I visited the American Doll store in Chicago about ten years ago. Up on the top floor, they had a cafeteria where dozens of girls, who all seemed much too old for this sort of thing, were wearing fancy dresses and sitting beside their dolls who were dressed just like them, having lunch. Thoroughly creepy.
I was ten. I remember watching it, as we did all the NASA broadcasts, and I remember being impressed. But that memory was completely overshadowed by Apollo 11 the next year, so I'm not sure what I really recall of Apollo 8 and what I've read and seen on tape since then.
Minnesotastan, I believe, is from Minnesota, which is in the U.S. Myself, I watched the first season of The Simpsons, but haven't caught it in the last 20 years. I also have not seen South Park or Family Guy or American Idol, but I know a lot about them. I used to watch Seinfeld, but not religiously.
When you get to a certain age, you set priorities for what you do with your time. And TV is not a high priority anymore.
I once explained that identity, preference, and biology are like three different dimensions, with a spectrum for each, and that a particular person could be anywhere in that 3-dimensional space.
But of course, even that is too simplistic, because there may be more dimensions. For example, biology can mean genital appearance or DNA, because they don't always line up together.
Then again, it's not totally necessary to understand someone in order to accept them.
When you get to a certain age, you set priorities for what you do with your time. And TV is not a high priority anymore.
Check the links. I think the behind the scenes link is what you want.
But of course, even that is too simplistic, because there may be more dimensions. For example, biology can mean genital appearance or DNA, because they don't always line up together.
Then again, it's not totally necessary to understand someone in order to accept them.