If you could revamp your image... - Page 3

Grieves · 11-11-2009, 12:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Mercury

you guys dont really think about things like this do you?

No, because most of us are comfortable with who we are and don't need to fantasize about the woulda-coulda...Confidence is making the reality that you want...

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Originally Posted by Mercury

So nobody here places any importance on aesthetics whatsoever? I think ya'll are just too shy to be creative.

Creativity comes in every expression, including "making pretty"...You are coming off as a queen who wants to play dress up and pretend...Most kids get over that kind of fantasizing when they leave adolescence...Again your lack of confidence is being transferred onto the group and you see your lack of creativity in others...

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Originally Posted by Mercury

i used to be a hardcore kid for a few years. i only wore band t-shirts, etnies, flannels and shorts. listened to heavy metal music day in and day out and only smoked pot and talked about music. i was essentially myxomatosis. that's what people knew me as until i grew out of it.

now ive grown into too much of a hodgepodge of images.

So you are a poser who doesn't know himself?

cantSEEme · 11-11-2009, 12:50 PM

i dress like an abusive persian who owns a strip club and lives at moms house

Grieves · 11-11-2009, 12:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Mercury

like they say... if you don't label yourself then people will label you for you.

if you dont really care about your image at al then i'm going to assume you are a "Where's Waldo" type. Navy blue v-neck sweater, jeans, brown shoes. Cheap haircut and drives a camry". You know what i mean?

I at least like to cultivate myself into something memorable.

The only image you are cultivating is that of a insecure poof...

Dozer McDozer · 11-11-2009, 12:53 PM

lol

scottishbastard · 11-11-2009, 12:55 PM

The world is a stage guys...We're all just playing parts, remember? Why not play a junkie, or an eccentric artist, or a weed growing hippie chick? Might as well...I personally havethe image of "crazy in the head guy who doesnt shower enough"...Atleast in my personal life.

Mercury · 11-11-2009, 12:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Grieves

The only image you are cultivating is that of a insecure poof...

i don't understand what you're defending. that someone should seek to be indefinable?

someone could point to this entire forum and call us a bunch of pot smoking hippie stoners who live in our moms basements and eat cheetos all day. and that would be more or less true of us. whether or not we've made the conscious effort to be so.

Mercury · 11-11-2009, 01:00 PM

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Originally Posted by turmaline

Your last sentence.

Alot of people do this with personality.

yes and by hobbies and associations and location and all that. i'm not just talking about clothes i'm talking about image, persona, character.

verklingen · 11-11-2009, 01:01 PM

you invest way too much into image bro. imo you're quirky enough to move past that and remain interesting. some call it "growing up"

Mercury · 11-11-2009, 01:03 PM

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Originally Posted by verklingen

you invest way too much into image bro. imo you're quirky enough to move past that and remain interesting. some call it "growing up"

thank you sir. just to be clear i am completely happy with myself. i'm sure there are people out there who would like to be like me.

but i also see some people and think "i bet he's fun to be". cause i admire their style and grace.

that's why vampires are so cool right now. who wouldn't love that persona?

cantSEEme · 11-11-2009, 01:04 PM

wow

scottishbastard · 11-11-2009, 01:06 PM

Dude...its not like hes actually doing it...He asked "IF you could be another type of person what would it be?" Its just a fantasy thing guys...Dont be so uptight.

The SARS Volta · 11-11-2009, 01:50 PM

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Originally Posted by scottishbastard

Why not play a junkie, or an eccentric artist, or a weed growing hippie chick?

The only typification yet to be played out, is what's individual and real.
Running with someone else's brand or classification standards is all overdone by now. Factoring in identity comes naturally via staying true to oneself unconditionally, regardless that maybe your appearance/lifestyle is not exquisite or has no popular marketing potential.

reminded me of this episode

Sugar420 · 11-11-2009, 02:22 PM

i think this is how it is for a lot of gay people, they put everything they have into being gay, projecting their gayness, with a gay job (working in the fashion industry for example) talking in a gay way, active member of the gay community, watching gay tv shows and listening to gay music, basically doing everything possible to be as gay as possible.
all of this effort leaves little/no room for their own authentic self.

theres other roles ppl do the same thing with, "cultivating themselves" but i think generally such ppl are only attractive to those who are not interested in personal authenticity

K10 · 11-11-2009, 02:33 PM

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Originally Posted by v3d4

i think this is how it is for a lot of gay people, they put everything they have into being gay, projecting their gayness, with a gay job (working in the fashion industry for example) talking in a gay way, active member of the gay community, watching gay tv shows and listening to gay music, basically doing everything possible to be as gay as possible.
all of this effort leaves little/no room for their own authentic self.

theres other roles ppl do the same thing with, "cultivating themselves" but i think generally such ppl are only attractive to those who are not interested in personal authenticity

I was having a really similar conversation with somebody about this last night. I don't believe all gay men to be really effeminate but why do so many of them talk like that? I'm not uncomfortable with homosexuality, but it just raises questions because I know there was a point in their life where they didn't talk and act like that and they were just as gay then as they are now....so what gives? If would seem a lot easier to just to wear a shirt that say "I'm gay" than going through all that trouble of recreating your personality so everyone knows that you're gay. I only know a couple of gay dudes that act like totally normal people, I mean yeah, they like gay stuff but it's just normal for them. I can't think of anything I do solely because I'm straight other than like women.

Sugar420 · 11-11-2009, 02:39 PM

yea i dont know... but i find pentecostal people can be the same

verklingen · 11-11-2009, 02:39 PM

straight guys can act the same. many are into cars/guns/etc in the same way for similar reasons. doing things to affirm something to oneself and others is only natural for a social animal such as we, though we've long passed the point where it benefits our survival

K10 · 11-11-2009, 02:47 PM

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Originally Posted by verklingen

straight guys can act the same. many are into cars/guns/etc in the same way for similar reasons. doing things to affirm something to oneself and others is only natural for a social animal such as we, though we've long passed the point where it benefits our survival

I like to shoot guns, but I don't see why I wouldn't like to shoot guns if I happened to like to blow dudes too.

scottishbastard · 11-11-2009, 02:50 PM

Ok point agreed that its good to be an individual. But youre not hearing what I'm saying. I'm saying that this thread is just fantasy. Its like asking "If you had 10,000,000 dollars what would you buy?" and you saying "Dude, Only assholes want to be rich.". If he was asking "What is your image?" that would be lame. But he's asking if you've ever wanted to live another life, or have people see you differently..Like a nerd wondering what it would be like to be a jock, or a timid person imagining what it would be like to be outgoing...Its JUST fantasy....Like W.O.W.

my_scatterheart · 11-11-2009, 02:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Mercury

it depends on location. but there are two types that come to mind. the ultra rich kind who wear black leather pants and calvin klein t-shirts. and the kind like kurt cobain who wear flannel shirts and thirt store cargos. and not because they're trying to look like heroin addicts either... iit's because they ARE heroin addicts.

Some look like normal people

scottishbastard · 11-12-2009, 07:50 PM

Scatterheart would spend it on:

1.More kitties
2.Balls of yarn
3.Kitty litter
4.A sun lamp

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Dozer McDozer YaHookan Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Texas Posts: 772 Thanks: 158 Thanked 86 Times in 77 Posts	lol __________________ Condemnation without investigation is the height of ignorance. - Albert Einstein Properly trained, man can be a dog's best friend - i'll get his name once i get book back

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scottishbastard ARGH! FUCK! KILL! Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Castaic/Los Angeles California BITCHES! Posts: 1,956 Thanks: 32 Thanked 67 Times in 58 Posts	The world is a stage guys...We're all just playing parts, remember? Why not play a junkie, or an eccentric artist, or a weed growing hippie chick? Might as well...I personally havethe image of "crazy in the head guy who doesnt shower enough"...Atleast in my personal life. __________________ Yeah but you're going to do what you wanna do No matter what I ask of you You think you hold the high hand I've got my doubts I come from Chino where the asphalt sprouts ..... And even if I have to go to Claremont Well I guess I'll just have to go to Claremont Let me go Let me lie low Yeah but you're going to do what you wanna do No matter what I ask of you And you send your dark messengers to tempt me I come from Chino so all your threats are empty - the mountain goats

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verklingen Radical Dreamer Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: texas Posts: 8,031 Thanks: 795 Thanked 1,470 Times in 940 Posts	you invest way too much into image bro. imo you're quirky enough to move past that and remain interesting. some call it "growing up" __________________ “Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.” rip matt

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cantSEEme Cold School Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 3,051 Thanks: 152 Thanked 127 Times in 457 Posts	wow __________________

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scottishbastard ARGH! FUCK! KILL! Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Castaic/Los Angeles California BITCHES! Posts: 1,956 Thanks: 32 Thanked 67 Times in 58 Posts	Dude...its not like hes actually doing it...He asked "IF you could be another type of person what would it be?" Its just a fantasy thing guys...Dont be so uptight. __________________ Yeah but you're going to do what you wanna do No matter what I ask of you You think you hold the high hand I've got my doubts I come from Chino where the asphalt sprouts ..... And even if I have to go to Claremont Well I guess I'll just have to go to Claremont Let me go Let me lie low Yeah but you're going to do what you wanna do No matter what I ask of you And you send your dark messengers to tempt me I come from Chino so all your threats are empty - the mountain goats

11-11-2009, 02:22 PM	#53 (permalink)
Sugar420 Old School Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 6,093 Thanks: 32 Thanked 132 Times in 706 Posts	i think this is how it is for a lot of gay people, they put everything they have into being gay, projecting their gayness, with a gay job (working in the fashion industry for example) talking in a gay way, active member of the gay community, watching gay tv shows and listening to gay music, basically doing everything possible to be as gay as possible. all of this effort leaves little/no room for their own authentic self. theres other roles ppl do the same thing with, "cultivating themselves" but i think generally such ppl are only attractive to those who are not interested in personal authenticity

11-11-2009, 02:39 PM	#55 (permalink)
Sugar420 Old School Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 6,093 Thanks: 32 Thanked 132 Times in 706 Posts	yea i dont know... but i find pentecostal people can be the same

11-11-2009, 02:39 PM	#56 (permalink)
verklingen Radical Dreamer Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: texas Posts: 8,031 Thanks: 795 Thanked 1,470 Times in 940 Posts	straight guys can act the same. many are into cars/guns/etc in the same way for similar reasons. doing things to affirm something to oneself and others is only natural for a social animal such as we, though we've long passed the point where it benefits our survival __________________ “Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.” rip matt

11-11-2009, 02:50 PM	#58 (permalink)
scottishbastard ARGH! FUCK! KILL! Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Castaic/Los Angeles California BITCHES! Posts: 1,956 Thanks: 32 Thanked 67 Times in 58 Posts	Ok point agreed that its good to be an individual. But youre not hearing what I'm saying. I'm saying that this thread is just fantasy. Its like asking "If you had 10,000,000 dollars what would you buy?" and you saying "Dude, Only assholes want to be rich.". If he was asking "What is your image?" that would be lame. But he's asking if you've ever wanted to live another life, or have people see you differently..Like a nerd wondering what it would be like to be a jock, or a timid person imagining what it would be like to be outgoing...Its JUST fantasy....Like W.O.W. __________________ Yeah but you're going to do what you wanna do No matter what I ask of you You think you hold the high hand I've got my doubts I come from Chino where the asphalt sprouts ..... And even if I have to go to Claremont Well I guess I'll just have to go to Claremont Let me go Let me lie low Yeah but you're going to do what you wanna do No matter what I ask of you And you send your dark messengers to tempt me I come from Chino so all your threats are empty - the mountain goats

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scottishbastard ARGH! FUCK! KILL! Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Castaic/Los Angeles California BITCHES! Posts: 1,956 Thanks: 32 Thanked 67 Times in 58 Posts	Scatterheart would spend it on: 1.More kitties 2.Balls of yarn 3.Kitty litter 4.A sun lamp __________________ Yeah but you're going to do what you wanna do No matter what I ask of you You think you hold the high hand I've got my doubts I come from Chino where the asphalt sprouts ..... And even if I have to go to Claremont Well I guess I'll just have to go to Claremont Let me go Let me lie low Yeah but you're going to do what you wanna do No matter what I ask of you And you send your dark messengers to tempt me I come from Chino so all your threats are empty - the mountain goats

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