COTD: Generation X Edition

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As those of us between the ages of about 30 and 45 are awash in nostalgia over the fleeting, compromised return of a cultural touchstone, our brains crank up the random associations and buried memories. And we realize how scarily old we're getting.

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Really: remember how big a deal the Boomers made of the 20th anniversary of "Sgt. Pepper"? "Ritual de lo Habitual" is older than that now. And good luck finding a copy of it at the local record shop, if such a place even exists for you anymore; they're as hard to find as a good unmolested CRX. And go back to that unfortunate commercial and change one letter on that model designation: Honda's not the same either now, is it?

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Times change. Things change. It's not always bad, it's not always sad, but it does happen. And sometimes it's weird.

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Which is the sort of feeling that must have gone through TrampaOnline's head as he watched a Cadillac ATS sling itself around the 'Ring:

I never thought I'd see the day when I'd have more respect for Cadillac than for Honda.