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Konstilovable smart-ass
785 posts
Location: vineyards, Vienna, Austria


Posted:
well i just had to think about stereotyping people by the way they dress/ look.
i always considered myself to be part of the alternative culture, and i mostly looked it. I had my punk phase, i had my "colorful like a clown on acid" phase, i had my all black phase, and so on. And i was always confronted by some stereotype about the social group that i remotely looked like i belong to. I got hassled by the cops plenty of times for standing out. I had people that i met react negatively to me cause i was dressed all in black with a "hatebreed" t-shirt. i had ppl from "rival" social groups give me crap, Now i caught myself dressing in a way where i dont look like i belong to something. i dress "normally" more and more. And have found that people have a much more neutral approach to me, generally. Cops wont remember me cause i wont stand out of the crowd, optically. so what do you think about this? am i giving in to the mainstream? or am i just sick of being judged by ppl that dont know me? or do i just want my peace?

oppinions?
questions?
rude gestures?
baby elephants?

"is optimism in austria just a lack of information?"
-Alfred Dorfer


JauntyJamesSILVER Member
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Location: Hampshire College, MA, USA


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pants!

-James

"How do you know if you're happy or sad without a mask? Or angry? Or ready for dessert?"


Konstilovable smart-ass
785 posts
Location: vineyards, Vienna, Austria


Posted:
if you wanted to post a pic of a baby elephant, you failed
wink

"is optimism in austria just a lack of information?"
-Alfred Dorfer


JauntyJamesSILVER Member
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3,533 posts
Location: Hampshire College, MA, USA


Posted:
pardon? it's right there! mabey your browser's screwy

-James

"How do you know if you're happy or sad without a mask? Or angry? Or ready for dessert?"


hexagonicClubbles Jugs
1,687 posts
Location: Manchester


Posted:
i didn't show up when i came in here two minutes ago!!
offtopic

I prefer not to stand out, I'm tall enough and that doesn't help so i generally dress quite plainly to avoid attention. I've always been a bit of an introvert, so I quite like it that i don't draw attention to myself.

Only problem is when i juggle high numbers, that draws attention. However i generally like the corners of rooms and spaces, which is how i try and get around this. Not sure how much that works, but hey...

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Konstilovable smart-ass
785 posts
Location: vineyards, Vienna, Austria


Posted:
well its other ppl passing judgement that i dont wanna deal with anymore, i know that i should be the way i want and everybody should respect that. BUT it doesnt work that way and when i was put between being constantly judged and having my peace, i decided to have my peace.
but now people dont expect all this weird stuff that im into. Nobody expects me to juggle, spin fire, go to raves, hang out with mostly lazy hippies, and be an international economy student at the same time.... its kinda funny...

"is optimism in austria just a lack of information?"
-Alfred Dorfer


SilvurBRONZE Member
sumthin sumin smmnm....
372 posts
Location: home sweet home, USA


Posted:
here's one for ya:

The SLUTS crew pulled the Genos Gate stunt in habbo hotel before it was done on cokemusic. Essentially done as an effort to surpass a particularly large geno invasion that was staged by GBS a short while previously (SLUTS were supposed to be SA's elite prank team, their reputation was at stake here, such that it was).

The execution was simple. A number of rooms were created, each consisting of a large number of beds and a single mini bar. In the days leading up to the event, genos would preach that something big was coming.

One of the things about Habbo is that if you log out, your character will simply stand up and leave - which would be rather anticlimactic - though if the connection times out your little geno will spontaneously disappear. This was the effect required for the ascension.

One fine day, on Cokemusic.com, the SA goons decided to hold a mass-Geno suicide called "The Ascension." Every Geno was to become one with the Grey Light and transcend their human bodies. At 7pm, every Geno ceased all praise to the Grey Light and let their character ping out from Cokemusic.

When you pinged out, you had Ascended. It was good. The light was warm and grey. Many of the 14-year-old kids were confused with our mass-Geno suicide. There were many of them crying out: "omg the genoz kild themslvs 4 serius!!!!!1"

A day later, one forum member posted a fake CNN page with photographs of dead bodies being wheeled away on stretchers, along with a long detailed story of the Geno's mass suicide. Funny stuff.

SilvurBRONZE Member
sumthin sumin smmnm....
372 posts
Location: home sweet home, USA


Posted:
oh, wait, that had absolutely nothing to do with nothing.

sorry bout that.

Sakura_MoonHop's Kitten Jester.
1,803 posts
Location: Wonderland igloo, Vic, Australia


Posted:
I stand out.
People hate me for it and call me a poser because i was normal up until about 9 months ago.
I dress in black mainly, baggy black or camo, or lace...wahtever takes my fancy and dark dark dark eyes are my thing. I get called a freak but all i do is laugh because the ones who call me that - are sheep. And i say - Better wierd than boring!

.:Pink Exocutioner:.

I am Jack's Raging Bile Duct...

Loving you from the deepest part of my loins.



SilvurBRONZE Member
sumthin sumin smmnm....
372 posts
Location: home sweet home, USA


Posted:
i stand out, which is weird, because i have the ability of being a chameleon; i can go punk, prep, goth, whatever i want. normally i'm in jeans or my cool army-boot-cut cords and a tee and a hoodie

i don't know what i am, maybe a punkish hippie?

PhaerieBRONZE Member
veteran
1,240 posts
Location: Melbourne, Australia


Posted:
*laffs* well... i always thought that i stood out more because of what i wear, had piercings/tattoos and strange coloured hair...

but now, i have normal hair, cover my tatts, taken most piercings out... and wear jeans and t-shirts... and i still stand out. i guess its the burden of being a 6'2" female. *shrugs* used to bother me... but now i just go with the flow. get to meet lots of interesting people (i cant leave the house without at least 1 stranger talking to me, even if it is to cross the road to go to the shop, always someone waiting to talk to me) so *shrugs* embrace it and use it. dont be afraid!

Only when you close your eyes can you really see...


Konstilovable smart-ass
785 posts
Location: vineyards, Vienna, Austria


Posted:
hehehe

you obviously live in a positive environment.

come to austria, stay for a couple of years and see past mozart and pretty buildings, you see the pure negativeness of these ppl, example:

in the uk you spin poi at a party and most ppl will be happy to have something trippy to look at, right...

i austria you spin poi at party and ppl accuse you of showing off and being an attention wh0re....



and that happens all the time:

2 mates of mine get busted by cop smoking a spliff on a park, one of them has dreads and baggy clothing and the other one was wearing a smoking as he was on the way to some ball. the guy in the smoking was let go cause he obviously was going to a ball, and the kid with dreads got in trouble....

welcome to my world....



edit: by the way, im not afraid of attention at all, and i can deal with it. all i was saying tht i started conciously dressing normal in certain situations to avoid stress, and dealing with arseholes.........
EDITED_BY: Konsti (1110791016)

"is optimism in austria just a lack of information?"
-Alfred Dorfer


PhaerieBRONZE Member
veteran
1,240 posts
Location: Melbourne, Australia


Posted:
hey, its your world, which means you dictate.. you dont like it you change it... move somewhere with less of a narrow minded nature.

life is what you make it, you let it get you down you will be miserable, you welcome it with open arms you will love it!

Only when you close your eyes can you really see...


Konstilovable smart-ass
785 posts
Location: vineyards, Vienna, Austria


Posted:
oh boy im working on getting out of here, trust me
actually all my efforts of the last 10 months was to create a path for me where i have to leave austria to achieve something.......

"is optimism in austria just a lack of information?"
-Alfred Dorfer


PhaerieBRONZE Member
veteran
1,240 posts
Location: Melbourne, Australia


Posted:
well there ya go, you lay the path before you walk it, then you will know where you are going smile

Only when you close your eyes can you really see...


Konstilovable smart-ass
785 posts
Location: vineyards, Vienna, Austria


Posted:
yep! london!

"is optimism in austria just a lack of information?"
-Alfred Dorfer


PhaerieBRONZE Member
veteran
1,240 posts
Location: Melbourne, Australia


Posted:
yay *does a happy dance for you* bounce bounce2 bounce

how long until you escape??

Only when you close your eyes can you really see...


SilvurBRONZE Member
sumthin sumin smmnm....
372 posts
Location: home sweet home, USA


Posted:
whatever, my computer can't keep up with the likes of you!!



:P

Konstilovable smart-ass
785 posts
Location: vineyards, Vienna, Austria


Posted:
well sort fo depends on my family. i am a highest honors student at the moment (THAT was a pain in the arse to achieve) so technically i could leave to london whenever my rents leave me. im sorta financially dependent on them, as im doing an american style education, and its so ridiculously expensive that i cant even get loan for it. so ill be in the uk latest when im done with my bachelor nd thats in 1.5 years. my parents agree that the ony logical step is to go abroad, and get a masters somwhere else. London!

"is optimism in austria just a lack of information?"
-Alfred Dorfer


PhaerieBRONZE Member
veteran
1,240 posts
Location: Melbourne, Australia


Posted:
*nods* well at least you have a goal in mind... and you have something to work towards smile

its so stink about education being so expensive i hate it frown

Only when you close your eyes can you really see...


MiGGOLD Member
Self-Flagellation Expert
3,414 posts
Location: Bogged at CG, Australia


Posted:
But if you dont lay a path down, then life is so much more interesting. Its great, not knowing what tomorrow's going to bring smile

"beg beg grovel beg grovel"
"master"
--FSA

"There was an arse there, i couldn't help myself"
--Rougie


Konstilovable smart-ass
785 posts
Location: vineyards, Vienna, Austria


Posted:
well if my life is bringing me more austrians,
then no thanks.........

if any austrian feels offended by this, i know that there are exceptions. im talking about the mass of ppl, and their general attitude in public....

"is optimism in austria just a lack of information?"
-Alfred Dorfer


funky_hatseating apples with chopsticks can be rather difficult
167 posts
Location: Perth, Western Australia


Posted:
well i am a sorta introvert but i still like to stand out.. meh i dunno.. sometimes i like to shock ppl on purpose, but most of the time i just wear what i feel comfortable and me in.
and then theres ppl who call you a try-hard and then there are actually try-hards and ppl dont know the difference... whether they're actually like that, or whether they just dress like that and have a massive ego. hehe oh well everyone has different opinions..

JauntyJamesSILVER Member
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3,533 posts
Location: Hampshire College, MA, USA


Posted:
anybody ever done a flash mob? i'd love to do one of those

-James

"How do you know if you're happy or sad without a mask? Or angry? Or ready for dessert?"


strooSILVER Member
trusty sidekick to superman
799 posts
Location: oxford, england, uk


Posted:
yeah! we should geta flash mob together! I did one of those in the middle of oxford. We had about 40 people in a circle stood in silence for a minute then held up cooking utensils and shouted 'too many cooks spoil the broth' 3 times then walked away and acted like nothing had happened very funny ubblol

Livin' on dreams and custard creams


mtbeerGOLD Member
ARRRR!
529 posts
Location: Charlotte, NC, USA


Posted:
Written by: Konsti

i had my all black phase



All black is not a phase, it's a way of life smile
I get a kick out of it if people hassle me about what I wear. Generally speaking, those are the people that aren't much fun to hang around with anyway. It's nice to know up front where people stand.

Flash mobs rule! I want to do a giant Elvis look alike mob at the golf PGA tour.

"My skin is singed but it heals my heart and with glowing pride I'll wear my scars." -Davey Havok


stickmanWorld Champ Procrastinator
580 posts
Location: ||...lost...||


Posted:
heyy konsti..

im glad youre still hangin in there.. im one person who knows what austria is like and knows what its like to look at those gloomy faces all day long on the u-bahn..

hey man, dont worry if you think youre becoming a 'conformist' (hehe :P ) as you know, i used to have dreads, and ive had my share of 'this kid lives on the streets and i dont want to talk to him' even when i just wanna know where the friggin bathroom is! since i cut them tho, i havent changed, im still the same person... i still hang out with the same type of ppl, and those are the ppl who know the real you, and not the 'oh, its konsti the goth' you.. man, the ppl who b1thc about what someone looks like are exactly the ppl you wanna avoid.. how many of your friends do that?

but i know what you mean by saying that youre sick of being treated like some scum who eats out of garbage cans, when in fact were just peaceful, studious hippies peace biggrin

so... to summarize, just do what you feel comfortable doing. hug

ImmortalAngelSILVER Member
Scientist!
578 posts
Location: Waterloo, Ontario, Canada


Posted:
I'm different, not really by choice, but because I was outcast early in life ^.^' I've done my own thing my entire life biggrin
I have 0 fashion co-ordination, and I have no idea what any of the fashion law type things are, I just wear what I like and what feels comfy.
I am always looking to try new things, and so I start alot of fads in my town. I do what ever I want, when ever I want, and no one else can do anything to stop me :P
I do get stopped by the police a fair bit, infact, In a 10 minute bike ride home from a movie, I was stopped 3 times by police.
It's not my fault they didn't stay up to date with news to know that the Lord of the Rings: Return of the King opening was that night at midnight :P It would be a good reason why there was a flood of geeks and teens moving slowly outwards from the theater!

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Fine_Rabid_DogInternet Hate Machine
10,530 posts
Location: They seek him here, they seek him there...


Posted:
my fashion sense has varied. I used to like oriental clothes (stuff with dragons), then I moved on to loads of hoodies. Now im into jeans, light jumpers and dark shirts (with a spike belt) shrug

The existance of flamethrowers says that someone, somewhere, at sometime said "I need to set that thing on fire, but it's too far away."


OrangeBoboSILVER Member
veteran
1,389 posts
Location: Guelph, ON, Canada


Posted:
I'm also chamelion-like... I have a wide array of clothing, and can go into prettymuch anything looking similar to the people around me. Buuut... I dress differently anyway sometimes. How I dress reflects my mood.

Bad mood/feeling sick, old worn jeans, huge 5x too big orange hoodie with holes in it (it's looooved!)

Bouncy rainbow happy-go-lucky mood: big. bright. baggy. orange. pants. Nothing better!

Weird mood: any of my clothing layered on top of the others...

Normal/idontcare: jeans and a t-shirt... but I used to always do that, and am a bit bored of it now!! (And my shirts are all getting to big for me shrug)

Sometimes I go all flowy and hippy, but people tend to stare at that alot... redface

Ah well... I like my pyjamas though biggrin they're pink, too big, but lossa sentimental value, and I looooove them biggrin

~ Bobo

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_Aime_SILVER Member
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4,172 posts
Location: Hastings, United Kingdom


Posted:
my everyday out fit would be jeans, t-shirt/strappy top and a hoodie, and that dosn't change, all year round. It's pretty much the only clothes that I feel comfortable in, i don't stand out, and i don't look like a trend follower. Im just...casual smile
I let my big mouth do the standing out for me biggrin

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