You Know You Were Born in the Late 70’s If…

My friends, I was born into a weird generation. My parents are baby boomers. I have a brother who is very much Generation X. “Millennials” are all the rage in the media now. Where, oh where do I belong?

This post is dedicated to an entire generation of my peers that have heretofore been forgotten. Born in the ass-end of a decade that gave us bell bottoms, sideburns, gas shortages and the Village People, I suppose we’re lucky we weren’t exiled.

Though fashion may have been against us, I believe fate was with us. Some of my favorite people are about my age, and I think we’re all game changers. Watch out Generation X, there’s a new kid in town, and he can’t wait to get old.

Ladies and gentlemen, allow me to present:

The BMG Top 10 Signs you were born in the late 70’s

1. You remember Star Wars toys better than the movies.
2. You enjoyed watching Friends on TV but didn’t get their pop-culture references.
3. You have a 12 year old cousin who can hack and reprogram your cell phone just by looking at it.
4. Your parents and their friends are always asking you to “teach them the internet.”
5. Two words: corduroy shorts.
6. You built the first functioning iPad. Out of legos.
7. You can vividly remember your first color television set, and how it never moved because it was so heavy.
8. You still look forward to finally beating Super Mario Bros. without cheating.
9. You made it all the way through college without using the internet to complete your assignments.
10. Your first cell phone, in all of its dot-matrix glory, was without games but could hold up to 50 phone numbers.

That’s all for today. I’m going to go drop some disco beats on vinyl.