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Listen to this man. Seven years of college, you know. Trying to reason with 2020 and, now, 2022.
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Wednesday, March 18, 2020
Things That Are Since 2010-- Part 2: Fitbit to Uber
Since we've reached the end of yet another decade. Just between you and me, don't these decades seem to be slipping by too fast?
JUNE 2, 2011-- Slut Shaming as a term attacking a woman for her sexual choices.
JUNE 2, 2011-- Fitbit
SEPTEMBER 23, 2011-- Uber, the ride-hailing service
NOVEMBER 3, 2011-- selfie
NOVEMBER 13, 2011-- Bitcoin
DECEMBER 9, 2011-- Pinterest
Uber Me. But I Don't Have a "Smart" Phone. --RoadDog
TOP TEN COUNTRY SONGS: "Mama Get a Hammer (There's a Fly On Papa's Head)."
Friday, March 13, 2020
Things That Are Since 2010: Siri to Tiger Mother
From the December 15, 2019, Chicago Tribune "From Airbnb to TikTok, the things that have risen onto our radar screen in the 2010s" by Eric Zorn
A very interesting look at new words we picked up in the last decade.
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2010
JULY 19, 2010-- "Siri" is the name of Apple's digital assistant.
AUGUST 13, 2010-- "Angry Birds"
SEPTEMBER 10-- "catfish" as a verb to describe creating a fake online persona to scam a would-be romantic partner.
OCTOBER 18-- Instagram
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2011
JANUARY 15, 2011-- "tiger mother" as a term for aggressive parenting.
JANUARY 20, 2011-- Venmo (Sorry, I haven'tn heard this one.) (mobile wallet, I looked it up)
Now, ask me how many of these I have used.
Siri. Put On the Drive, 97.1 FM. --RoadDog
TOP TEN COUNTRY SONGS: "I Liked You better Before I Knew You So Well."
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