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You know what's the weirdest difference to think about as the split between <=Gen X & >=Millennials? The internet ended gatekeepers in such a significant way that I think the idea of mutual cultural touch points are pretty gone...
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Like Gen X & the Boomers have a set of bands, and like them or hate them you were engaged in them and it creates a connection. But within Millennials there are few bands that are mutually *known* much less become generation wide discussions, and even fewer for Gen Z. Same w/films
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Here's the thing about Star Wars, as you go back in time, people progressively care about them more. But forward from the birth of the Millennials and it becomes decreasingly likely an individual even saw a Star Wars, much less a pre-2000s one.
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I don't know if it's good or bad for culture, but it does sort of create fewer things to connect us, which is I think why Millennials get so excited about Must Watch TV. It's the closest we get to universally shared new culture and even that isn't really close.
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In style way, I wonder if the production of a Marvel film twice a year is the closest the rising generation gets to generational culture. Generally, less gatekeeping is prob good but it's something I think about...
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Especially when some singer or drummer or guitar player dies and there's this basically universal outpouring from people in a certain age range and I feel some cross between FOMA and nostalgia because I can't think of any pop culture figure my generation would be so unified about
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I dunno if it's a good or bad thing but it sure is weird. I mean, who amongst their own do the millennials mourn for universally when their time comes? And partially because we've seen that universal authority and adoration torn down (rightfully) in our life time.
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(This is all speaking to American/English speaking culture of course) But I do think the one thing millennials mostly feel the same about is 9/11. But beyond that it's hard to think of a single non-president who is considered by all millennials.
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Anyway it's weird to think about because in many ways the unified culture of the past was constructed anyway, a set of decisions by taste makers that obscured and isolated us from the world outside the Anglo-sphere to manufacture consent for endless post Vietnam wars.
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I would think it is better gone. But still, it would be nice if there was someone of our generation of pop culture artists who was universally respected.
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That said, the advantage is we get a far more diverse culture, in creators, styles, and mediums, which is great, and preferable. In some ways the lack of diversity of gatekeepers was part of the cause of their own downfall.
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