“I wanted a jumper." – Douglas Henshall (Shetland TV series)

My nephew turned 18 this week. I ordered a sweater this week.
While these two events seem random, they are related.
I think I am stuck in 1987, my 18th year. I wear the same clothes, listen to the same music, and my balding pate is parted on the same side.
Sure, there have been variations on the themes over the years, but I'm pretty locked in.
I wonder if my nephew will still be looking at the world through today's lens in 2059? Will he still listen to the same music, wear his hair the same way, and clothe himself in the same general fashion?
Will he find himself watching a tv show, take note of the costumes, hunt down the source of the good, and order a sweater that looks just like the one he remembers the coolest kid in the school wearing back in the day? One that might not look so great on his slightly swollen frame?
I guess we'll have to wait and see.
(mine gets here in a week)
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