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cagefreesoylentgreen

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8. Who's the author?

Reply to Hestia (Original post)

Sat Oct 15, 2022, 05:44 PM

Oct 2022

I did a google search by the title alone and got a bunch of trivia books instead. I’m confused if Michael Harris is also supposed to be the author of “1990s: a Book” or if that book is just referencing him.

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Seems like we really are living in two different realities -- [View all] Hestia Oct 2022 OP

I have far more confidence in the rising generations than I have in what my generation did. NNadir Oct 2022 #1

Thanks to DownriverDem Oct 2022 #7

I think Reagan was the symptom, not the cause. n/t. NNadir Oct 2022 #10

Older boomers thought the hippies/activists Genki Hikari Oct 2022 #18

These are some excellent observations Pluvious Oct 2022 #22

I had one that couldn't imagine a world without locking gas caps. bucolic_frolic Oct 2022 #2

And they can't read cursive handwriting nt. Pluvious Oct 2022 #23

I always laugh at these articles. I was born in 1980, and I'm a millenial. NutmegYankee Oct 2022 #3

I was born in 1958 and am in awe sometimes when I think PatrickforB Oct 2022 #4

Well, if you think that's something to behold Genki Hikari Oct 2022 #19

Well, not trying to one-up anybody at all...both sets of grandparents were born in the 19th century, PatrickforB Oct 2022 #21

That's what the quote is sort alluding to... Hestia Oct 2022 #26

Awesome list !! Adding... Pluvious Oct 2022 #24

Agent Smith - One of these lives has a future Xipe Totec Oct 2022 #5

Who needs the net orangecrush Oct 2022 #6

We never got it up on all that internet stuff speak easy Oct 2022 #11

... orangecrush Oct 2022 #12

'I knew it all, I knew every back road and every truck stop' speak easy Oct 2022 #16

Exactly! orangecrush Oct 2022 #20

Who's the author? cagefreesoylentgreen Oct 2022 #8

I think the book title is incorrect. Most likely, the OP meant... keep_left Oct 2022 #17

Sorry about that! Yes, klosterman wrote the book but harris is being referenced Hestia Oct 2022 #27

I think perhaps the OP needs to get to know more Millennials, Gen-Z, etc., NullTuples Oct 2022 #9

Millennials generally remember pre-internet just fine Sympthsical Oct 2022 #13

You say you don't want ageism or division Elessar Zappa Oct 2022 #14

How did this become about you? It's a quote from a book about the 1990s... Hestia Oct 2022 #28

I read an article on Neanderthal part of our DNA mjvpi Oct 2022 #15

That's an amazing perspective... Pluvious Oct 2022 #25