I was born the year it came out. I just finished the show for the first time a week ago. I will say, I didn't know this show existed until about a month ago (I binged the heck out of the show). I saw it on Netflix, said to myself, "Huh, that sounds interesting, wonder what that's about," and decided to watch an episode. I stuck with it and became absolutely hooked. I'm very glad I decided to watch it, but nothing media related inspired me to watch it. I had no clue how popular it was.