> This is also why people around my age (mid 50s) probably have an easier time remembering the resistor color code. The mnemonic I learned 40 years ago is shockingly racist, violent, and sexist--and so impossible to forget. The mnemonics taught to kids nowadays are boring and easy to forget.
I'm in my early 30's and I still remember the exact mnemonic you speak of. Sorta shamefully, at that.
Just turned 30 and by the time I heard it s/Black/Bad/ happened so it was only violent and sexist. I heard it from a older professor in my early 20's and was quite shocked that it was a thing, but I remembered it.
The "Black" version is interesting, because not only is it more offensive (and so probably slightly easier to remember), it doesn't require a separate way to distinguish the colors black and brown so there is less to remember.
I'm in my early 30's and I still remember the exact mnemonic you speak of. Sorta shamefully, at that.