And those were.Originally Posted by Andy '85
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And those were.
the 1770s equivalent of today's "Metrosexual" fashions.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macaroni_%28fashion%29
To recommend thrift to the poor is both grotesque and insulting. It is like advising a man who is starving to eat less.
-Oscar Wilde, The Soul of Man under Socialism
I don't remember the Cabbage Patch dolls or the Tickle Me Elmo, although I know Elmo is that ugly red monster. I just saw a 2 year old with an Elmo stuffed animal thing recently. Is that what you mean?
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Wow, gravedigging a thread.
BTW, I personally like the terms "Atari/Nintendo waves". As to what waves to refer to Millennials, maybe the Barney (purple dinosaur) wave for the early millennials and I have no idea for the second.
Speaking of Barney, where was it I read..Generations on Barney...
Boomers: Barney Fife
Gen-X: Barney Rubble
Millennials: Barney the Dinosaur
Barney wasn't a big deal for us early-wavers (82-85). Those born after 1985 were more likely to get into it.
Generation: Millennial (Gen Y)
That's very interesting. I wonder if we could further subdivide the generation into 197?-1985, 1986-1988. Oh but that would be too small of demarcations to make much sense. But we could still see. What kinds of things did you experience that you think Chas and Odin had different experiences of? How well do you relate to Chas and Odin's generation? How well do you relate to Ted '79 and Justin '77 by comparison?
I'm not sure what their exact experiences were (Chas and Odin), but I likely relate to them generationally. I doubt that I relate as much to Justin and Ted.
Generation: Millennial (Gen Y)
Well at least you relate to someone. So far it seems like few people can relate to me. I'll see what I think of the Homelanders when they get a bit older. Of course I'll be older than all of them, and will be able to remember September 11th, and old technology that they can't remember. So it seems like I probably won't have 100% same general experiences as anyone else. Well I guess that makes me unique.
Agreed. And the more I look at it, it seems that the early wave Millenials are almost like a separate generation from the rest of the waves.
Early-wave as in which dates?
I think I just found out what Im going as for Halloween.the 1770s equivalent of today's "Metrosexual" fashions.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macaroni_%28fashion%29
Seriously though, I see the Macaronis coming back in a big way a la hipsters. Most of those guys look like malnourished bearded ladies.
As far as the early wave millies go, the first thing I think of is Cabbage Patch kids as well.
Unfortunately the thing that keeps popping into my head when I think of late wave millies is the twin towers. 9/11 babies sounds too dark. MAybe it;s still to soon for that.
I love your Barney interpretations regarding different generations. Great way to sum it up. Yes, my late wave millie son loved Barney. I remember taking him to see Barney Live in Concert when he was 2 or 3 years old. He just sat there the entire time with his mouth open, speechless, like he had just seen God. My younger one liked Barney too, but he didn't stay in the Barney stage for as long. He has always been interested more in whatever his brother, who is 5 years old than him, is into. The younger ones don't stay babies as long as the oldest one does.
Maybe Web 1.0 Millennials and Web 2.0 Millennials.
I'll admit that I liked the videos in Kindergarten. It's something my parents bought, and the videos weren't too bad since they were more along the lines of a variety show with a plot, and its host being a big purple dinosaur. The television show abandoned the variety show aspect and traded it in for a moralizing aspect, which was too much and killed any liking for the thing. Pretty soon the chants all across the Kindergarten room were for Barney to die. Early on, we didn't like overbearing moralizers being shoved down our throats.
~Chas'88
"There have always been people who say: "The war will be over someday." I say there's no guarantee the war will ever be over. Naturally a brief intermission is conceivable. Maybe the war needs a breather, a war can even break its neck, so to speak. But the kings and emperors, not to mention the pope, will always come to its help in adversity. ON the whole, I'd say this war has very little to worry about, it'll live to a ripe old age."
What kind of moralizing did they do?I'll admit that I liked the videos in Kindergarten. It's something my parents bought, and the videos weren't too bad since they were more along the lines of a variety show with a plot, and its host being a big purple dinosaur. The television show abandoned the variety show aspect and traded it in for a moralizing aspect, which was too much and killed any liking for the thing. Pretty soon the chants all across the Kindergarten room were for Barney to die. Early on, we didn't like overbearing moralizers being shoved down our throats.
~Chas'88
I remember them always selling Cabbage Patch kids on Saturday Morning commercials. The girls went crazy over that kinda stuff. Guys? Not so much.
~Chas'88
"There have always been people who say: "The war will be over someday." I say there's no guarantee the war will ever be over. Naturally a brief intermission is conceivable. Maybe the war needs a breather, a war can even break its neck, so to speak. But the kings and emperors, not to mention the pope, will always come to its help in adversity. ON the whole, I'd say this war has very little to worry about, it'll live to a ripe old age."
Those are the ugliest, creepiest looking dolls I've ever seen. I don't see how they could have been popular.
What kinds of things did you like to play with when you were very little?
"Let's send Barney to Jurassic Park, he'll die, die, die...."I'll admit that I liked the videos in Kindergarten. It's something my parents bought, and the videos weren't too bad since they were more along the lines of a variety show with a plot, and its host being a big purple dinosaur. The television show abandoned the variety show aspect and traded it in for a moralizing aspect, which was too much and killed any liking for the thing. Pretty soon the chants all across the Kindergarten room were for Barney to die. Early on, we didn't like overbearing moralizers being shoved down our throats.
~Chas'88
Does nobody remember the "Kill Barney" jokes?
"I hate you, you hate me.."
EDIT: Dang you Pat, you beat me...
To recommend thrift to the poor is both grotesque and insulting. It is like advising a man who is starving to eat less.
-Oscar Wilde, The Soul of Man under Socialism
Is this what you were referring to?Does nobody remember the "Kill Barney" jokes?
"I hate you, you hate me.."
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Apologies in advance.....
"I hate you. You hate me.
We're a dysfunctional family.
A shot rings out. Something hits the floor.
It's one dead purple dinosaur."
Yep! That's it!
To recommend thrift to the poor is both grotesque and insulting. It is like advising a man who is starving to eat less.
-Oscar Wilde, The Soul of Man under Socialism
It delights me that it's cross-generational for kids to come up with funny (and nasty) alternative versions of commercials or just sick songs in general.
My father recited poems to me taught to him by his Lost mother. An early Boomer friend was taught the same poems by his early/GI Interbellum mother--the Willie poems.
Willie in a fit of gore
Nailed his sister to the door
Said Mother, dear, with humor quaint
"Willie, dear, don't harm the paint."
And...
Willie was a chemist
Willie is no more
What he thought was H2O
Was H 2 SO 4.
Or...
Willie in the best of sashes
Played near the fire amid the ashes.
Presently the room grew chilly
But no one wanted to poke up Willie.
Does nobody remember the "Kill Barney" jokes?
"I hate you, you hate me.."
EDIT: Dang you Pat, you beat me...
Yeah, I remember driving around a bunch of first graders singing various iterations of anti-Barney songs.
I want people to know that peace is possible even in this stupid day and age. Prem Rawat, June 8, 2008
