I thought the article was pretty funny, as well as enlightening. It seemed to kind of poke fun at our generation's ignorance of important cultural events in before, and in the beginning of, our time. I think it exaggerates in some points, not giving us enough credit, but in other areas it is right on.
Some of the points i found to be inaccurate. A few of the points on the list seemed to be slightly ahead of our time, at least in my case. I never watched Buffy the vampire slayer and have never heard the song cop killer. Also i think a few of these developments have happened during our lives, and I can remember life before them. for example, I only recently bought a toothpaste tube that stood on its cap and I learned to write in cursive in school. These few points of the article i found to be a bit out of place, but for the most part the article had the right idea about this generation.
Among the accurate ideas in this article is the thought that there have always been a multitude of TV channels, as I have had satellite television, or at least cable, for as long as i can remember. Also, I had never heard of the princess Fergie until high school, but I knew of the singer long before that. I also think that this generation is much more accepting of immigration than the previous few generations. Whether this is a result of laws protecting equality, or of our having relatives who have immigrated depends on the case.
While many of the points seem to point out this generation's ignorance, I think this article can also be seen as an assessment of a generation in which the children have become more progressive. Especially in the case of the immigration issue, I think that changing opinions in the public may be good for our country, and while not all issues on the list were that serious, I think it is both important and entertaining to look at our generation as a whole by looking at articles like this one.
Hi Cody, I agree with the immigration statements. I believe we were taught at a young age to accept everyone, so our generation is more "open" than others. I never did watch Buffy either and I don't know the song Cop Killer.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with you man. I though that it was kind of fun to read some of those mind sets and think yup that me.
ReplyDeleteI would recommend reading this article every year. You get to see what they think is important enough to put in the article, and others that they deem unworthy and leave out.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you on the immigration statements as well. Like Kali said we were always taught to be open to everyone and accept them for who they are.
ReplyDeleteI agree that this article is fun to read and shouldn't be taken extremely seriously because they are things that we can look at and relate to in our own lives so far.
ReplyDeleteI totally thought they were talking about fergie the singer, so I made a fool of myself. And I always complain that there is nothing on tv to watch even though there are thousands of different channels.
ReplyDeleteYeah, the list seemed to exaggerate a lot, albeit a bit TOO much . . .
ReplyDeleteI only slightly remember having cable TV. I got satelite TV at an early age, so I've always had over 500 different channels.
One of your points stood out to me: Immigration. Although I agree with you that our generation is more tolerant of differences, I'd have to say that immigration is going to be a hard topic for our generation. Right now laws are going into place that our generation will have to deal with when it enters the world of politics. Even if we want to change the laws, it'll be a struggle. The majority of the voting population has consistently been the older population. When it comes down to it, when the votes come to repeal them in the future, the ones spreading the fear about immigrants will the ones voting.
ReplyDeleteI agree that they don't seem to give us much credit, we are smarter than they make us sound. I also never watched Buffy (I think I did once when there was nothing else on ha) and never heard of the song Cop Killer. I remember life before the toothpaste that stands on its cap too.
ReplyDeleteI agree with points you made, and you described it the article in a different type of aspect. Did you happen to see Steven Colbert speak to Congress about Immigration? It was pretty controversial, I suggest youtubing it.
ReplyDeleteHey Cody,
ReplyDeleteI agree that this list does exaggerate some points, but I think that's what makes it fun to read!
Cop Killer is a really controversial song. I have never heard it, but my journalism teacher talked about it in class a few weeks ago. I guess it's a rap song that tells of a person killing a cop. It was played on the radio, before the radio was censored. I doubt it will be played on the radio ever again.