Alternative or Anti culture?
I went to a show last week in what is largely known in town to be a "trendy" venue. What makes something in this culturally bankrupt town trendy? When people with money hang out in a part of town that doesn't have money, then that is one way of being trendy. The room is filled with 20 somethings that wear protest or ironic message buttons on their goodwill store bought clothes. They ride bicycles, smoke pot and own ferrets. These are the same people that can be spotted at a fast food restaurant in Dad's SUV on the way to the G8 protest. With irony like this, who needs to put a 20 year old Barbie shirt on a fat girl?
I think recycling clothing and riding bicycles is responsible living. I think pot is better for you than alcohol and if we are going to own dogs, why not ferrets? They are better company than a cat.
What is my problem with this scene you ask? They do this shit to keep up with appearances, not necessarily because they want to. Social positioning. In the business world you are supposed to dress for the job you want, not the one you have. The same thing is true here. It’s just a different uniform and a different group of people you want to impress.
These fuckbags are willing to drink $7 beer because it’s "hip" to drink faux imported beer you can put a lemon in. Hey, why drink a beer if you can't subconsciously tell people that you are well versed in the school of drink? Its cooler to know how and what to drink than it is to have something that tastes good or gets you drunk. Let's do it on a rooftop in winter where we have the pleasure of sitting on purposely mismatched and broken furniture too. If the shitty furniture is on purpose, its ok, but if you can't afford better it’s just sad. $7 for a beer, but 50cents for the Mr. T T-shirt. If you look like you aren't trying, that's cool. A "feeling" of detachment from the mainstream. This IS the mainstream. The irony is they try very hard to give the impression of not trying at all. From the perfectly positioned gelled bed-head, to the horn-rimmed glasses (contacts would be tacky) I am even convinced they start smoking just so they can tell you, they are trying to quit. They have left wing literature on the book shelf that they haven't read, and bookmarks on the PC to the Onion or the Guardian they don't visit. We are worldly. No. Pierre Trudeau was worldly; you are an empty vessel drinking over priced beer in a plastic tent on the roof of a hotel.
They would never step inside a Holt-Renfrew, but would line up around the block to get a piece of shit broach from the Jamaican trinket tent at hippie fest.
The comedy scene is the same way. The less you try to be funny, the funnier you are. No. Referencing Steve Gutenberg or a Sitar is not a joke, it is just a reference. I don't care if your friends laugh. It isn't funny. They are only laughing to give the appearance to the roomful of hipsters that they are hip too. Like they know what the fuck is going on. Their heroes are David Cross and Patton Oswald, but what they seam to miss is the fact that those 2 guys actually have jokes, and they are funny. I have a feeling they really read the books they keep on their shelves too.
They donate to the Salvation Army because it gives the impression of being morally and socially conscious and then buy their clothes there.
Are there any TRUE individuals left on this planet?
I think recycling clothing and riding bicycles is responsible living. I think pot is better for you than alcohol and if we are going to own dogs, why not ferrets? They are better company than a cat.
What is my problem with this scene you ask? They do this shit to keep up with appearances, not necessarily because they want to. Social positioning. In the business world you are supposed to dress for the job you want, not the one you have. The same thing is true here. It’s just a different uniform and a different group of people you want to impress.
These fuckbags are willing to drink $7 beer because it’s "hip" to drink faux imported beer you can put a lemon in. Hey, why drink a beer if you can't subconsciously tell people that you are well versed in the school of drink? Its cooler to know how and what to drink than it is to have something that tastes good or gets you drunk. Let's do it on a rooftop in winter where we have the pleasure of sitting on purposely mismatched and broken furniture too. If the shitty furniture is on purpose, its ok, but if you can't afford better it’s just sad. $7 for a beer, but 50cents for the Mr. T T-shirt. If you look like you aren't trying, that's cool. A "feeling" of detachment from the mainstream. This IS the mainstream. The irony is they try very hard to give the impression of not trying at all. From the perfectly positioned gelled bed-head, to the horn-rimmed glasses (contacts would be tacky) I am even convinced they start smoking just so they can tell you, they are trying to quit. They have left wing literature on the book shelf that they haven't read, and bookmarks on the PC to the Onion or the Guardian they don't visit. We are worldly. No. Pierre Trudeau was worldly; you are an empty vessel drinking over priced beer in a plastic tent on the roof of a hotel.
They would never step inside a Holt-Renfrew, but would line up around the block to get a piece of shit broach from the Jamaican trinket tent at hippie fest.
The comedy scene is the same way. The less you try to be funny, the funnier you are. No. Referencing Steve Gutenberg or a Sitar is not a joke, it is just a reference. I don't care if your friends laugh. It isn't funny. They are only laughing to give the appearance to the roomful of hipsters that they are hip too. Like they know what the fuck is going on. Their heroes are David Cross and Patton Oswald, but what they seam to miss is the fact that those 2 guys actually have jokes, and they are funny. I have a feeling they really read the books they keep on their shelves too.
They donate to the Salvation Army because it gives the impression of being morally and socially conscious and then buy their clothes there.
Are there any TRUE individuals left on this planet?
posted by Andrew Evans at 8:24 PM
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My imaginary friend asures me that I am a real TRUE individual.
Oh... and I doubt that you haven't checked it out or heard of him already, but I caught a Lewis Black show... Check that shit out. Funny as the F word.
CARBON-ER!
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