The years are creeping in and I'm getting subtle hints that my contemporary "cool" has been left in the past. There's a surreal tinge to this revelation since this sort of thing has never been a real concern of mine.
 
Despite the obvious markers of adulthood it's the little things that serve as reminders of my aging. My growing disenchantment with the music on the radio, distaste for the newest social media, disregard for fashion trends have slowly built up over time. (I'll spare you my specific complaints). Of course, there are exceptions to all of these, but they only make it harder to recognize how out of touch I am with social trends. I can still see these things happening around me, and I understand their appeal perfectly well, but at some point I transitioned from youth culture to the seemingly endless  limbo that lies between college and full adulthood. I suppose I'm not alone in this feeling. I'm sure many of you also feel that everybody else has somehow grown up, while you've just been pretending to be an adult. 
 
I'm not blind, I can see that as society evolves, each generation goes on to denigrate the music and trends of succeeding generations. But I could never imagine how that change would come to me. Now I'm left wondering how the succeeding generation will see my own. I've had my share of laughs at the 70s, 80s, and the 90s, and I suppose that the "00's" will be my place in the history books.
 
Oh good grief, I just realized that my kids will categorize me as being from the "auto-tune" era.

I just realized that my kids will categorize me as being from the "auto-tune" era. "

You'll never be loosing your cool, as long as you stay real! 
 
Pro tip

I can definitely sympathise with the sentiment, but even in high school I never tried to keep up with social trends, so it comes as a bit of relief to see some distance appear between myself and popular culture. It actually strengthens my personal sense of identity because I no longer have the potential to be swept up in the next pop phenomenon. I know where my tastes lie in music, video games, and movies; I can be confident that these opinions are mine. That's not to say that I don't like new music, movies, or games, but I can now see myself apart from social culture, and I like it that way.