Counterpoint: Harry Dresden, who makes explicit references to Internet memes despite being a wizard whose power makes it impossible for him to operate a computer.
Heck, I'm a smart 20-something and I am constantly thinking of references, often to things I've never seen. I've never even heard of Midnight Cowboy; I'd think he was just making a Miss Congeniality reference. It's a reference within a reference.
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Date: 2012-06-08 02:37 am (UTC)Heck, I'm a smart 20-something and I am constantly thinking of references, often to things I've never seen. I've never even heard of Midnight Cowboy; I'd think he was just making a Miss Congeniality reference. It's a reference within a reference.