OT: The OT Thread: 40 degree temps in this economy? (Warning in post 368)

[ValJamesDuex]

I talked to younger people today who did no know what The French Connection was (the movie or Sabres legends). That's sad...

 

[Chainshot]

I talked to younger people today who did no know what The French Connection was (the movie or Sabres legends). That's sad...

It's 54 years since the movie.

 

[ValJamesDuex]

It's 54 years since the movie.

exactly, oblivious

 

[Chainshot]

exactly, oblivious

I recall when Eddie Van Halen died how there was some ageist backlash from older fans who didn't know how people couldn't know who Van Halen were. And then pointing out that the time span between their peak and now and their peak and going back in time would mean VH fans would have to know who the top selling recording artists of 1945 were. We kind of get caught up in the passage of time - most people I know over the age of 40 have the conversation that when someone says "20 years ago" they don't think "oh, yeah, 2005", they think "1980" or "1990"... one I know when I said about 20 years ago laughed and mentioned he was thinking of 1975.

But it's not. We lose the lens to tell when things were because of the illusion of how time passes.