dajo42:

“we’ve divided the population as you requested, mr. president,” announced the assistant from the door, “so we’re just waiting on your final approval for the memory wipe.”

“wipe the memory of groups 1 to 8,” replied the president, “leave group 9 alone but wipe group 10, too.”

“sir? you want us to wipe groups 1 through 8 and then 10, but not 9? group 9 refers to… children born between 1990 and 1999, why should they be left with their memories?”

the president stood from his chair and looked out at the world from his window.

“only 90s kids will remember this”