More specifically, that these are somehow lauded as being good lore/storytelling, when they are garbage narratives. But then I remember that as a kid in a school of a thousand, probably less than a hundread of us actually had the hobby of reading books in the school library, and I remember that the common person, much less teens and young adults, don't actually read for fun and its just the same as it ever was. There's just more content for mouthbreathers these days.

More specifically, that these are somehow lauded as being good lore/storytelling, when they are garbage narratives.

...and...

There’s just more content for mouthbreathers these days.

This has strong "old man yelling at clouds" energy.

We could probably go back to 400 BCE and find someone saying expressing this same sentiment about the Epic of Gilgamesh.

Let the young folks have their fiction. Its not hurting you, and to them its all new as they're seeing these type of stories for the first time in their lives. In the years head they may come to the same conclusion that you are today, but let them grow up first and experience the world before you go shitting all over their media.

GTFO my lawn and take your talk with you.