Mindset List for the Class of 2015 - The Web is older than they are

[Don Collett]

ClarkKent, IIRC, used to post these every year on the old boards.  It's the annual list from Beloit College that describes the incoming freshmen, in this case, the class of 2015.  The one that really grabbed me I included in the title, but here's some of the rest:

 

Andre the Giant, River Phoenix, Frank Zappa, Arthur Ashe and the Commodore 64 have always been dead.

Their classmates could include Taylor Momsen, Angus Jones, Howard Stern's daughter Ashley, and the Dilley Sextuplets.

1. There has always been an Internet ramp onto the information highway.
2. Ferris Bueller and Sloane Peterson could be their parents.
3. States and Velcro parents have always been requiring that they wear their bike helmets.
4. The only significant labor disputes in their lifetimes have been in major league sports.
5. There have nearly always been at least two women on the Supreme Court, and women have always commanded U.S. Navy ships.
6. They “swipe” cards, not merchandise.
7. As they’ve grown up on websites and cell phones, adult experts have constantly fretted about their alleged deficits of empathy and concentration.
8. Their school’s “blackboards” have always been getting smarter.
9. “Don’t touch that dial!”….what dial? (Don: I quit saying this on the air YEARS ago.)
10. American tax forms have always been available in Spanish

 

More here: 2015 Mindset List

[ClarkKent_DC]

Thank, Don; somehow, I've fallen out of the habit of posting those. When I first started to do it, these lists seemed startling, but now, I think whoever compiles them should prune them by a third or so, because too many entries aren't that interesting or universally true.

 

On the other hand, several on this year's list do show how much the world has changed:

• There have nearly always been at least two women on the Supreme Court, and women have always commanded U.S. Navy ships.
• Amazon has never been just a river in South America.
• The Communist Party has never been the official political party in Russia.
• Major League Baseball has never had fewer than three divisions and never lacked a wild card entry in the playoffs.
• Altar girls have never been a big deal.
• Women have always been kissing women on television.

[Doc Beechler (mod-MD)]

4. Um, I'd say teens in Wisconsin are aware of some labor disputes...

[Travis Herrick (Modular Mod)]

I have a couple of radios that still have dials. They're digital but still dials.

[George]

My car radio (on a 2011 Nissan) has a dial.

 

Labor disputes are still around, only now they're between labor and conservative politicians. They used to be between labor and management.