>when i was in high school i knew what fuckin MASH was
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>maybe it's because syndicated TV isnt a thing anymore, but
>teenagers being entirely ignorant of major cultural
>touchstones of the last 25 years seems like more than just us
>being old
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nah, that's just syndication. It was kinda easy to be aware of all the major TV shows that came before us cause there were just 3 channels until we were kids. If you watched a little bit of TV Land then you knew everything your parents watched more or less. But now, not only is syndication not really a thing, everything just moves super fucking fast. Hundreds of channels plus all the streaming services. It's impossible to keep up with everything that's current, let alone stuff that came before. People suggest a new show to me and I say "I'll have to catch that sometime," I blink and there's already 8 seasons and the finale is about to air.