Age.....

I've always known that I'm usually the oldest person on/in most of my online communities. With the exception of the botanical ones, that difference becomes more and more apparent every yr;>. Culture, references even "history" changes as generations come and go.
Most on my Gay-oriented groups can't even comprehend a time when cops rounded up folks simply for being together having a beer. Most on my Pagan ones a time when Wiccan meant Gardenerian or Alexandrian. Heck, most think the chorus Charlie Murphy's 'Burning Times' is a "traditional" chant;>! And shockingly, there are now Heathens that can't remember the "Hagar the Horrible" times when moots were pretty much drunk Het guys playing Viking.
Times Change...that's a GIVEN. Until it began to happen to me I didn't really "Get" it. I'm a basically smart guy. I should have figured out with the average person's attention span pretty much anything more than a couple of yrs in the Past has been Deleted from their memories or "Reframed" into something more in line with their World-views and Lifestyles. 'Course, this means those of us who lived and REMEMBER spend a lot of time hitting the Tums;>!
Unfortunately, it's one of those Human Conditions and can't be helped. That said, it doesn't make it less Depressing at times.....
Cheers,
Pat