*Kitty Monster*
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Registered: Aug 2001
Location: Northern Wisconsin, US
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I got this email yesterday. Sorta fitting to post it here, I think.
This Year's College Freshman
Just in case you weren't feeling too old today, this will certainly change
things. Each year the staff at Beloit College in Wisconsin put together a
list to try to give the faculty a sense of the mindset of this year's
incoming freshmen. Here's this year's list.
1. The people who are starting college this fall across the nation were
born in 1983.
2. They have no meaningful recollection of the
Reagan Era and probably did not know that he had ever been shot.
3. They were prepubescent when the Persian Gulf War was waged.
4. They were 10 when the Soviet Union broke apart and do not remember
the Cold War.
5. They have never feared a nuclear war.
6. They are too young to remember the space shuttle blowing up.
7. Their lifetime has always included AIDS
8. Bottle caps have always been screw off and plastic
9. ATARI predates them as do vinyl albums. The statement "You sound like
a broken record" means nothing to them.
10. They have never owned a record player
11. They have likely never played Pac Man and have never heard of Pong.
12. They may have never heard of an 8 track. The CD was introduced the
year they were born.
13. They have always had an answering machine
14. They have never seen a rotary-dial phone
15. Most have never seen a TV set with only 13 channels or a Black &
White TV
16. They have always had cable
17. There have always been VCRs and they have no idea what BETA is
18. They cannot fathom not having a remote control
19. They were born the year after Sony introduced Walkmen's
20. Roller Skating has always meant inline for them
21. Jay Leno has always been on the Tonight Show
22. They have no idea when or why Jordache jeans were cool
23. Popcorn has always been cooked in the microwave
24. They have never seen Larry Bird play
25. They never took a swim and thought about Jaws.
26. They can't imagine what hard contact lenses are
27. They don't know who Mork was or where he was
from
28. They never heard: "Where's the Beef?", "I'd
walk a mile for a Camel," or "de plane, de plane!"
29. They do not care who shot J.R. and have no
idea who J.R. is
30. Michael Jackson has always been white
31. Kansas, Chicago, Boston, America, and Alabama
are places, not groups
32. McDonald's never came in Styrofoam containers
33. They don't have a clue how to use a typewriter
Do you feel old yet?
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Kittacious F. Monster III
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08-14-2001 12:33 AM
The red x will remain until Im not too lazy to fix it.