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Cool Dad Raising Daughter On Media That Will Put Her Entirely Out Of Touch With Her Generation (theonion.com)

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[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 11 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Kids have so much media today I can't see how they have a cohesive experience, how they'll reminisce amongst themselves. I was familiar with pop-culture, movies, music, all that, from the Silent Gen through Millennial.

GenX for example; We only had a few dozen popular bands, way fewer TV shows and movies, all that. Don't care if you liked Metallica or The Cure, you were familiar enough.

Few years ago I was sitting around camp with my neighbor who 19 at the time.

"Hey man, you feel like we're in a Vietnam movie?"

"Um."

"It's dark, rain's dripping of the trees, humid, kinda looks like jungle, <holds up my AR-looking .22> I got a rifle and got a 12-gauge, we're sweaty, CCR is blasting on the speaker."

"Honestly I've never heard any of the songs you played tonight."

"NEVER?! Dude, this was my dad's music! Everyone's heard this!"

Guys, this was my 60s playlist with nothing but the most popular and well-known songs.

It's not that he's young, I was familiar with my grand parent's music (and it fucking sucked, and so did their taste). Young people just have so much to choose from they can carve out their own bubbles and not see or hear other stuff. No idea if this is good or bad.

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

The monoculture hasn't been a thing for a while.