I will answer that in hope that you will rethink your ways and benefit as a fellow human being. Jokes and references to a popular culture are ways of interacting with others that are less formal than in give-and-take relationships. People probably do that from the inception of the civilization. Categorizing that as cringe perhaps is not off-mark in some settings, but calling out people on that is not mere categorization - it is means to put others down. Some people with fragile ego may take that to heart and stop interacting in a playful manner in fear of being called out. That results in two things: a good taste for joke has no space to be developed (the more we try, the better we do), and the overall culture suffers from making the casual speech dull. That’s why I’ve called you an asshole. That said, I really hope that you will think about it sincerely. Cheers.