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What the bloody hell is going on here? I'm sure that everyone who knows me knows that I don't by into popularized bullshit. I don't like stereotypes, and I hate, HATE, when people work to conform to any ideas of what they are "supposed" to do or look like. I'm very much into thinking idependantly, and one of teh things that pisses me off about free societies is this quote I heard told as a joke, but sadly its not. "When people are free to do what they want, they often immitate one another"
no kidding! regardless of if your trying to fit in with a mainstream culture, subculture, or even and anti-culture, there are the typical norms of appearance. have I ever cared about those? I'd be a lier if I said no, but I sure don't try to match them! I don't thing your clothes do a very good job at making political statements, so I don't try, why do people think that they are making a socio-economic protest by refusing to wear certain clothes? (I'm not even the Highschool Anti-Conformist conformist mind-slaves even know what socio-economic means, they should stop acting like any one cares)
Now, before I continue to de-rail this train of though, let me try and get back on track. clothing is simply clothing, it is protection from the elements, it preserves modesty (hopefully) it will give clues to what we do, or what we are upto. why waste your time trying to fit into predetermined catagories? why not just wear something because its comfortable? or practical? functional even! if you like the way a polo shit fits you, wear it, if your more comfortable in some baggy jeans, just try not to lose them when walking. think those fishnets make you look good and you want the attention? go for it!
you clothing should be a reflection of your self, not what you think you should look like according to you sterotyped nitch in society, but by what you want to wear.
Now moving on yet again, this time to why I started this rant in the first place! I have my own apearance, but it is becoming less, and less destinctive. when I grew my hair out, I was one of only a few people with long hair. it wasn't trendy, there was no look I was going for, I just got tired of getting my hair cut and after a while, I started to get some amusement from it being long enough to playwith. (and I didn't mind that the girls in class liked playing with my hair either) but now everywhere I look, I see just as many guys with long hair as I do girls! ok, not quite, but there does seem to be an off culture to it.
doubled up coats. this is nothing new. people have always done this. wear a lined denim, or canvas type work coat over a zippered up hoody. its great for camping, thats where I started doing that. its not the best look, but its practical. i'v literally been doing that as my regualr coat for years, and I have about 10 coats that I'll mix, match , layer, or wear independantly. hey, guess what? hot topic started selling that look! only instead of it being something practical, its just the look being sold, the sweater is stiched into the outer coat!, but there is still a zipper on the sweater, then buttons on the outer shell of a coat so it looks liek two coats.
Ok, now I'll REALLY talk about why I started this rant, Honest this time! things I'v done over the years have slowly evolved to where I am now, everything about me is a result of my own life, and the lives of those around me. but some how, its all bying cheapend, but cause I'm seeing clones of myself more and more frequently! I'm not kidding, 15 min's before sitting to write this, I saw a kid who was built like me, but a bit shorter, wearing THE SAME hat that so many of you met me in, you know the one, the black leather hat with the full brim. he had the same facial hair, pony-tail at the same length, wearing casual/work boots, loose jeans, neutral colored tee-shirt with a solid color flannel shirt un-buttoned on top of if. if that isn't an exact description of what I wear, and how I look, then I apearently have never looked in a mirror. the sad thing is, is that I've been seeing more and more people with that save apperance lately. its not random either, its always stylized. WTF? when did my appearance become "just another sterio type"?
no kidding! regardless of if your trying to fit in with a mainstream culture, subculture, or even and anti-culture, there are the typical norms of appearance. have I ever cared about those? I'd be a lier if I said no, but I sure don't try to match them! I don't thing your clothes do a very good job at making political statements, so I don't try, why do people think that they are making a socio-economic protest by refusing to wear certain clothes? (I'm not even the Highschool Anti-Conformist conformist mind-slaves even know what socio-economic means, they should stop acting like any one cares)
Now, before I continue to de-rail this train of though, let me try and get back on track. clothing is simply clothing, it is protection from the elements, it preserves modesty (hopefully) it will give clues to what we do, or what we are upto. why waste your time trying to fit into predetermined catagories? why not just wear something because its comfortable? or practical? functional even! if you like the way a polo shit fits you, wear it, if your more comfortable in some baggy jeans, just try not to lose them when walking. think those fishnets make you look good and you want the attention? go for it!
you clothing should be a reflection of your self, not what you think you should look like according to you sterotyped nitch in society, but by what you want to wear.
Now moving on yet again, this time to why I started this rant in the first place! I have my own apearance, but it is becoming less, and less destinctive. when I grew my hair out, I was one of only a few people with long hair. it wasn't trendy, there was no look I was going for, I just got tired of getting my hair cut and after a while, I started to get some amusement from it being long enough to playwith. (and I didn't mind that the girls in class liked playing with my hair either) but now everywhere I look, I see just as many guys with long hair as I do girls! ok, not quite, but there does seem to be an off culture to it.
doubled up coats. this is nothing new. people have always done this. wear a lined denim, or canvas type work coat over a zippered up hoody. its great for camping, thats where I started doing that. its not the best look, but its practical. i'v literally been doing that as my regualr coat for years, and I have about 10 coats that I'll mix, match , layer, or wear independantly. hey, guess what? hot topic started selling that look! only instead of it being something practical, its just the look being sold, the sweater is stiched into the outer coat!, but there is still a zipper on the sweater, then buttons on the outer shell of a coat so it looks liek two coats.
Ok, now I'll REALLY talk about why I started this rant, Honest this time! things I'v done over the years have slowly evolved to where I am now, everything about me is a result of my own life, and the lives of those around me. but some how, its all bying cheapend, but cause I'm seeing clones of myself more and more frequently! I'm not kidding, 15 min's before sitting to write this, I saw a kid who was built like me, but a bit shorter, wearing THE SAME hat that so many of you met me in, you know the one, the black leather hat with the full brim. he had the same facial hair, pony-tail at the same length, wearing casual/work boots, loose jeans, neutral colored tee-shirt with a solid color flannel shirt un-buttoned on top of if. if that isn't an exact description of what I wear, and how I look, then I apearently have never looked in a mirror. the sad thing is, is that I've been seeing more and more people with that save apperance lately. its not random either, its always stylized. WTF? when did my appearance become "just another sterio type"?