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10k. :meow:
Lizard referred to Nostalgia in his 10k thread a few days ago. As i said there, it's something that's been on my mind lately as well. Hell, I'm getting hitched in 29 days. I'm 32. I listen to Jazz and read books about the origin of the Calculus. I still prefer vinyl to cds. But i still watch JLU and i love it. I still read comics. And i rarely wear a suit. Perhaps others here could tell similar stories.
So Friends, I ask you the following question:
"Are YOU.... a Grup?"
If you don't know what that is, a little story:
I was sitting in a Cafe in Long Island City waiting for my bacon,egg,&cheese on an everything-bagel and i grabbed a copy of New York Magazine off a bench to read. I looked at the cover, looked down at my hooded sweatshirt, my messenger bag, my scruffy indistinguishables. Then i looked across at my friend, his hooded sweatshirt, his messenger bag, his scruffy long hair. And i realized, with some degree of horror, that I...WE...WERE GRUPS.
Here's a link to the NY Mag article
Now, for the younger amongst you i shall rephrase my question, lest you be too judgemental:
"IF you are too young to consider yourself now, then Could You Become One?"
Do you carry the telltale signs?
Friends, i contend that for many of us here, on the Hype, Gruppitism is part of who we are. if not now then someday. We may not fit all the criteria, But still...
We meet on a site whose chief goal is to talk about Superheroes.
And We love He-Man and Voltron and Will and Holly with all our might.
So, are we Grups, one and all? Has our youth-obsessed culture loosened its vicelike grip on the truly young, and just gotten a bit more "relaxed" wth itself? Have we given the ditch to "putting away childish things" and managed to become Men anyways? Is Youth here to stay? growing ever larger, beating back the stuffiness of the Old Guard?
Friends, I ask you, what does tomorrow hold for us all?
This Things i Believe.
Lizard referred to Nostalgia in his 10k thread a few days ago. As i said there, it's something that's been on my mind lately as well. Hell, I'm getting hitched in 29 days. I'm 32. I listen to Jazz and read books about the origin of the Calculus. I still prefer vinyl to cds. But i still watch JLU and i love it. I still read comics. And i rarely wear a suit. Perhaps others here could tell similar stories.
So Friends, I ask you the following question:
"Are YOU.... a Grup?"
If you don't know what that is, a little story:
I was sitting in a Cafe in Long Island City waiting for my bacon,egg,&cheese on an everything-bagel and i grabbed a copy of New York Magazine off a bench to read. I looked at the cover, looked down at my hooded sweatshirt, my messenger bag, my scruffy indistinguishables. Then i looked across at my friend, his hooded sweatshirt, his messenger bag, his scruffy long hair. And i realized, with some degree of horror, that I...WE...WERE GRUPS.
Here's a link to the NY Mag article
Now, for the younger amongst you i shall rephrase my question, lest you be too judgemental:
"IF you are too young to consider yourself now, then Could You Become One?"
Do you carry the telltale signs?
Friends, i contend that for many of us here, on the Hype, Gruppitism is part of who we are. if not now then someday. We may not fit all the criteria, But still...
We meet on a site whose chief goal is to talk about Superheroes.
And We love He-Man and Voltron and Will and Holly with all our might.
So, are we Grups, one and all? Has our youth-obsessed culture loosened its vicelike grip on the truly young, and just gotten a bit more "relaxed" wth itself? Have we given the ditch to "putting away childish things" and managed to become Men anyways? Is Youth here to stay? growing ever larger, beating back the stuffiness of the Old Guard?
Friends, I ask you, what does tomorrow hold for us all?
This Things i Believe.
