As my freefall towards 30 reaches terminal velocity, I've deliberately avoided the "Ohh so olddd" type stuff, because it's a pointless brainweasel, and I've had enough time to ingest people from 23-28 doing that and realise the intense-eye-rolling nature of the whole thing is cyclical-
But I've ended up with kinda adjacent phenomena from being off of mainstream social media for a few years..?
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Like, my knowledge of pop music is 4-5 years dated *at best*, 7-8 years at worst.
Movies I'm slightly more up to date with..! But I don't go to the cinema because Loud.
Memes kinda drift down to me when they're already Old & Established, and I have often have no clue where they came from.
"Tell me.. Are the kids still arguing about whether Kanye is problematic?"
"No, Grandza Bat. Kanye uploaded himself into a robot panther body and flew off to Alpha Centurai."
"Oh.. Okay. Was it problematic?"
"Oh, very problematic."
"Okay."