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Hey, I really don't want to talk you down or be destructive or anything. My point is on the contrary:
You are not uncool, lame or whatever, if you don't know contemporary pop culture. There are some fine songs, everybody likes. They become classics, as you say. Most pop shit is just a short-lived fad, nobody will remember in a few months. If you like that kind of music, it is also absolutely fine.
Oh, my apologies, I didn't meant to jump off the top ropes to defend pop culture etc. And absolutely, all sorts of routes to cool.
That being said, I'm a middle age man and am thus by classic definition, the anti cool.
Believe me, I have an over abundance of confidence, I know I'm cool in all the things that matter. But I also know that my time at the cultural forefront (whether your culture is pop, punk, underground, whatever) has passed, that's off to the next generation.
I think of it like, while I still go to some of the larger underground events, I'm not one of the tastemakers that some of my friends were in our youth etc and I damn well won't have heard of any of the bands but on the other hand, I am at the point where I can help out by buying all the merch.