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Born Before 1985? Then You Are OLD! {{And here's proof.}}
Every year Beloit College in Beloit, Wisconsin publishes what it calls "The Mindset List"--fun facts and figures about the incoming crop of freshmen so professors will be able to relate to their new students.
Beloit says the list is a reminder that the world view of today's new college students is significantly different from the intellectual framework of those students who entered only a few years earlier. Put another way, it's a reminder that you are getting on in years. One of the list's creators is Beloit professor Tom McBride, who quips, "It is an alert for those of us who may be suffering from hardening of the references." And there's no medicine for this!
So to better understand how the class of 2007 thinks, most of whom were born in 1985, read this and feel your age:
The people who are starting college this fall across the nation were born in 1985.
They have no meaningful recollection of the Reagan era and probably did not know he had ever been shot.
They were prepubescent when the Persian Gulf War was waged.
There has been only one pope in their lifetime.
They were 10 when the Soviet Union broke apart and do not remember the Cold War.
They are too young to remember the space shuttle blowing up on takeoff.
Tiananmen Square means nothing to them.
Bottle caps have always been screw off and plastic.
Atari predates them, as do vinyl albums.
The statement "You sound like a broken record" means nothing to them. (They have never owned a record player.)
They have likely never played Pac Man and have never heard of Pong.
They may have never heard of an 8-track tape. The compact disc was introduced when they were 1 year old.
They have always had an answering machine.
Most have never seen a TV set with only 13 channels, nor have they seen a black and white TV.
They have always had cable.
There have always been VCRs, but they have no idea what Beta was.
They cannot fathom not having a remote control.
They don't know what a cloth baby diaper is or know about the "Help me, I've fallen and I can't get up!" commercial.
They were born the year that Walkman was introduced by Sony.
Roller skating has always meant inline for them.
Michael Jackson has always been white.
Jay Leno has always been on "The Tonight Show."
They have no idea when or why Jordache jeans were cool.
Popcorn has always been cooked in the microwave.
They have never seen Larry Bird play.
They never took a swim and thought about "Jaws."
The Vietnam War is as ancient history to them as World War I, World War II, and the Civil War.
They have no idea that Americans were ever held hostage in Iran.
They can't imagine what hard contact lenses are.
They don't know who Mork was or where he was from. (The correct answer, by the way, is Ork.)
They never heard: "Where's the beef?", "I'd walk a mile for a Camel," or "De plane, de plane!"
They do not care who shot J.R. and have no idea who J.R. was.
Kansas, Chicago, Boston, America, and Alabama are places, not bands.
There has always been MTV.
They don't have a clue how to use a typewriter.
Laissez les bon temps rouler! 
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08-26-2003 01:33 PM
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Oh my, I was born in April of 1980, and I remember all of this Stuff when it came to be. I remember 8 tracks, I had an Atari, remember the intro of the C.D., my mom typing on a typewriter, and I had a little record player because I had the books with the little records that come with them. Now that stuff comes on C.D.s LOL.
My! I remember all of this stuff.
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Ahh yes, very very scary stuff.
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Look----I graduated from high school in 1985!!!!!! Now I am really feeling old!!! Thanks but no thanks Jolie Rouge for reminding me!!! Oh well, I guess I better get used to it!!!!
Jolie Rouge----now find something that makes us feel young!!!
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Haha! What's really funny is when you guys have kids, and you say something referring to the past..and they look at you with this blank stare-because they have NO clue what you are talking about!
For example, I said how in the heck did we teenagers survive not having call waiting for Caller ID- DD looked at me like I was crazy.
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Hey another April of '80' Here and I am NOT OLD!!!!!!!! LOL
Yes I do remember most of that stuff but that doesn't make me OLD!!! 
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December '85 here.... yikes im skidding on being old!
my neighbors 8 year old thinks its the coolest thing i was born in the 80's LOL
Every day I live I am more convinced that the waste of life lies in the love we have not given, the powers we have not used, the selfish prudence that will risk nothing and which, shirking pain, misses happiness as well.
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I was born in 77 and I FEEL 40 With all these KIDS LOL I remeber all those things tho! LOL
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Thanks Jolie, I was already feeling old! I was born in '74.
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Name for a new country song: If I'd Shot You Sooner, I'd Be Out of Jail by Now.
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