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."
Let's relight this forum
Do we sleep when we die?
Idolized by Aurinoko
Take me disappearing through the smoke rings of my mind....
Bob Dylan
do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and good to eat!
if at first you do succeed, try not to look too astonished!
smile! :grin: it confuses people!
Idolized by Aurinoko
Take me disappearing through the smoke rings of my mind....
Bob Dylan
Written by: The Tea Fairy
We still have the wannabe goths and wannabe hippies too.
In our anth. lectures we were taught that now it's just 2 groups that are easy to identify, 'mainstream' (chavs and homie wannabes, I guess) which gets its fashion rules from mass media and consumer culture, and 'underground' (ravers and goths and things maybe?) which also still get their rules from mass media and consumer culture, but do so slightly more selectively in order to define themselves as 'different' from the norm.
We were also taught this divide is a bit sexist, girls are much more likely to be 'mainstream' and boys 'underground' because boys apparently invest more into consumer culture so can afford to be picky (but girls are catching up). Also, mainstream fashions always latch on to and follow what's happening in the 'underground' scenes. e.g. the UK singles and album charts are considered by many to be largely cheesy mainstream, but these charts are not defined and determined by just one 'mainstream' group of people, but by everyone who buys music including on the underground scenes.
Man, I could waffle on about this stuff for ages! The big 'smushy misch-masch' MarkMark speaks of is what we scholars of anth. would call 'postmodernist culture'. Basically, we've all got fed up of trying to define which groups we belong to and instead we want to make a statement of individuality, by wearing clothes and listening to music that says we're members of several groups simultaneously, or no definable group at all.
Idolized by Aurinoko
Take me disappearing through the smoke rings of my mind....
Bob Dylan
Idolized by Aurinoko
Take me disappearing through the smoke rings of my mind....
Bob Dylan
"beg beg grovel beg grovel"
"master"
--FSA
"There was an arse there, i couldn't help myself"
--Rougie
After much consideration, I find that the view is worth the asphyxiation.
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Down the wires
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Empty hearts on fire...
Written by: The Tea Fairy
I have another question...
Why do people feel the need to dress, look and act a certain way at all, just to say something about the kind of person they are? Do I dress as a 'hippy' in the hope of some recognition from others? Or to attract other hippies? No, I just wear what's comfortable nowadays. I still know I'm connected to all other hippies because we share the same ideals, that's enough for me. If it looks funky, there's a bonus.
Written by: Sethis
I don't know, I'm 17 at the mo, and I remember completely different things about school than what's going on now.
I mean, when I was in Primary, we didn't shout swearwords at random people in the street.
When we were 12, we didn't have girls smoking and drinking, and lads boasting about how many birds they've Sh*gged.
When we were 14, we didn't stab anyone.
When we were 15, we still had respect for Sixth Formers as the Elite of the school, now I get insulted when I walk down the corridor because I have long hair.
Like I said, I'm 17 and I don't identify with people even 3 yrs younger. I just look and think, "We weren't like that." How can an entire culture change in that short a time?
do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and good to eat!
if at first you do succeed, try not to look too astonished!
smile! :grin: it confuses people!
Feed me Chocolate!!! Feed me NOW!
-James
"How do you know if you're happy or sad without a mask? Or angry? Or ready for dessert?"
Written by: Fine_Rabid_Dog
but we still have youth cultures... they wear fake burberry
-Mike
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A buckuht n a hooze! -Valura
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