I hath enjoyed him verily!
I think it's my favourite thing he's ever done. 
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He he, I used to love The Slobs
Quote: Alan C @ May 28 2008, 9:18 PM BSTwell I was on £60k a year then - now I'm a penniless pauper living up t'North
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Quote: zooo @ May 28 2008, 9:19 PM BSTOh dear.
How about pretend deities?
Deities can, of course, say and do whatever they so wish. Well, ish. There are some things which are really a bit beyond the pale.
I am not aware of any pretend ones though.
I love how adults will never ever understand youth 'culture.'
Stop writing articles about them and validating them 
Considering I'm only 22 and rarely call myself an adult... I do not understand this "emo" thing at all. Although, when I was 13/14 I dyed half my hair purple and wore big baggy jeans with chains hanging off them cause I was a skater chick (who couldn't skate). I expect no one understood what I was trying to be but I didn't care... however...no one wrote articles about us and the things we did... but then we didn't blog our unhappiness on myspace. Sorry I'm showing ignorance now.
I was never a thing when I was 13/14, well I suppose I was an Inbetweener?
Well luckily when I was 15 I realised you didn't have to be "anything"... I could just be myself and I was happy after that. It was the constant trying to be something I wasn't that caused the unhappiness. I guess I was an Inbetweener then!
I remember hearing an interview with Leonard Cohen in which he said that once he realised he was never going to be happy, he felt strangely contented.
Makes sense.
It really does.... *contemplates*
I think most people are like that, but "Teenagers Are Normal and Not Suicidal" isn't a great headline.
The thing about the 'emo' trend is that they revel in the elevated status afforded to them by papers. It's quite a easy way to seem edgy and subversive whilst remaining within your established peer group.
What worries me is that the article quotes people older than me who still identify with the trend. Labels are for younger people who don't know any better, not those who are meant to be adults.
Quote: EllieJP @ May 29 2008, 1:50 PM BSTAlthough, when I was 13/14 I dyed half my hair purple and wore big baggy jeans with chains hanging off them cause I was a skater chick (who couldn't skate).
Brilliant. Much the same here. Got any photos?
Quote: Aaron @ May 29 2008, 2:08 PM BSTBrilliant. Much the same here. Got any photos?
Unfortunately not... well maybe tucked away somewhere.
Quote: PhQnix @ May 29 2008, 2:01 PM BSTI think most people are like that, but "Teenagers Are Normal and Not Suicidal" isn't a great headline.
The thing about the 'emo' trend is that they revel in the elevated status afforded to them by papers. It's quite a easy way to seem edgy and subversive whilst remaining within your established peer group.
What worries me is that the article quotes people older than me who still identify with the trend. Labels are for younger people who don't know any better, not those who are meant to be adults.
And this is why we all reeled back yesterday when in a gallery and one of our friends said "Well it's popular youth culture, isn't it." We all walked out shaking our heads.
What was he/she referring to? Darn youths.