Though Taiwanese born in the 1950s and 1960s have such strong memories of "Taike" as a term loaded with prejudice against local ethnic groups and people from the countryside, the generation born in the 1970s do not. In their experiences, the term was no longer in use and they knew little of its negative connotations.
對 4、5 年級生來說，「台客」是他們年輕時族群歧視與城鄉偏見的沈重記憶。但對晚他們一輩的 6 年級生來說，「台客」這個詞早已因不再流行而無人知曉。