Thats depressing af, altho I do need to propose an alternstive or adjuvant validated theory.

Setg MacFarland has made repeated jokes on the commentsry/special bonus feature tracks 4th wall breaking comments directly to the young and teen boys watching suggesting that a substantial if not the most significant segment watching and much of its intended audience is boys and probably also younger children/tweens/teens in general. Family Guy quotes were huge even in Grade 5 lol. We were definitely all watching

There are so many jokes that inevitably went over my head as a kid so theres that angle also