1974 vs 2005

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1974: Long hair
2005: Longing for hair
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1974: KEG

2005: EKG
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1974: Acid rock
2005: Acid reflux
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1974: Moving to California because it's "cool"

2005: Moving to California because it's warm
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1974: Trying to look like Marlon Brando or Liz Taylor
2005: Trying NOT to look like Marlon Brando or Liz Taylor
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1974: Seeds and stems

2005: Roughage
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1974: Hoping for a BMW
2005: Hoping for a BM
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1974: The Grateful Dead

2005: Dr. Kavorkian
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1974: Going to a new, hip joint
2005: Receiving a new hip joint
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1974: Rolling Stones

2005: Kidney Stones
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1974: Being called into the principal's office
2005: Calling the principal's office
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1974: Screw the system

2005: Upgrade the system
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1974: Disco
2005: Costco
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1974: Parents begging you to get your hair cut

2005: Children begging you to get their heads shaved
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1974: Passing the drivers' test
2005: Passing the vision test
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1974: Whatever

2005: Depends
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Just in case you weren't feeling too old today, this will certainly change things. Each year the staff at Beloit College in Wisconsin puts together a list to try to give the faculty a sense of the mindset of this year's incoming freshmen. Here's this year's list:

The people who are starting college this fall across the nation were born in 1987. They are too young to remember the space shuttle blowing up.


Their lifetime has always included AIDS.
Bottle caps have always been screw off and plastic.


The CD was introduced the year they were born.
They have always had an answering machine.


They have always had cable.
They cannot fathom not having a remote control.


Jay Leno has always been on the Tonight Show.
Popcorn has always been cooked in the microwave.


They never took a swim and thought about Jaws.
They can't imagine what hard contact lenses are.


They don't know who Mork was or where he was from.
They never heard: "Where's the Beef?", "I'd walk a mile for a Camel", or "de plane, Boss, de plane".


They do not care who shot J. R. and have no idea who J. R. even is.
McDonald's never came in styrofoam containers.