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bucolic_frolic

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5. I consider myself pop-culturally unaware

Reply to milestogo (Original post)

Thu May 28, 2026, 08:00 PM

May 28

If it happened in the last 20 years, I've probably not any awareness. I can't identify most pop music. I know I've heard them, but no idea who wrote/sang it. Sports? lost touch. TV? No TV for 17 years. Haven't missed a sitcom.

But I do remember Monk, American Experience, Roadshow.

Jerry Garcia? I thought he was the ice cream guy.

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Has there ever been a celebrity who died and you didn't even know who they were in the first place? [View all] milestogo May 28 OP

Millions of folk had no idea who Charlie Kirk was pfitz59 May 28 #1

The older I get, the more common it is. Harker May 28 #2

I was just thinking the same thing, Harker some_of_us_are_sane May 28 #10

And I thought I'd always be hip. Harker May 29 #21

Charlie Kirk Haggard Celine May 28 #3

Me neither. milestogo May 28 #4

I consider myself pop-culturally unaware bucolic_frolic May 28 #5

I believe the "ice cream guy" True Dough May 28 #13

Lots. WestMichRad May 28 #6

How could you "not know" who Jerry Garcia was? BluesRunTheGame May 28 #7

I was familiar with the ice cream. milestogo May 28 #8

I never understood the popularity of The Grateful Dead Skittles May 28 #9

Sports figures Maninacan May 28 #11

The night John Lennon was shot I waited up for my roommate milestogo May 28 #12

I think the right thing to do in that situation True Dough May 28 #14

... milestogo May 28 #15

HELP! True Dough May 28 #17

Too soon JoseBalow May 28 #18

I had a subscription to People magazine for many years. I stopped it... 3catwoman3 May 28 #16

Every day, my friend, every day Marthe48 May 28 #19

I have no idea who's got their 15 minutes of fame u4ic May 28 #20

Pretty much any celebrity after about 1990. mwmisses4289 May 29 #22