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I don't want to grow up

I'm not affluent, high-tech, or stylish enough to be a "grup," but I do see something of my 36-year-old self (or future) in this silly New York magazine article, which begins: "He owns eleven pairs of sneakers, hasn't worn anything but jeans in a year, and won't shut up about the latest Death Cab for Cutie CD. But he is no kid. He is among the ascendant breed of grown-up who has redefined adulthood as we once knew it and killed off the generation gap." Nothing in that first sentence describes me, in fact, but I have worn a commuter bag well past the time when I bicycled everywhere, and I am also often the oldest guy at the rap show or punk show. Music journalism keeps you young. To tell the truth, I skipped most of this article. It's filled with people who make me want to flip the old Dead Kennedys lyric from "Life Sentence" ("I'd rather stay a child and keep my self-respect/If being an adult means being like you"): I'd rather grow up if being a child means being like these knobs. But the ILM discussion is hilarious, and there's no question that the "generation gap" increased for a few generations there (after the social invention of "childhood" in the first place in recent centuries) and that in many ways childhood and adulthood have blurred again.

Posted by Peter S. Scholtes at April 7, 2006 12:53 PM

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yesterday, as i was jumping up and downin the shower, i was told that i acted like a 23 year old... by a 22 year old... the only thing is im almost 32... haha i guess some ppl never grow up....
bc

Posted by: benny c at April 10, 2006 10:25 AM

Ha, old news and recycled news at MNSpeak and the Pi Press:
http://mnspeak.com/mnspeak/archive/post-1680.cfm

Benny C is my brother, and he'd make a more interesting article.

Posted by: Pete Scholtes at April 24, 2006 6:15 PM

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