113% of the time, rhetorical questions are best left unanswered or forgotten all together. Earlier today I saw that something called Stranger Things is finishing up a five-season run on Netflix. As sure as I am that Greg was the better pitcher of the Maddux brothers, I’m sure that some of my older friends have been glued to their streaming services for the course of the show despite not being in the target demographic. That I had never heard of the show until this week makes me some sort of a pop culture outlier. I’ve often skirted the roles of target demos. Case in point, I questioned friend thirty-five years my junior as to which Minogue sister sang the song blaring on the Panera sound system, Kylie or Dannii. I was never a member of either’s demo, but I remember the song vividly (as much as one my age not on Prevagen can) from clubs from the past millennium. She looked at me as if I had questioned her about Hal and Danny Breeden and which one had a better ML career. Both played or suited up for the Cubs in 1971 and failed miserably.

As significant as this show is I wonder how many people will remember much of it, twenty years from now? I’m not proud that I completely missed the run of the show or for that matter, Game of Thrones. My only contact with that phenomenon was when it appeared in crossword puzzles. I don’t think I ever solved any of those clues no matter how many times I ran across them. I also realize this deficiency in current entertainment trends leaves me a little wanting on the conversational front. However, I’m always willing to listen and offer some polite criticism of the absurdity factor. I happen to be the only one in North America that doesn’t buy Tom Cruise as an average height character. Sorry.