[489] in Humor
HUMOR: T-t-talkin' 'bout my generation
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Andrew A. Bennett)
Tue Oct 11 11:11:22 1994
To: humor@MIT.EDU
Date: Tue, 11 Oct 1994 11:07:43 EDT
From: "Andrew A. Bennett" <abennett@MIT.EDU>
From: jamie@MIT.EDU
Date: Sat, 08 Oct 94 18:43:23 EDT
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Recent Generations Compared:
1940 generation 1965 generation 1990 generation
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International Defeat of Hitler, Opposed Vietnam Changed channel
Achievement Communism War to MTV
Judicial Legal system should Legal system should Legal system should
idea support society change society destroy society
Technological Moon landing Personal computer Beeper, car alarm
highlight
Highbrow Classical Jazz Easy listening
Music
Lowbrow Big bands Rock Rap
Music
Civil rights Martin Luther King Malcolm X Damian Williams
leader
Hero Eisenhower John Kennedy Madonna
Economic Raise 60's generation Develop Support 60's
achievement Sophisticated generation
Tastes retirement
Fav' drug Cigarettes Marijuana Crack
Drug most Marijuana Crack Cigarettes
hated
Economic Work hard - get ahead Let your parents/ Prepare for employment
philosophy government support at K-Mart
you
Cartoon Bugs Bunny Bullwinkle Beavis and Butt-head
Boast "We made this country "We are great" "We are better armed"
great"
Excuse 'I did it for the 'I was upset by 'I was abused'
country' world injustice'
Sex Monogamy Free love AIDS
Youthful Drag race Demonstration Use AK-47 at school
rebellion
Movie Casablanca Easy Rider Bill and Ted's
Excellent Adventure
Science Einstein Jacques Cousteau Biosphere II
Enemy USSR USA not sure where
country countries located
Influential Eleanor Roosevelt Jane Fonda Roseanne Arnold
woman
Religion Monotheism Atheism Paganism
Enemy Hitler Nixon Joe Camel
Blames Them--> <--Them--> <--Them
(Loses 2-1)
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Robert L. Richard (written 4-24-94)
