People graduating High School this month were born in 1990, and:

• They have no meaningful recollection of the Reagan era and probably don't know that he had ever been shot.
• They were in diapers when the Gulf War started.
• Black Monday 1987 is as significant to them as the Great Depression.
• They were 3 when the Soviet Union broke apart, and don't remember the Cold War.
• They've never feared nuclear war.
• They're too young to remember the space shuttle blowing up.
• Tienanmen Square means nothing to them.
• Their lifetime has always included AIDS.
• Bottle caps have always been screw off and plastic.
• Atari predates them, as do cassettes and vinyl albums.
• The expression, "you sound like a broken record" means nothing to them.
• They've never owned a record player.
• They've never likely played Pac Man, and have never heard of Pong.
• They may have never heard of an 8-track.
• The Compact Disc was introduced 7 years before they were born.
• As far as they know, postage stamps have always cost about 37 cents.
• They've 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've always had cable.
• They can't fathom not having a remote.
• They were born 8 years after Sony introduced the Walkman.
• Roller skating has always meant in-line 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've never seen Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, or Michael Jordan play.
• They never took a swim and thought about Jaws.
• The Vietnam War is as ancient history to them as WWI, WWII, and the Civil War.
• They have no idea that Americans were held hostage in Iran.
• They can't imagine what hard contact lenses are.
• They don't know who Mork is, nor where he was from.
• They've never heard "Where's the beef?"  "I'd walk a mile for a Camel." or "De plane...de plane!"
• They don't care who shot J.R., and have no idea who J.R. is.
• The Titanic was found?  They thought it was just a movie.
• Boston, Chicago, Kansas, Alabama, and America are places, not groups.
• McDonald's never came in Styrofoam containers.
• There has always been MTV.
• They don't have a clue how to use a typewriter.

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