I’m still fairly young and hear many women my age making certain references, using slang, or memes related to the U.S. and American culture.
Sometimes, I don’t understand the references though, as I do speak English but grew up where people did not.
My parents grew up in the US and speak English but of course, only really know the pop culture of their day.
Does anyone else (especially people who grew up somewhere else) not understand Anglophone slang or pop culture?
Our whole global pop culture has been fragmented now. Up until about 20 years ago, everyone the world over almost universally followed the same or similar pop culture because we all watched the same TV, the same movies, the same radio, the same music and knew the same biggest pop stars, movie stars and famous people. It was all mostly the same content from cable TV, satellite TV, broadcast radio, magazines and newspapers. We all read, watched and listened to the same stuff most of the time.
Now it’s completely fragmented. Everyone everywhere live in their own world, watch their own on demand TV … some like new stuff, some like old, some like regional, some like international, some like it all, some like only one niche corner. Not everyone follows the same patterns, shows, personalities or music.
I’m middle aged myself and I have no clue what anyone is doing or referencing most of the time and I no longer care. I like what I like and if I don’t understand or don’t get something, I move on until I find someone that can understand things that I understand.