Trash and Nonsense

Is it just me, or is everything quickly getting lame?  Feels like we're in another cultural dead zone.  It's worse than any I can remember in my lifetime.  

Disco hit when I was a kid.  This is worse.  There's no voice of reason.  Everyone would rather fit in than admit how lame some new things are.  Maybe they're more comfortable with lying than the consequences of telling the truth.

There's some sort of lame vs. interesting societal cycle.  Some would attribute it to a certain number of years.  Say, every ten years some type of things become popular.  To me, though, it's more like waves crashing on the beach.  Sometimes the sea brings in trash and nonsense.