[WardFive] 1966 vs 2016

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

1966 vs 2016

This is for those, whose chronological age qualifies them to relate to the last 50 years.

 

 

1966: Long hair

2016: Longing for hair

 

1966: KEG

2016: EKG

 

1966: Acid rock

2016: Acid reflux

 

1966: Moving to California because it's cool

2016: Moving to Arizona because it's warm

 

1966: Trying to look like Marlon Brando or Liz Taylor

2016: Trying NOT to look like Marlon Brando or Liz Taylor

 

1966: Seeds and stems

2016: Roughage

 

1966: Hoping for a BMW

2016: Hoping for a BM

 

1966: Going to a new, hip joint

2016: Receiving a new hip joint

 

1966: Rolling Stones

2016: Kidney Stones

 

1966: Screw the system

2016: Upgrade the system

 

1966: Disco

2016: Costco

 

1966: Parents begging you to get your hair cut

2016: Children begging you to get their heads shaved

 

1966: Passing the drivers' test

2016: Passing the vision test

 

1966: Whatever

2016: Depends

 

Just in case you weren't feeling too old today, this will certainly change things. Each year the staff at Beloit College in Wisconsin

puts 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:

• The people who are starting college this fall across the nation were born in 1998
• They are too young to remember the space shuttle blowing up.
• Their lifetime has always included AIDS
• Bottle caps have always been screw off and plastic
• The CD was introduced 7 years before they were born
• They have always had an answering machine
• They have always had cable
• They cannot fathom not having a remote control
• Popcorn has always been cooked in the microwave
• They never took a swim and thought about Jaws
• They can't imagine what hard contact lenses are
• They don't know who Mork was or where he was from
• They never heard: "Where's the Beef?", "I'd walk a mile for a Camel", or "deplane, Boss, deplane.."
• They do not care who shot J. R. and have no idea who J. R. even is
• McDonald's never came in Styrofoam containers
• They don't have a clue how to use a typewriter.

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