I do too know what Beta is

I read about the Mindset list in today's Star and then came upon the one for my graduating year, although because I grew up in Ontario (past home of OAC) I was born in 1979, not 1980. Remember, I'm going to be 20 and six soon.

There were plenty of American references I couldn't relate to, but aside from those there were several points I took exception to. Since I have a glass half empty kind of attitude, those are the ones I will highlight.

BELOIT COLLEGE'S CLASS OF 2002 MINDSET LIST®
1. The people starting college this fall across the nation were born in 1980.
12. Atari pre-dates them, as do vinyl albums. -We had Atari and vinyl albums!
13. The expression "you sound like a broken record" means nothing to them. -See above
14. They have never owned a record player. -Did too! We had more than one and I used to have story books that came with records so you could follow along. Some of those records were like a red transparent plastic. I wonder if we still have any of those...?
15. They have likely never played Pac Man, and have never heard of "Pong." -Never played Pac Man, pfft. Our Atari also had a game where we had to jump on pieces of floating ice and avoid the polar bear, anyone know what that was called?
18. They may never have heard of an 8-track, and chances are they've never heard or seen one. -I totally listened to my parents 8-tracks. I used to put on the big black headphones with the long spiral cord and listen to songs like "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree" (I know, my parents had bad taste in music) and walk around in circles in the living room until I got dizzy and fell down. I have pictures of me wearing said headphones, but alas no scanner. Sucks for you.
21. They have always had an answering machine. -Personally? Nope
24. There have always been VCR's, but they have no idea what Beta is. -We had a Beta. My favourite movie was "Mac and Me," I was sad when we got a VHS and I could no longer watch the little alien.
25. They cannot fathom what it was like not having a remote control. -Our first TV, a big fake wood thing that was popular in the early '80s, didn't have a remote. I think my parents used us.
27. Roller-skating has always meant in-line for them. -Wrong. I had white rollerskates with big red wheels and even went to a rollerskating party once!
36. They don't know who Mork was, or where he was from. -I know who Mork is, but where was he from again?
40. Michael Jackson has always been white. -He was black on the Thriller album cover. We had that album. What was with the cat?

42. McDonalds never came in Styrofoam containers. -It did too