1975 vs 2005

1975: Long hair
2005: Longing for hair


1975: KEG
2005: EKG


1975: Acid rock
2005: Acid reflux


1975: Moving to California because it's cool
2005: Moving to Arizona because it's warm


1975: Tryin to look like Marlon Brando or Liz Taylor
2005: Trying NOT to look like Marlon Brando or Liz Taylor


1975: Seeds and stems
2005: Roughage


1975: Hoping for a BMW
2005: Hoping for a BM


1975: Going to a new, hip joint
2005: Receiving a new hip joint


1975: Rolling Stones
2005: Kidney Stones


1975: Being called into the principal's office
2005: Calling the principal's office


1975: Disco
2005: Costco


1975: Parents begging you to get your hair cut
2005: Children begging you to get their heads shaved


1975: Passing the drivers' test
2005: Passing the vision test


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 1987.

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 the year they were born.

They have always had an answering machine.

They have always had cable.

They cannot fathom not having a remote control.

Jay Leno has always been on the Tonight Show.

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 "de plane, Boss, de plane".

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.

Feel old yet?

(Oh, notice the larger type? – that’s for those of you who have trouble seeing the screen. :-)