Introduction: generations have always had mindsets -- Class of 1898: women have always been ridden bicycles -- Class of 1918: rum has always been demonic -- Class of 1931: They've always been spoiled by zippers -- Class of 1944: the Shadow has always known -- Class of 1957: fluoride has always been controversial -- Class of 1970: magazines have always been mad -- Class of 1983: there has always been the Grateful Dead -- Class of 1996: Michelangelo has always been a turtle -- Class of 2009: they've never dialed a telephone -- Class of 2026: they've never needed a key for anything -- Conclusion: we have always bent--but have never been broken.