You really know you're past 40 when...

...first, you discover there's a recent pop song you like, possibly the first one in years.

Then, you find out it topped the charts a few months ago and you only found out about its existence now...

The latest XKCD webcomic had something about the MTV generation but I'm on my locked down terminal. Someone care to give the link please or embed the comic?

Thanks

(At least I'm assuming that it's there.)

... your favorite songs from high school are now played on the "classic rock" station.
And you remember when MTV actually played MUSIC VIDEOS!!!!!

My husband and I call this game "you know you're old when...."

- you complain that the band is interrupting your conversation.

- you find yourself saying, she should not be wearing a dress that short.

- ??

- you pull out your reading glasses to read a menu for the first time

- you have to move the book further away so you can read it for the first time

- you don't want to sit on the floor anymore because it's hard to get up ....
- you make noises every time you go from a sitting to standing position

>- you make noises every time you go from a sitting to standing position

... and the noises aren't coming from your mouth (snap, crackle, pop.)

Your oldest kid is older than you were when you had him.

your favorite book when you were a teenager is now sold on the classic bargin table in your favorite bookstore.

(True statement! Happened to me today! )

The world events you witnessed when you were much younger are now written about in the high school history textbooks!

#12: Hah, I know that one. Yeah kids, when I met your father, the Berlin wall was still standing.

- You get your first crown from the decrepit childhood fillings exploding your tooth from the inside out.
- When watching TV, movies, etc., you identify with the put-upon parents more than the snarky kids.

>14 lquilter:: and the shows where the adults are all buffoons are not nearly so funny anymore.

>11 Lori_OGara:: and the variety and quality of books for that age group has exploded - now that I'm too old to appreciate it. Where was the "YA" table when I was a kid, huh?

>6 emaestra:: actually it's never made sense to me why a DJ has to make it impossible for people to talk. Old before my time.

>5 avidmom:: when MTV stopped playing videos, I started to lose touch with music. Coincidence?

>1 wester:: me too, except in my case the song came out six years ago.

- Your kid makes fun of the way you dance (and asks you to stop)

- You realize you look like an idiot in your old Doc Martins (you do not see anyone else sporting them either)

- Your kid tells you that you dress like a grandmother (I've always loved vintage, oh well)

- You notice that you are the only one carrying around paperback and hardback books. Everyone else is reading their tablet (well, I have around 200 books to still read in my library and can't get ebooks at the book trade and library sales so I'm not going to catch up with the times in this arena any time soon)

- you find some restaurants too loud and crowded (when did that happen??)