It makes no sense! (699 hits)
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Submitted by That Guy <habitat115.at.yahoo.com> (View user info) at 2003-04-18 01:17:47 EDT
You know what I have noticed lately? Well, with all of the new "rebellious-anti-social-loser-punk-emo" bands getting so popular nowadays, everyone is trying to be different - that's what's hip right now.
Has anyone noticed that?
All I see kids doing now is just trying to be as different as they possibly can. No one, I mean, NO ONE wants to be like everyone else...but how is it possible? I have almost punched a hole in the wall trying to figure this out! Check it out:
-Everyone thinks that doing the same thing that everyone else does is un-cool.
-So, they try as hard as they possibly can not to be like everyone else.
-Only everyone else is doing the exact same thing: Trying not to be like everyone else!
-So everyone is still the same!
This pretty much means that it is COOL to be UN-COOL nowadays! But how does that make sense?! I mean, if it is "cool" to be "un-cool", than that means that "un-cool" is actually "cool", but if "un-cool" is actually "cool", then what REALLY is "un-cool"? To be "cool"? Wouldn't being "cool" pretty much mean trying to be "un-cool"? Have I said "cool" so many times now that it has become meaningless?
In conclusion, this whole new trend of being non-trendy is just a big paradox, and I have a strong feeling that it will never end.
Yeah, I think too much.
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Submitted by hendrixjrr (user info) at 2003-04-18 12:43:57 EDT (#)
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"ive listened to some of these bands ages before they went popular"
"I have been a "counter culture" person forever"
I hate when people try to justify how shitty they are by saying that they've done the stupid shitty attention-getting nonsense before everyone else started doing it. It's shitty now and it was shitty when you started. Doing it first just makes you more shitty.
The country outlaw guys are the best thing to ever come from country music.
Jason
Submitted by streetpunk (user info) at 2003-04-18 12:13:50 EDT (#)
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If you like Johhny, check out Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, and Waylon Jennings
Submitted by jeetkunetony (user info) at 2003-04-18 12:08:20 EDT (#)
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Yeah, when I first heard that song I recognized the riff. I thought about it and I remembered it was a NIN riff. I then checked out Johny Cash and he is one of the few country artists that kick ass. He has the coolest voice.
Submitted by streetpunk (user info) at 2003-04-18 12:04:33 EDT (#)
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Johnny Cash rules
Submitted by loki (user info) at 2003-04-18 11:17:47 EDT (#)
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Hey Jeet, have you heard the Johnny Cash cover for Hurt? I couldn't make anything that good up myself. Not that I'm a big Johnny Cash fan. My boyfriend heard about it and we ran into the video while he was channel surfing. He actually made me listen to the entire thing and kept asking me if I recognized the song. I had no clue what he was talking about until the end when it said Trent Reznor. It was gastly.
Normally pissed off teenager music is not my thing, but I love NIN.
Submitted by jeetkunetony (user info) at 2003-04-18 10:53:26 EDT (#)
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You don't know how much I hate this. I have been a "counter culture" person forever. But then all of the sudden these crappy bands (i.e. The Strokes, Blink 182, and "Nu Metal" band) start becoming popular and I see all these people shopping at Hot Topic paying $60 for a pair of pants. My friends and I had always made fun of people who paid tons of money for clothes and then these anti-popular people pay $150 for one outfit. It would seem the same "popular" kids tend to change to "anti-popular" because they too pay lots of money for their clothes. Hell, even more. At those prep stores they advertise for cheap stuff.
I actually watched the change this year of a person named Dana. She started the year wearing ambercrombie, but suddenly she starts wearing darker makeup, a sweater with some fake cartoon charecter, and puts clothespins on her backpack. The kicker, she put a Sex Pistols button on her backpack with a blink 182 button next to it! She wore a NIN shirt once, so I asked her what's her favorite NIN song. She said she didn't know, she's never HEARD THEM!
Now I've got all these fake people trying to be my friend, but they're so annoying. I mentioned Tool once to my friend and the next day he comes to school wearing a Tool t shirt(brand new) and listening to their new album. Ay, where's my shotgun?
Submitted by EvilZurr (user info) at 2003-04-18 02:40:44 EDT (#)
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well...ive listened to some of these bands ages before they went popular. like the ataris; ive known about them for 3 years, and whenever i see their lead singer (the ataris perform with sugarcult, my favorite band) with his tie sans dress shirt, i get really confused as to how a pretty cool (albeit perturbed and lonely) guy can be so stupid. its like avril lavigne wearing ties with her tank top. why? because its counter intuitive. i listen to punk (not emo) and ska and such, but i am not a punk/ska person. i feel sorry for people who let their hobbies choose who they are.
Submitted by sendmehatemail (user info) at 2003-04-18 01:46:41 EDT (#)
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dont worry soon the paradox will make your head explode!
Submitted by HeavensWalls (user info) at 2003-04-18 01:37:22 EDT (#)
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I say Who's on first, What's on second, I Don't Know's on third -
You know the fellows' names?
Certainly!
Well then who's on first?
Yes!
I mean the fellow's name!
Who!
The guy on first!
Who!
The first baseman!
Who!
The guy playing first!
Who is on first!
Now whaddya askin' me for?
I'm telling you Who is on first.
Well, I'm asking YOU who's on first!
That's the man's name.
That's who's name?
Yes.
Well go ahead and tell me.
Who.
The guy on first.
Who!
The first baseman.
Who is on first!
"Ray, you're never gonna solve it. It's not a riddle because Who *is* on first base. That's a joke, Ray, it's comedy, but when you do it you're not funny. You're like the comedy of Abbott and Abbott."
This wasn't an insult of your post, it just reminded me of the movie...