WE ARE THE EXENNIALS

 We were born in the 50-60-70’s.

We grew up in the 60-70-80's.

We studied in the 70-80-90’s.

We discovered the world in the 70-80-90's.

We went to the ‘disco’ in the 70-80-90's.

We venture into the 80-90’s.

We stabilize in the 2000s.

We got wiser in the 2010s.

 

And we are moving firmly through 2020.

It turns out some of us have lived through more than EIGHT different decades! (We are not today’s elderly though)

 

TWO different centuries… 

TWO different millennia...

 

We have gone from telephones with an operator for long-distance calls to video calls to anywhere in the world, we have gone from slides to YouTube, from vinyl records to online music, from handwritten letters to email and WhatsApp.

From ‘living’ the football matches on the radio, to black and white TV, and then to HD TV.

We went to the Video Club and now we watch Netflix.

We got to know the first computers, punched cards, diskettes and now we have megabytes and gigabytes on our cell phones or IPads.

We wore long pants, oxfords, Bermuda shorts, baggies, skinny jeans…

We dodged infantile paralysis, meningitis, H1N1 flu and now COVID-19.

We rode skates, tricycles, invented cars, bicycles, mopeds, and gasoline or diesel cars and now some of us ride hybrids or 100% electric.

Yes, we have been through a lot but what a great life we have had!

 

They could describe us as exennials; people who were born in that world of the 50-60-70’s, who had an analog childhood and a digital adulthood.

We are kind of Ihaveseen-it-all.

Our generation has literally lived through and witnessed more than any other in every dimension of life.

Our generation has literally adapted to CHANGE.

 

A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE TO ALL THE MEMBERS OF A VERY SPECIAL GENERATION, WHICH WILL BE UNIQUE.

 

SOURCE: the Web ~ translated and made a few changes to suit my generation