OK, whoever compiled this list of BS has about as much brain as god gave a crow-bar. I was born in "82 and I know or remember about half of this crap. I'll put a * next to all the ones that are right, and a comment next to the wrong ones. here goes..
> > > They have no meaningful recollection of the
> Reagan
> > > Era and probably do not know he had ever been
> shot. "I don't know about the administration, and yes I knew he was shot, which is irrelevent now because he don't remember it
"
> > >
> > > They were prepubescent when the Persian Gulf
> War was waged.* I remember it though.
> > >
> > > Black Monday, 1987 is as significant to them
> as the Great
> > > Depression."black monday? the depression yes"
> > >
> > > 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."unless you count korea and india who now have them and like to launch one to kick off a BBQ about every weekend"
> > >
> > > They are too young to remember the space
> shuttle blowing up."wrong, saw it on TV"
> > >
> > > Tianamen Square means nothing to them.*
> > >
> > > Bottle caps have always been screw off and
> plastic.Yes, but I remember the pull tops on beer and soda cans
"
> > >
> > > Atari predates them, as do vinyl albums."no, we had an atari till we got a nintendo in like 87. we still have it"
> > >
> > > The expression you sound like a broken record
> means
> > > nothing to them. They have never owned a
> record player."I had one on the top of my first stereo that I got for my birthday when I was 8. And we had disney records to listen to"
> > >
> > > They have likely never played Pac Man and have
> never heard of
> > > Donkey-Kong."we have pacman on atari and played donky kong till I was about 15 at the arcade."
> > >
> > > They may have never heard of an 8 track. The
> Compact Disc was
> > > introduced when they were 1 year old."my dads old truck still has one in it. and he has the tapes, but we never listen to them"
> > >
> > > As far as they know, stamps have always cost
> about 33 cents. I can only remember back till they were 29, but when I was 9 y/o I didn't mail alot of letters
"
> > >
> > > They have always had an answering machine."still don't have one. have voice mail though"
> > >
> > > Most have never seen a TV set with only 13
> channels, nor have
> > > they seen a black-and-white TV."we still have a TV in the workshop with 13 channels, black and white, and no remote, we had it in our family room till I was like 7 or 8"
> > >
> > > They have always had cable. "still dont"
> > >
> > > There has always been VCRs, but they have no
> idea what BETA is.*
> > >
> > > They cannot fathom not having a remote
> control."see above"
> > >
> > > They were born the year that Walkman were
> introduced by Sony.*
> > >
> > > Roller-skating has always meant inline for
> them. "negative, I didn't get roller blades till I was like 12. It was skates till then"
> > >
> > > Jay Leno has always been on the Tonight Show. Gee, whoever could johnny be? I don't watch it anyway."
> > >
> > > They have no idea when or why Jordache jeans
> were cool. *
> > >
> > > Popcorn has always been cooked in the
> microwave. "Mocrowaves burn it. we still use an electric popper"
> > >
> > > They have never seen Larry Bird play.* dont watch basket ball, just football and baseball"
> > >
> > > They never took a swim and thought about Jaws. "I first saw jaws in like '88. don't know how new it was then."
> > >
> > > 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." you mean the ones they were torturing with car batteries? hmmm. I was about ten, and remember the war, because we lived on the airbase, and everybody was leaving to the war."
> > >
> > > They can't imagine what hard contact lenses
> are."sis still uses them because she has a perscription that can't be made in disposables"
> > >
> > > They don't know who Mork was or where he was
> from. "mork and Mindy? gee who's that? oh you mean the alien guy?"
> > >
> > > They never heard: Where's the beef?,* I'd
> walked a
> > > mile for a Camel, or de plane, de plane "walk a mile was for caamel cigarettes, I've heard "ze plane, ze plane" but don't know what it's off of."
> > >
> > > They do not care who shot J. R. and have no
> idea who J. R.
> > > is. "off of dallas?"
> > >
> > > The Titanic was found? They thought we always
> knew where it was.*
> > >
> > > Michael Jackson has always been white. "who cares, he's a confused pedifile who paid some REALLY UGLY chic to have his baby."
> > >
> > > Kansas, Chicago, Boston, America, and Alabama
are places, not
groups.*
McDonalds never came in Styrofoam containers."they used styrofoam on the big-mac until like '92 or 93. I was well familiar with Mcdonalds by then"
There has always been MTV."dont get cable"
They don't have a clue how to use a typewriter.*
Most of these are assuming that these are the kids who are going to harvard, and as soon as a new technology came out, went out and bought it for their spoiled little brat kids. These were expensive, and some of this junk we still don't have. We had cable for a while, but noiw that we're back in AK we don't watch TV, we're hardly ever home. Who needs an answering machine? I like missing calls.
These people need to recheck their references.
[This message has been edited by BadMedicine (edited September 14, 2000).]
We only had "He-Man", "G.I. JOE" "MASK", and "Transformers". I think I am beginning to see the N'Sync connection here...