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The Mindset of the Class of 2029

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the looking-back-from-the-future dept.

theodp writes "In response to Beloit College's 10th Annual Mindset List, which takes a stab at describing the worldview of the incoming Class of 2011 (grew up with bottled water; have always had the World Wide Web), Valleywag's Nick Douglas presages The Mindset of the Class of 2029 (have always been able to use a cell phone on a plane; 'Lord of the Rings' looks fake and the effects are laughable)."

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  1. Um... by morari · · Score: -1, Troll

    The Lord of the Rings films look fake and are laughable to me. They always have been, not to mention boringly cliche in every conceivable aspect. You'd think Peter Jackson could go back to doing good films like Dead Alive or even The Frighteners, not Tolkien's regurgitated footnotes and an abominable version of King Kong. I mean, really, what's next? Oh, I forgot, Halo. Yeah, that'll be great...

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    1. Re:Um... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      Are you a Jew?

  2. they will not remember by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    a faggot os called linux. because linux is dying and it's fucking over. it's a wart on the ass of modern computing. fucking faggot shit.

  3. Re:Sea change by ResidntGeek · · Score: 0, Troll

    I just hope they learn to socialize somewhere other than in front of a computer screen.
    Don't worry, they definitely know how to do that. You're in the minority caring about something like music; most teenagers spend their time talking about nothing with each other, and necking. They listen to the crap on the radio, and they LIKE IT because they know nothing else and don't care.
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  4. if everything goes digtal by beanenator · · Score: 0, Troll

    then all the people will not know how to spell and i will not reading ebooks because all books would be rare to read them. 2 gigaherts will be seen as slower then grandma they will be a bunch of obese people roaming the streets nukes are not seen as dangerous books are only for the educated

  5. Re:Not sure thats a good thing by kaizokuace · · Score: 0, Troll

    We must also keep George Lucas around to digitally remaster Lord of the Rings.

    What so Sam shoots first? (and by shoot I mean in Frodo's face)
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