Why Being a Cool Teen™ Isn't as Cool as You Think It Is

Life's hard when you're a teenager. It's even harder when you're a Cool Teen™.

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Being a teenager is tough. But being a cool teen™? That's a struggle. What exactly is a cool teen™ you ask? As of the last couple years, as Instagram and Twitter swell in popularity, a small crop of SoHo-centric teens (among them, Mike the Ruler and Asspizza) have swarmed timelines with fit pics and the digital chronicles of their teenage antics. The difference between them and your garden variety cul-de-sac suburban adolescent? They're pulling pranks and waving their middle fingers—in closets filled with the likes of Rick Owens, Hood By Air, and Givenchy. 

While these kids may have designer tastes, they're still teenagers; they still have to handle the issues that every other American adolescent has to stumble through. Unfortunately for them, all of their most awkward, most "teenager-y" moments aren't just at school, they're broadcast for all of the internet to see. This is Why Being a Cool Teen™ Isn't as Cool as You Think It Is​.

When your parents relocate, so do you.

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“Rick Owens ate my homework” isn't a valid excuse.

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Your allowance isn't enough to satisfy your designer tastes.

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Your most awkward years are documented on the internet forever.

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Things you thought were funny as a teenager aren't going to be funny when you're an adult and trying to find work.

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You're too young to attend all of the “cool brand parties” you earned with your influence.

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You physically outgrow your designer-riddled wardrobe every few years.

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