Working with a team of people almost entirely in their very early 20s has filled me with a gaggle of questions from my perch in my out-of-touch late 20s. For example:
-When did "Because [noun]." become a complete sentence? I keep waiting for accessories such as verbs and adjectives and other such apparently-antiquated goodies. Can we also cut the rest of sentences after, say, prepositions?
- When did an entire generation stop knowing who Blofeld is, and, if they recognize a "villain strokes a cat" reference at all, think it relates directly to Austin Powers and Austin Powers only? Not even Inspector Gadget? Really?
- When in life does "let's grab lunch in an hour!" morph into "let's cross-reference your show schedule, my rehearsal schedule, your child-care schedule, your vacation schedule, my other job schedule, your private coaching schedule, and both of our sleep-and-recover schedules, and see if we get a mutually free date sometime in the next 3 months?"?
Gosh a few years sure does make a big difference.
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