My last "stuff I don't get" was about being a bloke, but this one is just about being in my 30s and increasingly detached from the growing numbers of "young people" around. (Have you noticed there are more of them? And don't you think policemen are getting younger as well?...)
What the hell is "streetwear" when it's at home, and when did it start being used as an acceptable description of anything? Do you have to be in a street to wear it? Can it be any street, or does it have to be an especially cutting-edge and urban one? Does a road or a lane count? An alley?
Why do so many people have tattoos and piercings these days, and what are they actually for? I don't mean just "I've got the right to do what I want" kind of answers, I mean - WHY? What is the actual PURPOSE of them, as opposed to not having them??
What's with all the, like, talking like this? With all the, like, "like"? And I was like, yeah, and he was like, that is like SO over. And the, like, rising intonation?
Wny do teenagers talk to each other on msn rather than on the phone or meeting up?
Why do mobile phones need to have so many functions on them? What's the point? I mean, their USP is that they are phones, right, which are... mobile? Correct me if I'm wrong? If I want a camera or a portable gaming machine I will sodding well buy one.
And MySpace. What the feck is that all about?