Old Folks Site

OK, first off: I used to be cool. Really, I did. In my prime (keeping in mind, of course, that it was the 80s), I was cool, and not stupid-80's parachute pants and leg warmers cool. No, I was black eyeshadow, band Tshirts, thrift store sports coat cool. Pink chucks cool. WXYC cool, man!

But, yeah, now I'm 41, I've had two kids, I work in a (more or less) normal, white collar, 9-5 boring job. I've become the man (except, yeah, still female!).

I am no longer cool.

But, I still like to pretend I'm cool, or at least feel like I could be cool if the opportunity presented itself.

The thing is, there are times when I hear references or slang, and I have NO CLUE what the people are talking about.

Like this comic, which was on one of my favorite sites, so was very disturbing when I realized I just didn't get it.

That's why I love The Urban Dictionary. This site allows me to keep in touch with my cool-side (LOL! Yeah, right!!), or at least be able to nod intelligently in a conversation with people 15-20 years younger than me. Or arch my eyebrow warningly at my son when he drifts into a comment that I find inappropriate and he doesn't realize I know the meaning of!

From The Urban Dictionary I've learned EXACTLY what that comic referred to (and, yes, I could've searched youtube or googled it, but I'm guessing the video itself would be blocked on my work server). I've learned entirely new meanings for the word Superman. I've learned so much....

But, yeah, I have a sense that it's really an old folks' site...sigh.