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.
Now I must know what a goose wishes for.
War.
There is only war and goose
honk
Yep, only makes sense given the current events
The world doesnt need to be saved, it needs to be fixed…
Like… Neutered or… /s
eternal life, prolly
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.
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.