Dear under-30s
I seem to be surrounded by people who are much younger than I am: At work, I have at least five years on almost everyone in the company. Thank goodness our co-founders are in their decrepit 40s!
Sometimes, I’ll reference something that no one else in the room has any clue about, and from time to time that’s strictly due to age. (Usually it’s due to me being a weirdo.) This post from Chris Yeh covers a lot of this stuff. I’m going to print out multiple copies and hand them over the next time I get a quizzical look for mentioning anything from the pre-TiVo era. Most of it is a good reminder of just how far technology has come in a very short time (thanks, capitalism!). But this is my favorite line:
Child Protective Services didn’t care if our parents beat us. As a matter of fact, the parents of all my friends also had permission to kick our ass! Nowhere was safe!
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