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Fact: Today's 10th graders were born between 1998 and 2000. That means they've never done this:
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While you were freaking out about your gadgets exploding at midnight, they were pooping into diapers.
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They don't know who Viva is and the phrase "Hum Naye Geet Sunaye" means nothing to them.
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They don't know what it was like to grow up thinking Shah Rukh and Kajol are married.
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And they don't know why this is the most emotionally charged and adorable high-five of all time.
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They were completely spared this heart-sinking revelation:
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They'll never know how hard you tried to replicate this iconic move.
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They don't know how shady and dodgy and, in retrospect, completely inadvisable cyber cafes were.
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They have no idea what floppy discs are and they think this symbol just means "save."
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They think this sound is just nonsense. They don't know it's the sound of anticipation and joy.
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They don't know what it's like to lock yourself in your room and finish the newest Harry Potter book.
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They don't have ANY idea what it's like to call a 7-digit phone number.
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They never sat with a keypad for hours, trying to compose their favourite songs into ringtones.
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THEY DID NOT LIVE THROUGH THE AGE OF REMIXES AND LIVE TO TELL THE TALE.
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They don't know what it's like to watch any of these movies in theaters.
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And they've watched Gravity but they don't know how far 3D movies have come from this original.
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They never bit off the tops of these and delightfully squeezed out the chocolate.
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They don't know a world without "skip" and "shuffle."
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And they'll never know the sheer delight of a decade that was the nineteen-nineties.
