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I'm still kind of unclear of what the age group of "Millennials" really is. According to this thing, I must not be one since I clearly remember the vast majority of these.
Millennials (also known as Generation Y) are the demographic cohort following Generation X. There are no precise dates for when this cohort starts or ends; demographers and researchers typically use the early 1980s as starting birth years and the mid-1990s to early 2000s as ending birth years.
I am in the millennial age group, and I found that article offensive for two reasons. One, I knew at least 90% of all that stuff, and two, Rolling Stone's website sucks. It is never easy to scroll quickly and locks up all the time.
This just further reinforces how loosely defined and fluid these generational groupings are. I've only ever seen Generation Y as a seldom-used, sort of throwaway generation bridging the gap between Gen X and Millennials, not as another term for Millennials.
I posted it so folks could reminisce about all that stuff, not to pile on millennials; that's why I didn't use the article's title. Not going to disagree about RS' website, although they do get some credit for having it on one page rather than having to click through the whole dam thing.
Oh I wasn't really offended man, just playing into the millennial image.
With that said, it was funny to be like "Oh yeah, I forgot about the bee girl" or whatever else
Oldest video game console I recall having was the Sega Genesis. I think we had the SNES, but I can't say for sure.
ETA: The first time I heard of the TurboGrafx was like last year because Kanye said it would be the name of his next album.
I've heard of it, but didn't own one. If I remember correctly it bombed in the US.
Truth. A top 50 slideshow gets an automatic GFY from me.
It only took 3 days to get that page to load. I didn't know half of the stuff. I do remember Fartman, however! 92 MTV Awards! Black Crowes opened with Remedy!
Other than having to give a click to that rag Rolling Stone, I enjoyed that.
I bring in at least one intern from the local colleges every semester (free labor is awesome!). Every now and then I'll get a nontraditional student in their 30s or 40s but most of the time, I get a 20 year old. I love asking them about stuff like this. One of my go-to questions for them is, "do you know anything about the Dewey Decimal System or a card catalog?" They usually look at me like I have 2 heads.
Another funny, related story - one day I heard one of the interns talking to a girlfriend of hers on the phone. I overheard her say something like, "I watched this movie last night called The Breakfast Club and one of the girls in the movie tooootally reminded me of you." Outside of wondering if her friend was more Molly Ringwald or more Ally Sheedy, the phrasing of her statement made me believe she hadn't really heard of the movie before - "I saw this movie last night called The Breakfast Club..."? Really? Is it like that for 20 year olds? They've never heard of The Breakfast Club? Now granted, I get a lot of interns from Liberty University and many of them grow up in Footloose families where they have little exposure to pop culture and whatnot. But I still couldn't believe it when I heard her. It prompted me to go ask her about some other things outside of her generation.
I bring in at least one intern from the local colleges every semester (free labor is awesome!). Every now and then I'll get a nontraditional student in their 30s or 40s but most of the time, I get a 20 year old. I love asking them about stuff like this. One of my go-to questions for them is, "do you know anything about the Dewey Decimal System or a card catalog?" They usually look at me like I have 2 heads.
Another funny, related story - one day I heard one of the interns talking to a girlfriend of hers on the phone. I overheard her say something like, "I watched this movie last night called The Breakfast Club and one of the girls in the movie tooootally reminded me of you." Outside of wondering if her friend was more Molly Ringwald or more Ally Sheedy, the phrasing of her statement made me believe she hadn't really heard of the movie before - "I saw this movie last night called The Breakfast Club..."? Really? Is it like that for 20 year olds? They've never heard of The Breakfast Club? Now granted, I get a lot of interns from Liberty University and many of them grow up in Footloose families where they have little exposure to pop culture and whatnot. But I still couldn't believe it when I heard her. It prompted me to go ask her about some other things outside of her generation.
With you:
I might be able to find some pics of previous interns. I've had some super hot ones throughout the years. Like I said, I usually have more than one each semester. And I usually bring a hot one in and smart one. That way the scenery improves but the production doesn't drop off.
This was just before my time but I loved watching this video. I hope it will bring back some good memories for some of you.
Slinger stating in a random poast "this thread has some good poast" is the same thing as a like. You know it's a matter of time before he crumbles.
One day when I'm super bored, I'm going to go back and retract all my likes from slinger's poasts and then poast two screen grabs showing the before and after of his like total. I bet I can scrub off 250 easily. I'm a generous like giver.
Damn. That video got me a bit emotional and that era outdates me by 35 years.
Does it actually take it off of the total? I just figured taking back the likes was more of a symbolic thing.
nope, it works... just gave you a like and took it back to confirm
Yes it does work. Refresh your page.
Or check your math. Grayhead's like may be throwing off your math.
ETA: nvm, you said it worked. Your use of "nope" threw me. Plus I can't think well with this impending game.
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