Darthphere
Kneel before 'Drox!
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Oh hi there, I see you caught me stroking my ego again. I do this a lot. In case you didn't know, I'm Darthphere and I'm still awesome. How awesome? Well, so awesome I put my name in every thread I make. Ha-ha! I can already hear your cries of jealousy. Anyway....
Something has been bothering me lately. No, it's not my fragrant body odor, but something else. Recently I've been bothered by the notion of being cool. Specifically, the requirements of being "cool". This all started when we we're discussing the iPhone. This contraption seems to be a big hit amongst the world population and everyone seems to own one. Me? I prefer Android phones and still carry around my ancient T-Mobile G1. Now, I don't see anything wrong with the iPhone but this notion of "Hey, you're totally not cool for owning one." This way of thinking can be attributed to many other things over the years. The must have gadget that sets you back socially if you don't own it.
It bothers me because I seem to recall a time when someone was "cool" when they had something no one else had. Remember that ******* who was the first to have an iPod? That guy bragged about it for weeks, until everyone else had one and someone else got the new version "Holy **** they made a color screen?!" Or when you were a kid and watched as Zack Morris pulled out that giant cellphone in the middle of class. Every kid wanted one, but no one could afford that giant cellphone. So I guess the question is, when did this all change?
It seems like to me, there are two trains of thought about being cool:
Now this brings me to hipsters. They're complete opposites. "I don't have an iPod because vinyl is so much better quality wise." or "My oversized headphones look awesome with my walkman." They seem to relish in what we would consider "antique" electronics. You know who they are. They all come to some cramped apartment, balls being crushed by skinny jeans and someone brings out the Super Nintendo while playing a record from some band no one has ever heard of. However, there seems to be sect within the hipster cult that need to have the latest **** but want to hold on to their Atari and black rimmed glasses.
Personally? I think people spend too much time trying to figure out whats cool. At the end of the day no one wants to be seen as an outsider (unless you live in a shack in the woods) but who the **** cares what phone you have? Who cares what clothes you wear. Care about the person inside, care about yourself and realize how awesome you are. **** the haters and love the person you are.
So what do you guys think about the concept of "cool"? I leave you with this, for all the cool cats on this board.
[YT]LB5YkmjalDg[/YT]
Something has been bothering me lately. No, it's not my fragrant body odor, but something else. Recently I've been bothered by the notion of being cool. Specifically, the requirements of being "cool". This all started when we we're discussing the iPhone. This contraption seems to be a big hit amongst the world population and everyone seems to own one. Me? I prefer Android phones and still carry around my ancient T-Mobile G1. Now, I don't see anything wrong with the iPhone but this notion of "Hey, you're totally not cool for owning one." This way of thinking can be attributed to many other things over the years. The must have gadget that sets you back socially if you don't own it.
It bothers me because I seem to recall a time when someone was "cool" when they had something no one else had. Remember that ******* who was the first to have an iPod? That guy bragged about it for weeks, until everyone else had one and someone else got the new version "Holy **** they made a color screen?!" Or when you were a kid and watched as Zack Morris pulled out that giant cellphone in the middle of class. Every kid wanted one, but no one could afford that giant cellphone. So I guess the question is, when did this all change?
It seems like to me, there are two trains of thought about being cool:
- You're cool because you have the latest and the greatest
- You're cool because you're the only one that has the latest and the greatest, usually expensive
Now this brings me to hipsters. They're complete opposites. "I don't have an iPod because vinyl is so much better quality wise." or "My oversized headphones look awesome with my walkman." They seem to relish in what we would consider "antique" electronics. You know who they are. They all come to some cramped apartment, balls being crushed by skinny jeans and someone brings out the Super Nintendo while playing a record from some band no one has ever heard of. However, there seems to be sect within the hipster cult that need to have the latest **** but want to hold on to their Atari and black rimmed glasses.
Personally? I think people spend too much time trying to figure out whats cool. At the end of the day no one wants to be seen as an outsider (unless you live in a shack in the woods) but who the **** cares what phone you have? Who cares what clothes you wear. Care about the person inside, care about yourself and realize how awesome you are. **** the haters and love the person you are.
So what do you guys think about the concept of "cool"? I leave you with this, for all the cool cats on this board.
[YT]LB5YkmjalDg[/YT]