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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Clint_L" data-source="post: 9387473" data-attributes="member: 7035894">Yeah, a lot of pop culture from my youth has elements that haven't aged well. Such is always the way. Doesn't mean we were bad people, or that pop culture is without value. It just means that it, like everything else, has to be taken in context.Older folks feeling judged by younger folks, and vice versa, is the way of the world. If it makes anyone feel better, consider that before too long, we'll all be safely dead and those whippersnappers will be the ones complaining about feeling judged and taken out of context.As for that Dragon article: yeah, it's pretty on the nose for attitudes of the time. Consider that Revenge of the Nerds was a box office hit in 1984, and the titular nerds, our "heroes," commit crimes including breaking and entering, assault with a chemical agent, invasion of privacy, voyeurism, sexual trafficking, and any number of sexual assaults, including the infamous scene at the end, which is depicted as a glorious triumph. I'm pretty sure we know what they would have done with an invisibility spell or potion.I watched 16 Candles with my kid, after telling him what a classic it is. About halfway through he looked at me and said, "You know this film is pretty messed up, right?"</blockquote>