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submitted 3 months ago by antonim@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/wikipedia@lemmy.world

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[–] FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Does it mean I’m getting old if I don’t recognise half the names of celebrities or movies on the list?

[–] antonim@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

No. Contemporary culture is just fragmented (and some of the films are from India so practically nobody in the west has heard of them).

[–] dwindling7373@feddit.it 3 points 3 months ago

How would a newborn recognize anything at all?