Are you losing touch with the new generations?

[Eddie Teach]

I'm out of touch with every generation.

[Syt]

I haven't really felt out of touch with the younger generation, either because I'm in denial or not that old yet. What i have felt, as of late, is the feeling of something happening only a couple of years ago when really it was 10 plus years ago. It's an odd feeling.

(Though for me it's more like 1994. I subscribe to Stephen King's theory in the intro to the revised Dark Tower books that we kinda, sorta get stuck in the time when we were around 20.)

[The Brain]

CdM is stuck in the time when he had a 29 inch waist. Honey, you have to learn to deal maturely with change.

[Tamas]

And yeah, definetly.

I've seen some creative spellings of "definitely," but that takes the taco.  Sadly, I've also come to the realization that a lot of the current youth aren't even going to get that reference.

Flash Gordon is a great example.  Max von Sydow, Brian Blessed, and Timothy Dalton were all fairly big names at the time, but the only one kids now usually recognize is Dalton, and that's only because of the continuous publicity the Bond franchise gets.

Are you seriously dissing me, a non-native, for spelling, when you have Mr. American History Teacher Timmay around?

[Brazen]

I deliberately tell my colleagues about when there were only three TV stations and they closed down at 11pm, and the days before we had central heating or showers, and when we rented the TV and telephone, and shops were shut on Sundays and half-day Wednesdays...

[Brazen]

Then I tell them about the Britpop and indie groups I've seen live that no longer exist and it's like telling them I saw the Beatles.

[Camerus]

Yes, of course.  But then, 'twas ever thus, back to when Ughh first realized the young ones weren't listening to him on the sabre tooth tiger hunt.

[Syt]

Yes, of course.  But then, 'twas ever thus, back to when Ughh first realized the young ones weren't listening to him on the sabre tooth tiger hunt.

"You have no idea what life was like back then! Fire? We didn't even dream of it! You kids today with your newfangled flintstone speartips have it easy! You don't even know what REAL work is!"

[merithyn]

Have you ever found that some of your memories are ancient history to younger people?

Well, yes. I'm a parent. I thought that was part and parcel with the job.

[garbon]

CdM is stuck in the time when he had a 29 inch waist. Honey, you have to learn to deal maturely with change.

[CountDeMoney]

CdM is stuck in the time when he had a 29 inch waist. Honey, you have to learn to deal maturely with change.

Never.

I've earned the right to be crabby with young, stupid people.

The boomers said you can't trust anybody over 30.  Well, you can't listen to anybody under it, either.  Everybody's got ADD and Assburgers, with the critical thinking skills of last week's kitty litter.

[Ed Anger]

CdM is stuck in the time when he had a 29 inch waist. Honey, you have to learn to deal maturely with change.

Never.

I've earned the right to be crabby with young, stupid people.

The boomers said you can't trust anybody over 30.  Well, you can't listen to anybody under it, either.  Everybody's got ADD and Assburgers, with the critical thinking skills of last week's kitty litter.

Goddamned right. Young people suck.

[garbon]

If you think you need to earn the right to be crabby - you're doing it wrong.