AvsJoe said:
Re-watching the films I loved as a kid reminds me of this every time. Also, as a kid I loved Linkin Park and the like, seeing their songs as soulful yet powerful. Now... well... I don't. I realize now that they are just another pop/rock band that is aimed at the teen demographic and isn't at all different than the crap that plays today. Once I loved their entire discography, now I can stand less than 5 of their songs and hate the rest.
I recently pulled an old CD by "Hell is for Heroes" out of the loft that I bought when i was in my early 20s (29 now) which at the time I also thought was one of the most powerful things I ever heard. I transferred the album onto my iphone for a quick listen. What seemed somewhat profound and emotional back then now just sounded whiny and a little immature for the most part.
Then there was the time where I was in a shop and was making my way down one of the aisles that was slightly clogged up with people (reading the magazines as opposed to paying for them, as you do) when I came up against some little kid blocking the way. There was no way through, so I just had to hover about until her mum turned around and told the kid to "let the man past". That's when I realised that I had reached the point where I now looked like a man - the dream was officially over.
The main thing is though when I go for a night out these days with the people from work, whereas I used to feel that the night was really just getting started come 11, nowadays I'm starting to think about heading up the road and checking the time to make sure I don't miss the last bus home.
Also, there are now "young people" at my work who are more or less just out of school and (the horror) weren't even alive at any point during the 80s! Unthinkable!
Other things, like becoming an uncle, or the fact that a good number of my friends around my age or younger are now married with a 2 or 3 kids, some of which have probably already started school. Scary.