Leno has always been on the Tonight Show.
> > >
> > > 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.
> > >
> > > The Vietnam War is as ancient history to them
> as
> > > W.W.I, W.W.II and the Civil War.
> > >
> > > They have no idea that Americans were ever
> held hostage in Iran.
> > >
> > > They can't imagine what hard contact lenses
> are.
> > >
> > > They don't know who Mork was or where he was
> from.
> > >
> > > They never heard: Where's the beef?, I'd
> walked a
> > > mile for a Camel, or de plane, de plane
> > >
> > > They do not care who shot J. R. and have no
> idea who J. R.
> > > is.
> > >
> > > The Titanic was found? They thought we always
> knew where it was.
> > >
> > > Michael Jackson has always been white.
> > >
> > > Kansas, Chicago, Boston, America, and Alabama
are places, not
groups.

McDonalds never came in Styrofoam containers.

There has always been MTV.

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

[oberkommando]

Actually forgot may be a bad word as most never knew it in the first place. Kinda scary to think these people will be running things eventully.

[kjm]

Suprising but true. I'm only 30, but when I go to class, I feel ancient. I'm a first year college Freshman this year, so I'm right in with all these folks. One thing that never changes is all the eighteen year-olds asking me to buy them beer. I did that kinda stupid stuff at eighteen. Some of you didn't have to, eighteen was the legal age for many of you.

[Mr. Blonde]

Jordache was cool?

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"Are You Gonna Bark All Day Little Doggie, Or Are You Gonna Bite?"

[Cougar]

Heck,
1. When I was in High School, hand held calculators were a rarity, and cost over $100 for a basic model.
2. We had to know how to use a slide rule for calculations in my Physics class.
3. I was in high school when cars started using catalytic convertors and unleaded gas.
4. Our high school had a time-share computer terminal, and only one of them! It ran at 8 characters per second, and read paper tape.
5. When I was taking computer programming (Fortran IV) in college, we had to enter our programs using punchcards.
6. PCs did not exist!

[MTAA]

I think you still have about four more years till all of that applies. I was talking to a 17 yr old yesterday and he remembered Mask, Transformers, and Mr. T. There is hope. He was clueless about the "Smurfs" though.

[Ledbetter]

Everything I needed to know, I learned from watching "Bonanza."

"Hoss" Ledbetter

[FUD]

Cougar, I remember writing Fortran programs on punchcards.

Ledbetter, I like "Bonanza" -- it was one of my favorite shows ... I even was going to trying out for the part of Adam when he left the show ...

... Of course, now I would fit better playing the part of Ben or Hoss

[C.R.Sam]

I member listening to the radio when our trade buddies hit Pearl Harbor.
Mounted Cavalry field excercises.
"Watching" Lone Ranger on radio
Vacuum tube modems
Being armed with a Springfield.
Being told before WWII the country was goin to hell in a handbasket.
Where I parked.


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Sam I am, grn egs n packin

Nikita Khrushchev predicted confidently in a speech in Bucharest, Rumania on June 19, 1962 that: " The United States will eventually fly the Communist Red Flag...the American people will hoist it themselves."

[Ed Brunner]

C.R.; They had the "loaded" Springfields way back then??

If it is any consolation, I remember too. In fact I used to have a photographic memory. About four years ago I ran out of film.

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You have to be there when it's all over. Otherwise you can't say "I told you so."

Better days to be,

Ed

[Juan Hunt Greer]

Black&white TV? when and where I was growing up there was really NO tv! Well, you could pick up the one Puerto Rican station (in spanish) IF you put up at least an 85 foot antenna! All radios had tubes ( portables used EXPENSIVE batteries), and even tape was strictly reel-to-reel. St. Thomas had its redeeming qualities, though;Perfect climate, safe (though sometimes boring) streets, and a world where imagination was the key to amusement.
crankshaft
paranoia is just fine when they really are out to get You!

[Crowe]

I'm only 24, but as I remember I WAS the remote control for a long time. I still remember UHF knobs and rotary phones, and records, and 8tracks, and MY transformers were made outta metal.

Crowe

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Well I got 6 little friends, and they can all run faster than you.

[MrBigglesworth]

Damn..I was born in 1976 and remember about 95% of this list! What a difference 6 years make!!!

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Try to take away my gun...and you will see my 2nd Amendment Right in ACTION!!! -Me

FOR THE CHILDREN!!!!

[MTAA]

As a consolation, most high school graduates of the class of '00 won't remember who our first president was, who we fought in the Civil War (snicker ), their ABC's, or what mucic sounded like before the Back Street Boys (NKOTB are oldschool).

They will remember to give shout outs and big ups to their homies Ernesto and Regio on Wild 106, that import V6's rule at the dragstrip and look especially cool when lowered and purple tint is applied, Baby boomers are Yuppies, not hippies and money now rules over sex and drugs (unless you have Viagra), that high salaries and said money should be earned without any real accomplishment or talent.

Oh, let me think of somemore and I'll get back...The Britney Spears/Backstreet Boys crap has got to stop though. You just can't buy any ol' piece of [color=#FF0000]█[/color][color=#FF0000]█[/color][color=#FF0000]█[/color][color=#FF0000]█[/color][color=#FF0000]█[/color] the music industry coughs up. This is a sad time for popular culture... Thanks Pepsi

[chink]

I was born in 1978 and know most of it. don't know what planet mork was from, but he was funny.

But, they know pac-man and donkey kong, because the keep getting re-released. they just don't know pac-man and donkey kong in its original form and they also know that BETA is /*slightly buggy software*/ but they don't know BETAMAX is /*the video tape format that was sony properitary.

everyone knows /*even todays kids*/ that you can't beat detroit steel off the line without a lot of work and a lot of money. thats why they need NOS and stuff like that.

a little aside I use /*...*/ to add comments to what I am writing because I write to much 'C' code at work and (...) is just to confusing to me know.

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It ain't mah fault. did I do dat?
http://yellowman.virtualave.net/

[fed168]

I am 27, remember most of that list. Never cared for designer jeans, though, and for the lad who did not know about the smurfs, no great loss.
I was watching the Sid and Marty Kroft Hour when Reagan was shot, kinda angry at dad for turning the channel on me.

[Shotgun]

A perfect example of why anyone under age 50 should not be allowed to vote. It takes at leas 50 years to accumlate enough experience and wisdom to vote in the best interest of the country.

[DorGunR]

Like C.R. Sam I also listened to the news on the radio when Pearl Harbor was attacked on Sunday December 7, 1941. Sad day!

Yesterday was my birthday......I'm now officially 68 years old......where in the heck has all the time gone?

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"Lead, follow or get the HELL out of the way."

[ArmySon]

I'm 26 and the only thing on the list I don't remember was

" They have no idea when or why Jordache jeans were cool."

[tc556guy]

To those of you who remember the Harbor back in '41, how do you view the current Chinese trade thing? Back in the late 30's we were all hot to trade with Japan, and some of the steel we sold them came back in the form of planes and bombs. You see any similarity now, other than the fact both are being overseen by a crippled Democratic president (one physically, one or both mentally depending on your view?).

[C.R.Sam]

tcsd...I see a lot of parallels there, Deja Vu all over again?

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Sam I am, grn egs n packin

Nikita Khrushchev predicted confidently in a speech in Bucharest, Rumania on June 19, 1962 that: " The United States will eventually fly the Communist Red Flag...the American people will hoist it themselves."

[guerilla1138]

thank you but tianamen square means allot to me.
i was sitting there watching my wonderful world of disney when suddenly they were showing people getting killed.
that kind of thing tends to f--- one up.
i use a typewriter all the time, it gives me a better feel for writing fiction.
mork was from ork.
i still love the pac-man and donkey kong games, wish i could get them for the comp or the nintendo 64.
i have heard all of those.
we used to have a 13 channel no remote tv.

i know what smurfs are.
i remember the mcdonalds styrofoam containers
i know who j.r. is, and it was all a dream.
and a few other things it might suprise you to know i know/remember.
and i am 14.
so see, the dumb one will acheive mediocrity like they are supposed to and people like me shall rise to the top.

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while u are burying your head in the sand i will be out doing something about the problem, excuse me if i tramp upon your skull.

[MountainGun44]

Hell, I am 35 and my memory is so bad I can hide my own Easter eggs.

[MTAA]

Glad to hear it Guerilla1138. There is no doubt in my mind you will be a success, that was more a knock at N'Sync types. However, If you do listen to N'Sync you can be guaranteed a lifetime of managing fastfood Restaurants and/or selling women's shoes (remember Al Bundy?)!

[fed168]

Anyone else miss glass soda bottles? I do.