> The chance of a 50-year old (and I say that as someone not too far off that) being correct about youth (non-?)subcultures is so low, I really wonder why peopl

> The chance of a 50-year old (and I say that as someone not too far off that) being correct about youth (non-?)subcultures is so low, I really wonder why people bother. The chance that any random 50 yo will get it is moderately low, but the chance that there are some who do is quite high. The latter are involved in marketing to these collectively high-spending groups, and have been since the 50s. Then there’s a cohort who claim to get it (or loudly claim not to get it) who maybe do, maybe don’t, though it doesn’t matter: what they do is talk to their contemporaries. Also if you live with teens there’s a pretty good chance you do actually know quite a bit about them culture. Some teens are closer to their parents than others, even within a single family.