This List Will Make Anyone Over the Age of 25 Feel Old

Posted on August 23rd, 2006 by Chuck

I am feeling old. I just read through Beloit College’s Mindset List which features a list of things kids graduating in 2010 take for granted. Some of my favorites include:

1. The Soviet Union has never existed and therefore is about as scary as the student union.

6. There has always been only one Germany.

7. They have never heard anyone actually “ring it up” on a cash register.

9. A stained blue dress is as famous to their generation as a third-rate burglary was to their parents’.

14. The Moral Majority has never needed an organization.

15. They have never had to distinguish between the St. Louis Cardinals baseball and football teams.

19. “Google” has always been a verb.

20. Text messaging is their email.

23. Bar codes have always been on everything, from library cards and snail mail to retail items.

24. Madden has always been a game, not a Superbowl-winning coach.

27. There has never been a “skyhook” in the NBA.

36. They have rarely mailed anything using a stamp.

56. They have never put their money in a “Savings & Loan.”

63. Television stations have never concluded the broadcast day with the national anthem.

75. Professional athletes have always competed in the Olympics.