debianlinux
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I have heard of Messi and would associate that name with the sport of Soccer. I literally know nothing else. I could not identify them in a lineup. I don't know what country they play for. Literally the only other soccer player I could name is David Beckham because he was on my wheaties box as a kid. I've never heard of those other two, though. I believe I saw Messi on /r/nextfuckinglevel a few times, and yeah, I suppose they've been somewhat verbified.To each their own. I am sure there are a lot of people in the world that do not follow popular culture in any way, shape, or form (Bushmen living off the grid, the Amish, Bath Salt addicts, the comatose, etc…) the part where it strains credulity for me personally is how people could be so siloed into what pop culture things they choose to follow while completely filtering out the rest. Like if you follow popular music or watch movies or are super into professional wrestling or canoe building or whatever and you are plugged in to civilization enough to keep up on trends under those interests that you then choose to bypass everything else. Sticking with the basketball example. I think most folks likely can’t name the star player on the world championship Boston Celtics but they probably know who Larry Bird is, because Larry Bird transcended sports. Like I am not a Hockey fan or a Soccer fan or an F1 racing fan and I don’t go out of my way to necessarily learn about those particular things but I am still aware of the stars of the sport I know who McDavid, Messi, and Lewis Hamilton are. I have heard of them because the seep into other areas of interest I don’t even need to be curious just cognizant to take notice.
Having kids who are still seeing and learning things for the first time I have a bit of sensitivity to people talking down to someone for learning something new for the first time as if we're supposed to be born with certain knowledge. If someone says they don't know who or what about you're speaking it can be a lot more productive to just give a quick summary and move on rather than treat them as if they're somehow a pariah for not being clued in to the same things as you.