> It's interesting (albeit depressing) to think about how every generation in the television (and now internet) age seems to have at least one of these events that occurs right on the border of adulthood;
Which would that be for people born in 1990-2000? I was born in ’96, but I’m not sure anything really traumatic happened in the past years.
Well, the Paris attacks might be the closest thing, but even that isn’t really traumatic.
I was wondering about that myself, and it's hard for me to judge because everything seems rather insignificant in comparison to 9/11.
While I was originally musing over negative events, maybe you could consider Obama's first election as the same sort of major news event (which I suppose could have been negative depending on your perspective)? That would put you right around 12 years old, which is about the time frame I was thinking of.
Then I really have no idea, haha. It's also quite possible that we're so inundated with sensationalized news these days that the idea of one single event sort of stopping people in their tracks just isn't something likely to happen anymore.
I don't think there's been anything on that scale (if you were too young to appreciate 9/11). I knew some folks who lost everything in 2008, but it wasn't everyone.
Which would that be for people born in 1990-2000? I was born in ’96, but I’m not sure anything really traumatic happened in the past years.
Well, the Paris attacks might be the closest thing, but even that isn’t really traumatic.