I talked to an 8 year old this weekend who referred to "back in 1992" like it may as well have been when dinosaurs roamed the earth.
To be fair this is how I thought about the 50s and 60s when I was 8
My reaction when my friends kids keep referring to "when you and Uncle Oliver were in high school a long time ago," and I want to correct them because we *just* graduated in 1994 and I realize oh right that was a long time ago:
Explaining the idea behind a beeper and the fact "no we didn't all have phones" to an 11 and 13 year old was wild.
My friends and I are probably at our most old and crochety when we complain that the kids today have no appreciation for how important Saturday morning was as far as watching cartoons. "If you missed it, it was gone. No on demand."
I used to get Mom to buy me the TV guide before the new fall season and I would plan out which cartoons to watch like I was planning D-Day. And some times you had to do a Sophies Choice because two good shows would be head to head and one had to die.
"ok first captain n and then gummi bears and-- sweet Jesus, muppet babies is on at the same time as Mask. Fuhhhhhhh---" - me, as a kid
Yeah my friends kids have been so upset at the cliffhangers on Wandavision and Falcon/Winter Soldier. We explained "all tv used to be like this."
https://twitter.com/timarno/status/1383983594104713218
BTW if you’re in my age bracket a fun thing to do is YouTube quizzes of tv show themes. I’ve wasted hours on them in the last couple weeks.
Me when the Family Ties theme drops:
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