“What happened to that deli?
Where’s that music coming from?
And who are all these people?”
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A cavalcade of references andmemesand the current thing fly with greater rapidity over your thinning hair.
For some, the feeling induces panic and a sense of growing irrelevance.
But it doesn’t have to be that way.
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Who Are These People?
and you’ve never seen the names before in your life.
A TV commercial says “Special performance by Dickwad Jones and the Useless 5.”
Yes, I know none of these stupid names are real, but they totally could be.
I’m not learning any new names.
One gets cultural whiplash as the zeitgeist pace car careens around the corner.
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Let’s not forget award shows.
It’s like watching a light show in one of those fancy Japanese toilets.
Where did that come from?
Do people like this?
If you’re really familiar with these people, you don’t think about it.
That’s how they should check ID at bars.
“Do you know why KS the Flood is mad at Finland’s Prime Minister?”
“Ok, you’re old enough come on in.”
None of it matters, and it’s totally awesome not knowing who any of these people are.
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Familiarity is fine, but so is not knowing.
It really is great.
