I'm not sure age matters as much as we might think it does. Steve jobs was no young man when Apple came back from near oblivion, and he was very active in determining what was "cool".
But seems you attribute a value to that, so subjectivly that will work for you and it will provide a self rewarding feeling of belonging. Look at it in a broader way and we are back to square one, each person gets to pick what the person wants and likes, no matter how influenceable one is. It's just that. Lets not group this judge, Jobs and the Fonz for reinforcement conditioning.