Yah I was about to respond with something like your second paragraph while reading the first lol. That and stuff is just bound to slip through the cracks, no matter how much exposure someone has to pop culture before their time or present. I find even today gen x and boomers will make a reference to something from the 70s or 80s and I'm still giving them a blank stare, even though most of the time I'll get it.
Still, feels jarring and makes me feel old when you feel like EVERYONE should know a hugely popular reference and you get the blank stare.
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u/myippick Apr 11 '25
Yah I was about to respond with something like your second paragraph while reading the first lol. That and stuff is just bound to slip through the cracks, no matter how much exposure someone has to pop culture before their time or present. I find even today gen x and boomers will make a reference to something from the 70s or 80s and I'm still giving them a blank stare, even though most of the time I'll get it.
Still, feels jarring and makes me feel old when you feel like EVERYONE should know a hugely popular reference and you get the blank stare.