That brings us back around to the extermination of a phrase from the article "common cultural experiences". Consider the cultural difference between the gen-x

That brings us back around to the extermination of a phrase from the article "common cultural experiences". Consider the cultural difference between the gen-x experience of "every gamer" knowing the first level map of FPS game "Doom" vs the experience of never meeting another human playing in a procedurally generated space game like Elite Dangerous or No Mans Sky. We can all entertain ourselves alone and very cheaply, its just if none of us have anything in common there is no more "We" anymore. The effect can also be seen in political divides and other areas of life. In the linked article, they intentionally, for some reason, confound "Friends" and "The Office" as common cultural experiences. However, even that is false. Friends finale in 2004 had 53 million viewers, The Office finale (US version, 2013) had a mere 5 million viewers. Quite a rapid cultural implosion!