Editing 1548: 90s Kid

{{comic
| number    = 1548
| date      = July 8, 2015
| title     = 90s Kid
| image     = 90s_kid.png
| titletext = We remember Rugrats, and think of them every time our kids look at us through their baby gates.
}}

==Explanation==
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This is another example where [[Randall|Randall]] describes the inexorable passage of time. The kids are repeating not just the perennial parental commandment to eat healthy vegetables, possibly less palatable to the child, but it's also a phrase for "don't ask too many stupid/irrelevant questions and just do as you are told" or "just shut up and accept things the way they are" as described here: [http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=just+eat+your+carrots+and+broccolli "just eat your carrots and broccolli"]. The kids are upset by the ignorance of adults to their interests.

Urban Dictionary says [http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=90s+Kid 90s kids] are people stuck in the 90s, presumably born between 1976 and 1985. Explanation number 4 explicitly says 1982 to 1991. However Randall seems to think that 90s kids are people born from 1990 to 1999.

With Urban Dictionary's 4th interpretation, and assuming the kids are 8 years old, the comic is set between 2015 and 2024 (i.e. it could happen today). According to Randall's interpretation (1990-1999 or even 1985-1994), the comic is set several years in the future.

{{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.

Use of the initialism "{{w|LOL}}" (often, but not exclusively, "Laugh Out Loud") was probably coined in the 1980's but may have found its way into general usage with the later uptake of wider public Internet use (accelerating towards the end of the 90's, and heading towards saturation by post-Millenium) but needn't be tied down to the early childhoods of the child's parents so neatly as it is still fairly current currency so even late-adopters recently joining the electronic revolution or copying their peers could have picked this up.

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.  The title-text suggests that viewing a child of one's own peering through such a barrier elicits nostalgia for the this cartoon.

==Transcript==
:[Two kids are in a playground.  A fence is visible in the background, and on the floor appear to be various items including a puddle and toy blocks.]
: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!"
: The median age at first birth in the US is 25, which means the typical new mother is now a 90's kid.
{{comic discussion}}

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 ==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 kids are repeating not just the perennial parental commandment to eat healthy vegetables, possibly less palatable to the child, but it's also a phrase for "don't ask too many stupid/irrelevant questions and just do as you are told" or "just shut up and accept things the way they are" as described here: [http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=just+eat+your+carrots+and+broccolli "just eat your carrots and broccolli"]. The kids are upset by the ignorance of adults to their interests.
-The children are complaining about things their parents tell them, as children often do. Their first complaint is something recognizable, the usual "just eat your vegetables, they're good for you." The second is about a comment "LOL, remember Rugrats and Doug? Share if you're a 90's kid" which, 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. But it illustrates that the 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, presumably born between 1976 and 1985. Explanation number 4 explicitly says 1982 to 1991. However Randall seems to think that 90s kids are people born from 1990 to 1999.
-According to the [https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2256.html CIA World Factbook,] in the USA the median age of mothers at their first birth is 25.6 (2011 estimate). On the date this comic was published, this would center the mother's own birth date in very late 1989.
+With Urban Dictionary's 4th interpretation, and assuming the kids are 8 years old, the comic is set between 2015 and 2024 (i.e. it could happen today). According to Randall's interpretation (1990-1999 or even 1985-1994), the comic is set several years in the future.
-Although there are various interpretations of the term "90's kid," most center around the person in question having had most or all of their childhood during the 1990s. The stereotypical '90s kid has a strong attachment to objects, movies, TV shows, phrases etc. from the era of their childhood, which bring back memories of their younger days. In this comic Randall picks up on a number of things which could be used to identify a '90s kid:
+{{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''', and 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.
+Use of the initialism "{{w|LOL}}" (often, but not exclusively, "Laugh Out Loud") was probably coined in the 1980's but may have found its way into general usage with the later uptake of wider public Internet use (accelerating towards the end of the 90's, and heading towards saturation by post-Millenium) but needn't be tied down to the early childhoods of the child's parents so neatly as it is still fairly current currency so even late-adopters recently joining the electronic revolution or copying their peers could have picked this up.
-*''{{w|Rugrats}}'' is a cartoon that was produced from 1991 all the way to 2004, featuring the adventures of a group of toddlers and babies.
+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.  The title-text suggests that viewing a child of one's own peering through such a barrier elicits nostalgia for the this cartoon.
-*''{{w|Doug (TV series)|Doug}}'' is another cartoon that ran from 1991 to 2000.
-*The use of traditional social media, and more specifically of sharing the type of post described.
-Given that the children shown in the comic appear to be somewhat older than newborn babies is not contradictory, since a 90s kid is anyone who was a kid during the '90s. So that would also include kids who turned five in 1990 or even ten; so in 2015 (publishing of this comic) a 90s kid could easily be more than 30 years old and thus have children more than 10 years old.
-The title text suggests that viewing a child of one's own peering through such a barrier elicits nostalgia for the Rugrats 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 of a house, and especially to prevent access to stairways (up or down, where falls may happen), without overly inconveniencing an adult who can open the gate. 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.
 ==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 are in a playground.  A fence is visible in the background, and on the floor appear to be various items including a puddle and toy blocks.]
-: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!"
+: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:]
+: 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.
+{{comic discussion}}
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