Possessiveness

Have you ever noticed how people (self included) try to take ownership of cool things? Especially if you were one of the earlier ones to recognize its inherent coolness factor-- somehow that makes it more "yours" than the rest of the masses. I was just thinking about that while I emptied the dishwasher, and the more I pondered it, the funnier it got. The best example I can give is how I spent years annoyed at the fact that I knew that the song "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen was totally cool long before the movie Wayne's World came out. Somehow that meant that I was way cooler than any of my friends who made the discovery after I did. I felt like that song (and all of its coolness) belonged to me, and everyone else was just copying. Of course, the only reason I knew the song at all was because of my oldest (and very cool) sister Leah, so really I was just as much a copycat as the rest of them.

Leah, meanwhile, is the same one who claims ownership of Johnny Depp because she first thought he was cool back when he was in the TV show 21 Jump Street, long before most people had caught on to what a hottie he was. (And still is, for that matter.)

So! What cool thing did you discover long before everyone else recognized its coolness?