User blog comment:RainbowDashLover4Ever/Endless Summer Con: Pop-culture References/@comment-34381956-20180227211327

I don't mind the pop culture references or the shizz/yolo stuff...but I did cringe a little when Raj said that about not wearing underwear. I just...don't need to know that about anyone.

I kind of think of the pop culture references as something the characters can bond over that isn't the things constantly trying to kill them. I've been trapped in small talk with strangers that went a lot better if we realized we watched the same movies or read the same books or something. This is especially true at the beginning of the series, when the characters were the pretty/nerdy/athletic/funny/whatever one and most of them didn't have a whole lot in common on the surface. Later, that was how they bonded so it just kept going.