Ch-ch-ch-changes

Beloit College is known for many things, but most of all for its class mind-set listing, updated each year, to give some context to what this year’s freshmen have grown up with (or not grown up with). Guaranteed to make folks feel old, this is:

The notables from their “Class of 2009” list (said class having been born in 1987):

• Andy Warhol, Liberace, Jackie Gleason, and Lee Marvin have always been dead.
• They don’t remember when “cut and paste” involved scissors.
• Wayne Gretzky never played for Edmonton.
• Boston has been working on the “The Big Dig” all their lives.
• They never had the fun of being thrown into the back of a station wagon with six others.
• Jimmy Swaggart and Jim Bakker have never preached on television.
• Voice mail has always been available.
• Ferdinand Marcos has never been in charge of the Philippines.
• Bill Gates has always been worth at least a billion dollars.
• Pixar has always existed.
• There has never been a “fairness doctrine” at the FCC.
• American Motors has never existed.
• Les Miserables has always been on stage.
• Halogen lights have always been available at home, with a warning.
• There has always been a pyramid in front of the Louvre in Paris.
• Snowboarding has always been a popular winter pastime.
• The Hubble Telescope has always been focused on new frontiers.
• They never saw the shuttle Challenger fly.
• They never saw Pat Sajak or Arsenio Hall host a late night television show.
• Digital cameras have always existed.
• Tom Landry never coached the Cowboys.
• Time Life and Warner Communications have always been joined.

(via GeekPress)