1. This year, kids who start high school in the fall will have been born in the year 2006. YUP, 2006!!!
2. Which means "Hey Ya!" was a song from before they were born.
3. It also means that since birth, they've lived in a world where The Office...
4. ...and Facebook have always existed.
5. Destiny's Child has never released new music in their lifetime. To them, Beyoncé has always been a solo act.
6. While NSYNC was never a band in their lifetime.
7. And they also have NO idea who NSYNC is...
“bye bye bye” just came on and my 14 year old brother goes “what’s that from? high school musical?” sigh we’ve reached the generation that doesn’t know who *NSYNC is
8. ...or what floppy disks are...
9. ...or what Myspace is.
@PopCrave I'm sorry but what is MySpace? Is it like an old version of Facebook? Not hating I genuinely do not know
10. To them, an iPod might as well be a boomer gadget.
My 9 year old just asked me what this is? When did it come out? 1955? Is it for music? ~ I bought it the year before you were born #edtech
11. And a phone book is something they can't even wrap their heads around.
So my kid is so excited about a book that was delivered to our driveway yesterday. “Mom,” he asked incredulously, “Is EVERYBODY’S name in there?” Yep, my 11-year old had never seen a phone book. #ifeelold
12. In fact, to kids today, the Killers are considered "classic rock."
when some kid refers to The Killers as ’classic rock’
13. And so is Blink-182.
I was just playing Blink-182 in my office when my coworker’s son walked by and said, “Dude, I love classic rock!” First of all, no. Secondly, how dare you.
14. Speaking of things that would probably be considered "classic rock": Both Oasis's (What's the Story) Morning Glory? and No Doubt's Tragic Kingdom are turning 25 this year!
15. While Britney Spears' music now gets played on the oldies station. ON THE OLDIES STATION.
Britney Spears just played on the oldies station. Where do I apply for my AARP card?
16. And speaking of Britney, her album Oops!... I Did It Again just turned 20 years old — to put that in some perspective, that would be like an artist in 2000 celebrating the anniversary of an album they had released in 1980.
17. It's also been 20 years since J.Lo wore the iconic green Versace dress to the Oscars...
18. ...and that Boy Meets World aired its final episode.
19. If Back to the Future were created today and set the same number of years back, it would take place in 1990. 1990!!!
20. And Marty would be traveling to the year when Home Alone was a hit movie!
21. Also, 17-year-old Marty would be a Gen Z'er who was born in 2003.
22. Speaking of ages, Lindsay Lohan is now older than the actor who played Meredith was when she was in The Parent Trap.
23. Liam Neeson is older today than Alec Guinness was when he played Obi-Wan Kenobi in the original Star Wars. While Ewan McGregor is older today than Liam was when he played Qui-Gon Jinn in The Phantom Menace.
24. We're now closer to the opening of the Nickelodeon time capsule than to when it was buried.
