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The Marist Mindset List for the Entering College Class of 2023

posted by Fnord666 on Thursday September 12 2019, @11:52AM   Printer-friendly
from the what-do-you-remember? dept.

martyb writes:

The Marist Mindset List for the Entering College Class of 2023:

The Marist Mindset List for the Entering College Class of 2023

Born in 2001 the incoming class of college students never shared the earth with Joey Ramone, George Harrison, Timothy McVeigh, or Ken Kesey.

Among their classmates could be Billie Eilish, Sasha Obama, or Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's daughter Simone.

  1. Like Pearl Harbor for their grandparents, and the Kennedy assassination for their parents, 9/11 is an historical event. 
  2. Thumb, jump, and USB flash drives have always pushed floppy disks further into history.
  3. The primary use of a phone has always been to take pictures.
  4. The nation's mantra has always been: "If you see something, say something."
  5. The Tech Big Four--Apple, Facebook, Amazon and Google -- are to them what the Big Three automakers were to their grandparents.
  6. Their smart pens may write and record faster than they can think.
  7. Nearly half of their generation is composed of people of color.
  8. When they pulled themselves up off the floor for the first time, they may have been hanging onto the folks' brand-new Xbox.
  9. There have always been indecisive quadrennial debates regarding the future of the Electoral College.
  10. Oklahoma City has always had a national memorial at its center.
  11. [...]

Created by Tom McBride and Ron Nief at Beloit College in 1998, the list was meant to reflect the world view of entering first year students—and to help faculty understand incoming classes—the list started with the members of the class of 2002, born in 1980.

There are 50 more items on the list of things that have been either always or never true for the list's Entering College Class.

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  • (Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 12 2019, @12:35PM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 12 2019, @12:35PM (#893134)

    twenty-something sexless men has gone up from like 5% when "we" were kids to something like a third now

    I'm sure no one ever lied on those survey ... the reality is that this number "in the past" is probably completely wrong and didn't change all too much. And sex doesn't equal some prostitute.

    human history nothing bad has ever happened when a huge number of young men are angry and have nothing to lose, so I'm sure it'll all turn out great.

    yeah .... people are angry because why? The jews stole their women and they had "nothing to lose"? No? So what do women have to do with that and "nothing to lose"?

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  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 12 2019, @02:05PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 12 2019, @02:05PM (#893158)

    people are angry because why? (...) So what do women have to do with that and "nothing to lose"?

    I believe the poster was indicating that “men”, not “people”, are angry with nothing to lose because they are lacking meaningful relationships with women. Look at it this way, guy has
    testosterone pumping through his veins motivating him to either pursue sexual interests or be angry.

  • (Score: 3, Touché) by Freeman on Thursday September 12 2019, @03:47PM

    by Freeman (732) on Thursday September 12 2019, @03:47PM (#893197) Journal

    I'm quite sure your significant other would deem sex with a prostitute as sex and likely a very bad thing. Unless, your relationship is like Snow's Soap Opera.

    --
    Joshua 1:9 "Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee"

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 12 2019, @04:06PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 12 2019, @04:06PM (#893206)

    Assuming "like 5%" and "like a third" are based on actual surveys and not made up, why would people lie less about being incels today? Incel pride?

    No, there is a clear trend towards more "herbivorous" men in certain countries.