I’m the younger end of millennial - I did watch these as a kid but I was young enough that I don’t remember much. Don’t remember artax.

I wanna say there was a big big chill mammal thing but when I try to remember more I just picture Oppa from Avatar

Is pepperoni and jalapeños not super common?

In the UK, that’s called ‘an american’

It’ll be okay as long as you have that recipe again

I agree with your broader point about linguistics, but Chesterton’s fence has never sat right with me. Consider the inverse:

This annoying and unnecessary fence is an inconvenience, but since nobody can remember what it’s for, we dare not remove it