Nowadays nothing last in society's collective memory....

I'm 22, but I agree with you.

It still happens it is just internet culture now. Young people today have all the same collective experiences and memories, but they are of internet things. Instead of Monty Python etc, it is the "I like turtles!" kid and the Afro Ninja, Leave Britney Alone!, Chocolate Rain, etc. That is the culture of young people now, that is what their memories are.

I know a lot of young people and they all say the same things. They talk about "first world probs", etc. They have their own culture and most of it originates online.

Most of the big stuff of the 90s is forgotten now, not just The Office, but Friends, Frasier etc. And kids in the 90s mostly didn't know 80s stuff like Cheers and certainly didn't know anything about MASH. Occasionally people see old stuff from reruns, shows like Happy Days were rerun all over the world. I think it is just a common thing that new generations lose touch with most stuff from the last generation. Sometimes stuff comes back and brings an old generation and a new generation together (like Star Trek, Metallica, etc.)

I think it is normal and has happened for a long time, maybe forever. I think the biggest problem for young people today, is whether their generation has anything worthwhile at all. I think with music especially, the big stuff of the 90s and 80s is mindblowing compared to the big stuff from this decade. And in the world of light entertainment, I would MUCH rather watch TV shows from the 90s instead of all the internet based crap now. Although this generation will have some good stuff. This generation had Breaking Bad and Game of Thrones is going through somewhat of a golden age of big budget TV. I definitely is lacking in most places imo, but it does have some good stuff.