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> "McDonalds" had never NOT been the #1 in one of the Freshman preference categories The Beloit Mindset List annually captures the changing worldview of younge

> "McDonalds" had never NOT been the #1 in one of the Freshman preference categories The Beloit Mindset List annually captures the changing worldview of younger generations. http://themindsetlist.com/2017/08/beloit-college-mindset-list-class-2021/ http://themindsetlist.com/2017/08/beloit-college-mindset-lis...

Balgair 7y ago
Great resource! Thanks! Aside: Good God that list is cringy!
- whatshisface 7y ago
  What it really puts into perspective is, Fifty years from now, student loan derivatives will be the largest asset class, you'll be worried about teenagers spongling each other on the lacework, and you'll read an article about the graduating generation and find it pretty insightful.
  - jlborxes 7y ago
    The lacework spongling issue is definitely exaggerated by the conservative bigots who believe that there are only 45 genders.
    - falcor84 7y ago
      Regardless of the chosen value of x, Why do people feel the need to assign others to one of x boxes at all?
      - jlborxes 7y ago
        Because that's a feature of human perception. How would you handle social life without at least some labeling of others? You brain would overload with all the unnecessary information. Labeling is basically saving brain's RAM and CPU power.
      - whatshisface 7y ago
        I think the Large Integer Gender thing was invented by academics with a strong cultural bias towards taxonimizing.
        banannaise 7y ago
        It was invented by conservatives trying badly to make jokes about LGBT+ acceptance.
      - nyolfen 7y ago
        a few million years of genetic programming and the fact that presentation and chromosome type correlate in >99.9% of cases. gender may not be a fact of the universe but it's about as close as complex cultural traits get.
baud147258 7y ago
Some of the list is applicable to people born from the start of 90s. Still cool, though
- rconti 7y ago
  I was born in the early 80s and still have no idea what that westinghouse W radio thing is all about.
  - irrational 7y ago
    I was born in the early 70s and I have no idea either.

Balgair 7y ago

Great resource! Thanks! Aside: Good God that list is cringy!

whatshisface 7y ago
What it really puts into perspective is, Fifty years from now, student loan derivatives will be the largest asset class, you'll be worried about teenagers spongling each other on the lacework, and you'll read an article about the graduating generation and find it pretty insightful.
- jlborxes 7y ago
  The lacework spongling issue is definitely exaggerated by the conservative bigots who believe that there are only 45 genders.
  - falcor84 7y ago
    Regardless of the chosen value of x, Why do people feel the need to assign others to one of x boxes at all?
    - jlborxes 7y ago
      Because that's a feature of human perception. How would you handle social life without at least some labeling of others? You brain would overload with all the unnecessary information. Labeling is basically saving brain's RAM and CPU power.
    - whatshisface 7y ago
      I think the Large Integer Gender thing was invented by academics with a strong cultural bias towards taxonimizing.
      - banannaise 7y ago
        It was invented by conservatives trying badly to make jokes about LGBT+ acceptance.
    - nyolfen 7y ago
      a few million years of genetic programming and the fact that presentation and chromosome type correlate in >99.9% of cases. gender may not be a fact of the universe but it's about as close as complex cultural traits get.

baud147258 7y ago

Some of the list is applicable to people born from the start of 90s. Still cool, though

rconti 7y ago
I was born in the early 80s and still have no idea what that westinghouse W radio thing is all about.
- irrational 7y ago
  I was born in the early 70s and I have no idea either.