Hanmi Korean-Chinese Fusion – Albuquerque, New Mexico
Popular culture is defined as “commonly known information that briefly holds the public interest. It is typically discussed in various mass media, including TV and the Internet, and becomes a topic of everyday conversation (what used to be called a “water cooler conversation” before that term fell from popularity). Apparently you’re out of touch with pop culture when you believe Game of Thrones is a video game and that Taylor Swift is a sprinter, the female equivalent of Usain Bolt. Approaching forty years of youth, I’d probably be completely out of touch with pop culture were it not for our interns at UNM Information Technology. They do their best to educate this old fogey on what’s lit, cool, on fleek or whatever their generation’s version of groovy may be. My lack of pop culture knowledge puts me in the same company as their parents and grandparents, all of whom are clueless as to what’s important. While they might be less patient with their parents, they find my ignorance humorous. For example, when I walked in on a conversation they were having and overheard the term K-Pop, I asked if it was a Korean dish similar to bibimbap. I still haven’t…