Where do you plug in to keep up with the times?

bumping for interest, i'm also ignorant

>>18231174

That's what I love about these high school girls, man. I get older, they stay the same age.

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>>18231219
Seriously feel this way without the being a loser and hitting on kids thing.

I've lost contact of peers and I find I just don't much care for what's popular aside from certain things. But I feel "disconnected" from the world at large. A sort of claustrophobic existence. Maybe it's where I live? It's boring here and the bigger cities seem to be more lively with livelier people my age?

OP i would urge you not to worry about that stuff as its all bullshit, just do what you know deep down is relevant to you, most people aren't gonna care if you're not into that stuff and if they are they're retarded and are not worth your time. Are you sure you really want to expend your energy following and making yourself care about some hip trend thats just going to be replaced by another trend within a short period of time?

>>18231275
It kinda worries me y'know? Like any person would feel ostracized from society with social isolation if he/she does not necessarily fit in the narrative. I've felt this all my life.

Any tips bros? Other perspectives? Much appreciate replies

>>18231174
Every Sunday buy a good big city Sunday newspaper - the sort with lots of sections. Spend a couple of hours reading it from cover to cover, including (no, especially) the sections that don't interest you.

You'll pick up on what's in the air in everything from fashion through sports through business through arts - the stuff others will be chatting about during the week

>>18231293
Watch the news or follow some kind of blog that talks about trendy stuff, if it worries you that much

>>18231174
Social media.

>>18231293
>implying you're ostracized from shit

Are you being shoved into a quarantined leper colony? Do random people on the street make to avoid you on sight? Does the barista back away and try to avoid hand contact when she gives you change?

If not, you're not "ostracized" from fuck all. You're out of the loop so you feel out of touch. The solution is to get into the loop. You don't need social media or the news to do this. You need dedication and willingness to insert yourself into social situations and ask people what the current hangings are. People are happy to fill you in if you don't know, and they may even invite you if they like you. If they introduce you to new topics you don't understand? That's great, you learn and interact. If they introduce you to new hobbies? Even better, that's how you make friends.