The eNotes Blog 2002 Has No Idea What Youre Talking About,2012!

2002 Has No Idea What Youre Talking About,2012! A couple of years ago, my then 10-year-old son declared that everything is the best it could ever be. He was quite sure that, new iPhone in hand,  nothing  could surpass the (then) current marvels of the Modern World.   I was just as sure that everything could and would be surpassed. Twenty-five years ago, if you told any adult that typewriters would be as extinct as the buffalo, no one would have believed it.   Today, 95% my 19 and 20-year-old students have never even  touched  a typewriter. I have seen card catalog cabinets busted up for firewood (not really, but you get it). I remember when floppy disks really  were floppy.  Now there arent even disks! I remember when. excuse me, Hey, kid! Get off my lawn!!   Anyway, a group of friends and I got into a discussion about what has changed in the last  ten  years. I asked them to come up with sentences that would have made  no sense  to someone in 2002.   Here is what we came up with: 1.   Ã‚  Theres an app for that! 2.   You can download movies to your tv and control it with your Android tablet. 3.   Did you check in? Im the mayor of this coffee shop. 4.   Ill Facebook you. 5.   Ill Text YouIll IM You. 6.   I just got this 4D camera. 7.   I can de-friend anybody I want to. 8.   Ã‚  I am going to put all these thumbnails on my flashdrive. 9.   I asked a silly question and got over 60 responses from all over the country in a matter of a few minutes. 10.   Ã‚  I 3D printed a new handle for my suitcase. 11.   Call Homeland Security. 12.   Dang it! I got busted by a red-light camera. 13.   Did you see the Tupac hologram? 14.   Theres a fee for checked in baggage. 15.   Let me check Snookis Twitter feed. 16.   I drove over a cliff because I trusted my GPS. 17.   Hey, wanna Skype? 18.   Gay marriage was approved by voters in several states. 19.   We elected a black president. Twice! 20.   I store my books and music in the cloud. 21.   I dont know what time that show comes on. Everythings on the DVR. 22.   Send that PDF to my FTP. 23.   Stream it. 24.   Ill download the podcast from iTunes. 25.   Ã‚  Park in the Blink so we can recharge the car. 26.   thx ttyl kbye o_0 27.   Can I haz cheeseburger? 28.   Do you have a Tumblr? 29.   Would you take a picture of my paycheck and send it to BofA? 30.   Occupy Wall Street 31.   Fracking destroys water supplies. What about you? Can you think of any more words in common use that would not have made sense in 2002? Wed love to hear them.   Who knows what is coming, and what will be obsolete by 2022.