Obligatory XKCD: https://xkcd.com/1053/
While it doesn't apply to shell prompts, there are such things as cultural memory and institutional memory. As a member of a group or society, you are expected to have a certain baseline amount of knowledge of that culture and history.
When I was young, it was considered shameful not to know things. Now the people I work with seem to wear ignorance as a badge of pride. They think that not knowing something means that thing is not worth knowing. As if somehow not knowing something is a good thing.
You’re today’s lucky one, you get to learn something new! People shelter themselves with the familiar all the time. You have too! You started your explanation of your perspective with “when I was young”, and that’s obviously something you’ve held onto.
I’m gonna make your day. Did you know that people, in your life or waiting in the wings, are gonna be grateful for the things you can show them? The only thing you need to do is be just thrilled to introduce it, whatever it is, even if they don’t have the thrill yet.
You just gotta get enough in tune emotionally to know what they’re gonna want to know and how to tell them. That’s a fun new exploration all for you.