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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | This is another example where [[Randall]] describes the inexorable passage of time. | + | {{incomplete|First go at an edit.}} |
+ | This is another example where [[Randall|Randall]] describes the inexorable passage of time. | ||
− | The children are complaining about things their parents tell them, as children | + | The children are complaining about things their parents tell them, as children are wont to do. Their first complaint is something recognizable, the usual "just eat your vegetables, they're good for you." The second, however, is a generic social media comment that a "90's kid" would make, not something you would expect a mother to say, at least not in the context of things their children are embarrassed about. The obnoxious teens and tweens of yesteryear are now adults, and parents at that. |
− | + | Urban Dictionary says [http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=90s+Kid '90s kids] are people stuck in the '90s even today. Randall says the median first-time mother of a newborn today was herself born in 1990. (Fathers and second-time parents will tend to be older, i.e. still born in the '80s.) Kids from the '90s have seen the cartoons explained below. And now they would like to see their kids today to love that too. But the current kids don't understand and don't like their parents favorites. | |
− | + | {{w|Rugrats}} is a cartoon that was produced from 1991 all the way to 2004, whilst {{w|Doug}} is another that ran for years 1991 to 2000. Parents of the rough age-ranges stated are likely to have been enjoying both shows in their early youth. | |
− | + | The use of the acronym "{{w|LOL}}" means '''laughing out loud''' or '''laugh out loud''' was probably coined in the 1980s, finding its way into general usage with the later uptake of wider public Internet and should be known to every kid working or playing on a computer today. | |
− | + | The title text suggests that viewing a child of one's own peering through such a barrier elicits nostalgia for the this cartoon. A {{w|baby gate}} is a semi-fixed piece of child-safety equipment to restrict a small child, typically a toddler, from leaving a safe area and especially to prevent access to stairways, up or down, where falls may happen without overly inconveniencing an adult who can open the mechanism. Baby gates, fully enclosed {{w|playpen}}s and similar barriers around cots feature as usually insurmountable barriers to the younger characters in Rugrats, who are of crawling and toddling age. | |
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− | The title text suggests that viewing a child of one's own peering through such a barrier elicits nostalgia for the | ||
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | :[Two kids, with very different hair style, are in a playground. A fence is visible in the background, and on the ground appear to be various items including a puddle or rug and toy blocks.] | + | :[Two kids, with very different hair style, are in a playground. A fence is visible in the background, and on the ground appear to be various items including a puddle or rug and toy blocks.] |
− | :Scruffy-haired kid: Ugh don't you hate how parents are all "Eat your carrots" and "LOL, remember | + | :Scruffy-haired kid: Ugh don't you hate how parents are all "Eat your carrots" and "LOL, remember Rugrats and Doug? Share if you're a 90's kid!" |
:[Caption below the panel:] | :[Caption below the panel:] | ||
− | :The median age at first birth in the US is 25, which means the typical new mother is now a 90's kid. | + | :'''The median age at first birth in the US is 25, which means the typical new mother is now a 90's kid.''' |
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+ | ==Trivia== | ||
+ | *There is a discrepancy between the title which says "90s Kid" and the kid who says "90's kid!" | ||
+ | **In the discussion page it is even argued that it should actually have been written as "90s' kid"... | ||
+ | *There is a misplacement of the last quotation mark in the kids sentence. The first two is used to indicate the first parent quote. But then the next quote should finish after the question mark, but is instead put at the end of the sentence. But since the entire sentence is not in quotation marks, this is clearly a mistake by Randall. The sentence should have looked like this: | ||
+ | **Ugh don't you hate how parents are all "Eat your carrots" and "LOL, remember Rugrats and Doug?'''"''' Share if you're a 90's kid! | ||
{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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[[Category:Comics to make one feel old]] | [[Category:Comics to make one feel old]] | ||
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