Stuck between generations

Posted by dread on May 31, 2008

Something odd happened to me at work today, an older employee had a problem with a microwave. She said she tried everything to fix it. I went to help her and in 5 seconds I had the microwave working fine. She then said "You must have the Fonzie touch."

I then stopped and thought about that for a second. Now I know who Fonzie was, and knew the reference she was using. This also got me to think about today's youth, the one's I play WoW with. Would they have got the Fonzie reference?

They may know about Fonzie jumping over sharks, due to the popular phrase of "jumped the shark."

I feel like my generation, the 30 year olds that grew up on NES, He-Man, GI-JOE, Transformers, Star Wars, and then just kept on playing games well longer into their 20's and 30's.

Of course now in the age of google and wikipedia, if you don't get something the answer is about 5 seconds away.

I would love to be growing up in this day and age. I remembering that having a 28.8 modem was the shit back in 1994, and AOL was the internet juggernaut that couldn't be stopped. Now days kids don't even know what a dial-up modem sounds like.

It's as if I'm a senior citizen talking about walking to school in the snow up hill both ways. At least though, I don't feel so out of touch.

I grew up with computers unlike my parents, but like my parents I hate the music kids listen too today.

So, without looking it up on google or wikipedia do you know off the top of your head the Fonzie reference my co-worker used? If you do just comment yes or no.