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Most Terrifying: Yesterday, at work, two teenaged girls sat down at the counter with their drinks and began perusing a newspaper that had been left behind by a previous customer. There was an article on Kurt Cobain and they looked at it and made confused faces. "Who's Kurt Cobain?" the first girl asked.
I literally gasped in shock. "Did you just ask 'Who is Kurt Cobain?!?"
The girls looked at me, blank. "Yeah."
I turned to my coworkers. "Guys, guys, these girls don't know who Kurt Cobain is." My coworkers were all suitably shocked. "What are they teaching in schools these days?" one of them asked.
I turned back to the girls. "You do know who Nirvana is, right? Please tell me you've heard of Nirvana." They nodded. "Kurt Cobain was their lead singer."
Their worlds were not rocked by this information, and they left a few minutes later.
Seriously, though. Who is Kurt Cobain? I weep for the future of this planet.
I literally gasped in shock. "Did you just ask 'Who is Kurt Cobain?!?"
The girls looked at me, blank. "Yeah."
I turned to my coworkers. "Guys, guys, these girls don't know who Kurt Cobain is." My coworkers were all suitably shocked. "What are they teaching in schools these days?" one of them asked.
I turned back to the girls. "You do know who Nirvana is, right? Please tell me you've heard of Nirvana." They nodded. "Kurt Cobain was their lead singer."
Their worlds were not rocked by this information, and they left a few minutes later.
Seriously, though. Who is Kurt Cobain? I weep for the future of this planet.