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What We Leave

A very self-important college freshman attending a recent football game,
​ took it upon himself to explain to a senior citizen sitting next to him why
​ 
it was impossible for the older generation to understand his generation."You grew up in a different world, actually an almost primitive one," the
​ student said, loud enough for many of those nearby to hear. "The young
​ people of today grew up with television, jet planes, space travel, man
​ 
walking on the moon, our spaceships have visited Mars. We have nuclearenergy, electric and hydrogen cars, computers with light-speed processing,
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and...." pausing to take another drink of beer.
The Senior took advantage of the break in the student's litany and said,
​ "You're right, son. We didn't have those things when we were young... so we
​ ​
invented them. Now, you @#$%^&, what are you doing for the next generation?"  -Joe Mendelsohn

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