Born in 1980 (fwd)

this scares me...


> The people who are starting college this fall across the nation were
>Born in 1980.
>
> The Iranian hostage crisis occurred before they were conceived.
>
> They have no memory of a time before M-TV.
>
> "New Wave" is their PARENTS musical generation.
>
> Cyndi Lauper, Boy George, the Pretenders, the Kinks, the Sex Pistols
>-- are all old music they have heard of, if they have heard of it at
all.
>
> They have no meaningful recollection of the Reagan era.
>
> They were prepubescent when the Persian Gulf War was waged.
>
> If they have heard the name "Oliver North," it was probably as a
>losing Congessional candidate, or perhaps in some obscure survey history
>text's reference, such as might be made to Huey Long or Teapot Dome.
>
> Black Monday 1987 is as significant to them as the Great Depression.
>
> Their world has always included AIDS.
>
> Having not lived through the Disco Scare, they can romanticize the
>1970s.
>
> They see "Family Ties" as something middle aged ladies watch.
>
> They watched "Star Wars" years ago, when they were kids -- on video.
>
> Atari predates them, as do vinyl albums and cassette audiotapes.
>
> From their earliest years, a camera was something you used once and
>threw away.
>
> As far as they know, stamps have always cost about 32 cents.
>
> The oil crisis is history of which they probably know nothing and why
>anyone WOULDN'T buy a Suburban is beyond them.
>
> Most of them have probably never seen a real nun, even if they went
>to Catholic schools.
>
> So, my superannuated friends, why don't we all get together
> and feel obsolete over some Geritol Tea?

Ann