Gonna have to pick that book up sometime. Sounds like it actually makes some sense, for a change. Groovy.
For me, born in '72, I was Gen13 as well. I, too, remember the Wall coming down, and I remember sitting in homeroom in the 7th grade and hearing about the Challenger blowing up and thinking it had to be a hoax. I remember sitting in my room, teaching my little brother to play Risk while listening to the radio, as it described the invasion of Kuwait.
Hell, I remember being out-and-about for Bicentennial celebrations in '76 with my Dad. I remember watching Ollie North get grilled in court. I remember Gorbechev being removed and I remember hearing that the Cold War was over.
In the end? It all made me feel like humans were pathetic and couldn't be trusted. No wonder I loved Watchmen.
Born in 1975, which I consider the tail end of Generation X. But yes it does correspond to Gen13 in that one book I read in high school by those two guys.
I remember thinking the new Firebird (as seen in Knight Rider) was the awesomest car ever, and hating Reagan because everyone I knew did, and shopping for Commodore 64 games at Toys R Us. And Transformers, lots and lots of Transformers. And playing Castle of Slime on the Apple II at the library. And my mom's first answering machine, and my dad's corded cable remote. I guess my thesis is that technology changes so fast now that our gadget memories can be used to meaningfully place us in the generational order.
Of course the Challenger explosion was sad, but it didn't affect me nearly as much as my poor English teacher, who had applied to be the first teacher in space. I wasn't a very politically aware kid.
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Gonna have to pick that book up sometime. Sounds like it actually makes some sense, for a change. Groovy.
For me, born in '72, I was Gen13 as well. I, too, remember the Wall coming down, and I remember sitting in homeroom in the 7th grade and hearing about the Challenger blowing up and thinking it had to be a hoax. I remember sitting in my room, teaching my little brother to play Risk while listening to the radio, as it described the invasion of Kuwait.
Hell, I remember being out-and-about for Bicentennial celebrations in '76 with my Dad. I remember watching Ollie North get grilled in court. I remember Gorbechev being removed and I remember hearing that the Cold War was over.
In the end? It all made me feel like humans were pathetic and couldn't be trusted. No wonder I loved Watchmen.
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I remember thinking the new Firebird (as seen in Knight Rider) was the awesomest car ever, and hating Reagan because everyone I knew did, and shopping for Commodore 64 games at Toys R Us. And Transformers, lots and lots of Transformers. And playing Castle of Slime on the Apple II at the library. And my mom's first answering machine, and my dad's corded cable remote. I guess my thesis is that technology changes so fast now that our gadget memories can be used to meaningfully place us in the generational order.
Of course the Challenger explosion was sad, but it didn't affect me nearly as much as my poor English teacher, who had applied to be the first teacher in space. I wasn't a very politically aware kid.
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One group was the "GI Joe" group and the other was the "Transformer" group.
I played with the GI Joe kids when I had to, but the Transformer kids were a lot more fun, and smarter too.
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