In case you weren’t feeling old today, this will certainly change things.

Each year, the staff at Beloit College in Wisconsin puts together a list to try to give the faculty a sense of the mindset of that year’s incoming freshmen.

Here is this year’s list:

Everyone who is starting college this fall across the nation was born in 1982.
They have no meaningful recollection of the Reagan Era and probably do not know that he had ever been shot.
They were pre-pubescent when the Persian Gulf War was waged.
Black Monday 1987 is as significant to them as the Great Depression.
There has been only one Pope.
They were eleven years old when the Soviet Union broke apart, and do not remember the Cold War.
They have never feared a nuclear war.
They are too young to remember the space shuttle blowing up.
Tiananmen Square means nothing to them.
Their lifetime has always included AIDS.
Bottle caps have always been screw off and plastic.
Atari predates them, as do vinyl albums.
The expression "You sound like a broken record" means nothing to them. They have never owned a record player.
They have likely never played Pac Man, have never heard of Pong and may never have heard of an eight track.
The compact disc was introduced when they were one year old.
As far as they know, stamps have always cost about 33 cents.
They have always had an answering machine.
Most have never seen a television set with only thirteen channels, nor seen a black-and-white TV, but have always had cable.
There have always been VCRs, but they have no idea what Beta is.
They can’t fathom not having a remote control.
They were born the year that SONY introduced the walkman.
Roller-skating has always meant in-line for them.
Jay Leno has always been on The Tonight Show.
They have no idea when or why Jordache jeans were cool.
Popcorn has always been cooked in the microwave.
They have never seen Larry Bird play.
They never took a swim and thought about Jaws.
The Vietnam War is as ancient history to them as World War I, World War II and the Civil War.
They have no idea that Americans were ever held hostage in Iran.
They can’t imagine what hard contact lenses are.
They don’t know who Mork was or where he was from.
They never heard "Where’s the beef?" or "I’d walk a mile for a Camel" or "De plane, de plane."
They have no idea who J. R. is and don’t care who shot him.
The Titanic was found? They thought we always knew where it was.
Michael Jackson has always been white.
Kansas, Chicago, Boston, America and Alabama are places, not groups.
McDonalds never came in styrofoam containers.
There has always been MTV.
They don’t have a clue about how to use a typewriter.