A message to all you “individuals” out there:
A carefully calculated image does not demonstrate your individuality.
If you want to set your self apart from the rest of the herd then why don’t you try….wait for it…..
being yourself!
or maybe perhaps working on enhancing your character, abilities, or intelligence.
Your image does not define your being and people are hip to your game…they can spot you a mile away.
Hey, I love clothing and fashion…I adore frequenting thrift stores to see what interesting finds I can discover, but when that is the only thing you have to define yourself by then there is a definite problem.
Come on guys! If you put even half the effort into growing as people as you do into figuring out which scarf, belt, shirt, pair of jeans, hair style will make you appear the most indie, anti-authority, artistic, athletic, wealthy etc… there would be so much more for us to celebrate.
Diversity is an amazing thing…but only if it is authentic.
—Free to be me
This article appears in May 21-27, 2009.
Thanks Free
Now I can be really me
by being like you.
I am also free to not like self-indulgent, arrogant morons like you.
I can smell the patchouli on the OP from here!
I’m going to………. wait for it……… ….. . . . . . . . . .. be sick
Awww damnit! I really thought I was cool and hip because I listened to indie music and wore a scarf….
My dream are shattered!
psssh thats awesome
I want to be an individual…just like everyone else.
I don’t think the people the OP is talking about want to be individuals, they just want to be part of a different group than the mainstream. If every “individual” out there were truly unique, they probably wouldn’t have many friends because they would have nothing in common with anyone else.
Exactly! It’s hip to be square!
So let me get this straight….you’re just like everyone else on the outside (indie, artistic, obviously not athletic or wealthy, since you tacked those onto the end) but on the inside, you’re different….you’ve grown as a person….you’re oozing authenticity. Then why does this type of rant sound so familiar?
How about instead of waiting around for everyone else to change, you just move to where all the real, authentic, diverse people are? Or are you alone in this world?
*tiny violin*….
i’m an individual just like you
OP sounds like an American Apparrel poster.
get real people, just put on some clothes when you get up in the morning and lets take it from there….
get real people, just put on some clothes when you get up in the morning and lets take it from there….
It doesn’t matter what you look like on the outside it’s what’s on the inside that counts… 🙂
I can’t help myself here… gobs of make-up, hair spray, nail polish, artificial implants, fast cars, tattooed biceps… all of those things are outward signs of a person’s knowledge of their own inner beauty (or, more appropriately, lack of it).
So tattoos, sports cars and hair products mean insecurity?
I wear hair product b/c I have a great do to play with and product makes it prettier. My legs are tattooed so I’m an inverted type of insecure I guess.
Yeah I guess I should stop shaving my armpits becasue thats what every other girl is doing. I wouldn’t want to show that i’m insecure or anything. Being hairy is what it’s all about! all Natural baby!
Can you not see how my comments relate to the OP and not your armpits? Maybe your handle says more about you than your appearance, Fat. Whatever.
Kay, must you disagree with everyone.
You must PMS every single day!
Psssh, I can’t help but think everything you post on here is with the upmost of excitement, due to your adorable profile picture.
My anus is bleeding!!!
I always knew having no hair brush or comb & just using my fingers to rip out the tangles was the best way to go. While wearing Hawaiian shirts all the time around here stands out as well 🙂
?? hair products?? are you talking about shampoo & conditioner??
“tattooed biceps… all of those things are outward signs of a person’s knowledge of their own inner beauty (or, more appropriately, lack of it).” -kaytard
so only people who don’t feel beautiful on the inside gets tattoos? is that your logic there?
you don’t think enhancing our outer beauty is separate from how we feel about ourselves?
that is a very idiotic comment, even from you.
I suppose wearing nailpolish all the time, or lipstick every day….. or wearing perfume…. or deodorant….
Look at my shackles… I’m wearing a watch FFS.
The GALL of me cutting my beautiful, beautiful hair to a reasonable length.
For the love of God and all that is holy!
My anus is BLEEDING!
Sorry, I can’t help myself.
zZz “you don’t think enhancing our outer beauty is separate from how we feel about ourselves?” QFT
I agree
I like tattoos too, even got a couple for myself.
most people don’t think i’m ugly (not bragging just saying)
Kay experimenting with products and such is how we go about finding out about ourselfs too. Personally raccoon eyes are not for me but look good on others I know.
fizz get a tampon ffs and stick it up there. lol
you got it mama….
as if a tat of the date of a loved ones death on my arm makes me LESS of a beautiful person?
utter nonsense.
I think Fizz’s anus is bleeding.
I hear this all the time… a person looks at a stranger who dresses differently/the same as everyone else and they judge that person saying that they aren’t individuals. How do you know what they are? They could have amazing personalities to go along with what they’re wearing.
Maybe you have an anal fizzure? har har
LOL@ fizz’s bleeding anus and mole rat’s knee slapper hahahahah
Something about your philsophy sounds contrived.
Fizz, get a fucking tube of aspercreme before your sphincter ruptures!
Will do Dino… will do. 😀
I was just so excited when PAS mentioned psshs profile picture… and I remembered.
DANCE! Everybody dance!
Good times. Thanks for that, psssh.
My spoon is too big!
My spoon is too big!!!
Jesus, a person can’t just have pink hair or full sleeve tats or $300 jeans or big ugly 70’s glasses (I hate those glasses) or rubber boots with fishies on them or whatever the eff they feel like without having to think about how “authentic” they’re being? Some folks just like looking a certain way. Lots of different ways! What do you care? Don’t we all just put on clothes/makeup/ do our hair in ways that we find pleasing? How is this an “outward sign of a person’s knowledge of their own inner beauty (or, more appropriately, lack of it)?
And how, OP, do you know that the person with the “carefully calculated” image isn’t a stand-up fellow who plays the harp and speaks three languages? You don’t, so eff off.
Kay you’re the dumbest bitch I’ve never met.
And I’ve still yet to meet Paula Abdul, Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan.
Sometimes people like to wear what makes them feel nice. I say if it makes someone happy to wear a pound of make up and bleach their hair to the point where it’s crusty and tan themselves so orange they look like oompa loompas then good on them.
…doesn’t stop me from pointing and laughing [in my head], but really, in the end, they don’t give a shit. Do *I* give a shit what random people think of what I wear/look like? Not so much…so who cares, OP?
🙂 arn’t I cute!
I think you’d be cute even without your little cloud 😉
The way I look at it is ->
everything has been done before therefore if you wanna wear spandex, denium studded coats, tight pants go for it I dont care which “trend” your following. It doesnt make you less of a person they are colthes and accessories.
Oh psssh -> yes your cute! that picture is adorable
Nice G-Fat – I hate Paula too…I can’t even watch American Idol because of her…and I like everyone!.
I love that people have ink and crazy hair do’s and shoes that hurt but look awesome, and pants that are too tight..or falling off their asses, too much make-up / not enough make-up…it’s not hurting anyone’s health, I love that were not all the same…and I love when I see someone who isn’t all that put together but you can tell by the look on their face that they think they look great…it makes me smile to see people happy with themselves…cause I’m happy with myself. OP – you are not happy with yourself if these people bug you!
All of a sudden everything psssh types sounds exactly like the clouds voice in my head…
I feel like I should contribute something to this bitch beyond informing everyone about my anal situation…
How about this:
OP, you want people to look beyond clothing as a way of expressing who they are yet you judge everyone based on what they are wearing. That’s fucking bullshit.
You suck ass.
Love,
fizz
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Kay you’re the dumbest bitch I’ve never met.
And I’ve still yet to meet Paula Abdul, Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan.
Posted by Nice Goin’ Fat on May 26, 2009 at 9:54 PM
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Personal Attack #9. (Still Kay…. I get the feeling this NGF person is the one responsible for the whole Fire Dept. thing here? To continue like this unabated does show something wrong here…)