I reference this particular moment in our national culture—I won't say often, but with some regularity—and very few people ever indicate recognition. Either they don't know/remember it, or a response is beneath them (which is probably true).
And even then, I'm fine to browse a menu on a mobile-friendly site (as long as the restaurant is diligent about providing reliable wifi for anyone who might not have great signal). But when the code has me download a PDF, they can fuck right off. First of all, I don't need the menu sitting in my cache or download folder. And when the PDF was clearly formatted for physical printing... Good lord. I'm not pinching and zooming this shit.
I write in cursive about half the time, because it's satisfying. But I always switch to print for acronyms and initialisms, because I think multiple consecutive uppercase cursive letters looks dumb.
It's worth noting though that the shitty music of yesteryear doesn't persist in the public consciousness. When we think of music from previous generations, we're thinking about the stuff that was good enough to last (or bad enough, I suppose, if it's notably bad). So the popular music of today may seem to be dominated by shit, but you'd have to examine what else was on the airwaves of a given era to really make a good comparison.
I also think there's two major factors brought on by technological advancement and they both have a positive side. There are a lot more avenues to discover music than there have ever been. Musicians no longer have to be extremely talented and have broad appeal to reach an audience. From the listener's point of view, it's much easier to find good music that fits your particular tastes. And I think that in turn leaves more room in the mainstream avenues for lower quality but broadly appealing music.
The other factor is the accessibility of the technology to make and share music, which I think makes it easier for both "good" and "bad" music to find it's way outside of the artist's bedroom, so to speak.
Now that I think about it, what makes the fan service work on LD is that they don't try to cloak it in some sort of wink and nod bullshit. Like Sulu in ST 2009 with the sword. Again, some of that is the prerogative of a comedy.
It's like people overcorrecting and using "whom" when "who" really would be correct. Ditto "you and I" vs "you and me". People get corrected enough times to be embarrassed, but still don't have any interest in correct usage, so they just blanket apply what they think is the rule rather than trying to actually learn any of its nuances. It's not a perfect analogy, but I can imagine people just reverting to "African-American" as a no-thought safe bet when referring to brown people.
It's either that, or these specific groups are opening up their parameters and trying to reach/convert outside their base. Which sounds about right for religious groups.
I'm right there with you, except that I can't even bring myself to watch DIS or PIC. As soon as it became clear how much those shows were being produced like the movies I lost interest. It's not what I want from Trek. And I subsequently waited a good while to check out LD, but that was a mistake. I absolutely love it. It's the perfect combination of classic Trek optimism, loveable characters, and comedy. And they honestly even get fan-service right, which I didn't think was possible (though it does make sense that it would be in a semi-parody).
I reference this particular moment in our national culture—I won't say often, but with some regularity—and very few people ever indicate recognition. Either they don't know/remember it, or a response is beneath them (which is probably true).