In here I am, on the other end of that, as some Gen X asshole who doesn’t get DragonBall references
At least we can both take a lesson from this: life is not fair. Although, what I take from this, is that the Internet does not “owe“ me a laugh. And even if I don’t get the joke, I can at least appreciate the literal decades of pop, cultural familiarity a person has to have in order to “get it “.
But that just makes me feel older, because I used to always “get it “, but now I’m too old to “get it” anymore.
This made me wonder, since the TV series came out a long time ago. Generation X ended ~1980. The original Dragon Ball series started in 1986. So there are Gen X that were kids (not that you have to be a kid to watch it, but that’s the most likely audience) when it aired.
Just musing over that particular thing. I feel it’s safe to say it’s generally outside of Gen X culture.
I’m firmly a millennial and know dragonball from the version where the Pig guy wishes for underwear at the end
I have no problem believing gen xers were too old for the dragonball I remember and the later ones on cartoon network or wherever.
In here I am, on the other end of that, as some Gen X asshole who doesn’t get DragonBall references
At least we can both take a lesson from this: life is not fair. Although, what I take from this, is that the Internet does not “owe“ me a laugh. And even if I don’t get the joke, I can at least appreciate the literal decades of pop, cultural familiarity a person has to have in order to “get it “.
But that just makes me feel older, because I used to always “get it “, but now I’m too old to “get it” anymore.
Replace the dragon balls with a magic lamp and the joke still works the same.
That’s very helpful, thank you
Go watch DragonBall Z Abridged. It’s great fun and you’ll understand everything.
TLDW?
This made me wonder, since the TV series came out a long time ago. Generation X ended ~1980. The original Dragon Ball series started in 1986. So there are Gen X that were kids (not that you have to be a kid to watch it, but that’s the most likely audience) when it aired.
Just musing over that particular thing. I feel it’s safe to say it’s generally outside of Gen X culture.
I’m firmly a millennial and know dragonball from the version where the Pig guy wishes for underwear at the end I have no problem believing gen xers were too old for the dragonball I remember and the later ones on cartoon network or wherever.
Gen X is usually at least aware of it, though. At least the gen X people I know are.