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Re:The result would be a catastrophe (1985) by btilly on Thursday January 28, 2016 @12:56PM (#10989871)
You will notice this sort of thing more and more as time goes on.

For me the "ah hah" moment was when it hit me that "Where were you when you heard about Challenger?" was my generation's version of, "Where were you when JFK was assassinated?"

Another easily observed one is music. Very few people are aware of much that happened in popular music after they hit 25.

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Re:The result would be a catastrophe (1985) by gradi3nt on Friday January 29, 2016 @12:00AM (#10993596)
I'm turning 25 in two weeks. So this is it? 2015 was my last year of music? Damn...it went by so fast!
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Re:The result would be a catastrophe (1985) by vlehto on Friday January 29, 2016 @06:32AM (#10994639)
Quick, hurry.

You can listen through 65 years of pop music made so far. Then, if you live 80 years, you only lose about 45,8% of all pop-music you could have heard during your lifetime. That's not half bad.

If you include some blues, jazz and classical, that percentage goes down significantly.

Regards, 29 year old with 4 year long amnesia about music.

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