Okay, in this photograph we see a guy wearing the style of low hanging pants that’s popular with some younger guys today. Now, I consider myself to be fairly open minded when it comes to self expression. Different eras have different styles, but THIS? This is “cool”? You’ve got to be kidding! Anyone who wears a pair of pants like this looks as though they’re mentally challenged and physically unable to dress themselves! Only a complete idiot would think that this looks good, or “cool”, in any way! A friggin’ clown in a circus looks more intelligent! And don’t even try to say that this is the look of some real badass street “gangstas” who would mess me up. Because no matter how ”bad” they might think they are, with their pants hanging down between their legs they would look like complete idiots before, during, and after messing me up. This is without a doubt the most ridiculous and stupid fashion trend ever, period.
But the fact that people today actually WANT to look like this is really not surprising. After all, never before in American history has the dumbed down general population been so determined and content to look like slobbish, classless, clueless morons as during these times. What really cracks me up is that people today who walk around with their pants hanging down around their feet, their hair looking like they just stuck their finger in a light socket, and their shirts three sizes too big, have the NERVE to make fun of how people looked in past eras! I love to watch those TV retrospectives where past eras like the 80s or 70s are remembered, because at some point during the show some moron with holes punched in his nose and mouth, with what looks like kitchen utensils sticking out of his face, tattoos covering his shaved head, and such badly fitting clothes that it looks as though he was raised by a chimpanzee, will invariably get up there and actually make a snide joke about the way people looked in those past eras! As if his ridiculous goofy look is somehow above and beyond scrutiny. I’m looking forward to 15 or 20 years from now when today’s silly looks will be reviewed by future generations. The howls of laughter will no doubt be deafening. And all of the clowns who now think that they are just the most perfectly stylish people to ever walk the planet will discover that they actually looked like complete idiots.
I like how you critisize hip hop inspired fashion trends only. What’s wrong with people turning their hat to the side? It’s a hat.. it fits no matter how u put it on. People put it on backwards, but thats normal… and people have umbrella hats, or hats that are elephants or monkeys, but thats normal. A lot of people wear scarves around their neck when its not cold or anything or tie’s when they dont have a dress shirt lol. I wear my hat to the side, i wear bigger shirts, and I honestly dont feel as if im dressed worse then some fag walking by in tight jeans, pink plastic glasses, colorful bracelets and a scarf, or someone walking by wear all black, with make up and peircing all over.
Well, let’s see. First of all, yes, I am mainly criticizing hip hop inspired fashion trends because they are the most ridiculous fashions ever, unless you think that looking like a complete idiot looks good, which apparently a good number of morons do these days. But, If you read carefully (and objectively), the other looks I describe are also the looks of today’s metal rockers, and others, which are just as ridiculous. So while the starting point of my rant is the idiotic, low hanging, ass exposing pants pictured, I then expand my criticism to include just about EVERYBODY and EVERYTHING in today’s fashion. As I say in the post, “Never before in American history has the dumbed down GENERAL population been so content and determined to look like classless, clueless, slobbish morons as during these times”. Now, does that include hip hop? Yep. Does that mean ONLY hip hop? Nope. So maybe you need to not be LOOKING for a percieved bias that isn’t there.
Now, in regard to your other comments, yes, a hat will fit no matter how it’s put on your head. But, if that hat has a SPECIFIC design, such as a SUN VISOR on THE FRONT of the hat, then the hat was MADE to be worn in a SPECIFIC way, any other way of wearing the hat is NOT, to use your word, “Normal”. And just to be clear, I also think people who wear caps backwards look like ridiculous idiots. If you saw someone wearing a cowboy hat, which has a very specific design, sideways, what would you think? You would probably think it looks ridiculous, and you would be right! It would look ridiculous! You mention umbrella hats. And what are umbrella hats DESIGNED to do? Shield your eyes from the sun. And what is the front part of a baseball cap DESIGNED to do? Shield your eyes from the sun! So how is wearing a baseball cap sideways “normal”? Oh, but I’m missing the point, aren’t I? The reason people wear caps sideways is not for any logical function of the hat itself. Of course not. Its to say, “hey, I’m a hip hop gangster”, right? It’s all about making a statement at the expense of looking like a complete idiot! Because this generation can’t think for itself and say, “hmmm, you know, wearing low hanging pants makes me look like a slob, and a cap sideways really looks kinda stupid”. No, people today are so friggin dumb they actually think they look good!
I don’t go around making fun of people’s styles… just when you critisize mine… I will because I don’t know what you wear, nor do I care. It’s a free country (you’re probably from the US, I’m from Canada, but either way it’s free), so I could careless if you’re wearing a barrel.
A lot of people wear their hat sideways or any other fashion in hip hop because they like the clothes. I wear it, doesn’t mean I shoot people or sell drugs or am a slob ow w.e. I wear it cuz I believe it looks good. Probably what you wear looks like crap and is ridiculous and isn’t normal to me. Nobody’s stupid who goes outside the norm to wear something different instead of looking exactly like everyone else. If nobody went outside the norm then shit all would have happened in this world.
So I want to know, what are normal clothes? What do I need to put on every morning so that when I cross your path, you can look at me saying “now that kid is normal”? Do I need to wear a suit to school? Some church clothes possibly to look like a human being?
I think you’re missing where I’m coming from with this whole rant. First, it’s not so much about a definition of “normal” as it is about just what looks good. I agree with you that people shouldn’t be made to all look the same. When I was younger I didn’t want to look like Joe Ordinary either. But just because something is different doesn’t automatically make it good. I mean hell, if I painted myself orange and walked around naked it would be different, but it would be totally ridiculous. So different doesn’t always equal good. People in the 80s who wore the latest “cool” fashions of the day thought they looked great and very stylish . They didn’t look in mirrors and say “wow, I look ridiculous. Someday, future generations are going to laugh at this”. The main point is that people today who like low hanging ass exposing pants, or sideways caps, or face piercings, or whatever, should not be so arrogant as to think that they are somehow beyond criticism, and that they look good but everybody else didn’t, because someday future generations are going to have a field day laughing at them too. And if you doubt what I say, I will make this predicition; in 20 years time, when fashions have changed (hopefully for the better) you will look back on the way you look now and laugh at yourself, I gaurantee it.
And no, I don’t think if someone wears hip hop clothes it means they sell drugs and shoot people. I meet many people where I work who dress that way and they are usually fairly nice. The only problem is they look like crap! Yes, that’s MY opinion, and yes, they probably wouldn’t want to dress like me. Ahh, but now here’s my point: even though they may not find my style of dress to their liking, they certainly could NOT accuse me of looking like crap. What do I wear? Well, at work I wear pleated slacks with an open collared shirt (no tie). But my own personal taste, what I believe looks good, are jeans that are not too tight and not too loose, but just right. A shirt that is not too big and not too small, but just right. A black leather sport blazer that is not too big, and not too small, but just right. You see, wearing clothes that are JUST THE RIGHT SIZE looks good, and could be called “normal”. Anything too tight or too small, or too loose and too big is not. It’s common sense.
In the end, it comes down to personal taste. You say you dress the way you do because you believe these styles look good. Well, I write posts like this because I believe they don’t. If someone actually believes that sloppy oversized shirts, sloppy low hanging pants, a sideways cap, body piercings, ridiculous body jewelry, tatoos, etc. looks good, then I can only conclude that person has REALLY bad taste. And that applies to a lot of people today, not just the hip hop crowd. Hell, I see fat, balding, middle aged guys at the supermarket in tank tops, shorts and flip flops, and you know what? They look like friggin’ slobs too! You see, once upon a time there were these things called “dignity” and “class”. People today have NO concept of either of those two qualities. Why do I care about how other people look? Actually, I don’t. If someone wants to publically embarrass themselves by dressing like a classless, undignified idiot, then so be it. But just as I don’t want to walk down the street and see piles of dog manure all over the place, I sure as hell do not enjoy walking down the street and seeing classless slobs everywhere I look!
Oh, and I think its really interesting that you defend hip hop fashions by asserting that you don’t “sell drugs or shoot people”, yet your avatar proclaims you to be “Canadian Gangster”. And what do gangsters do? Its laughable that the hip hop crowd blows so much air about how unfair it is for hip hop to be judged negatively, and that hip hip is not a bad influence, yet the most predominate word in the hip hip vocabulary is “gangster”. Can you say “hypocrisy”?
But I don’t see why you think these clothes are ridiculous… someone started wearing them… and now look a lot of people are… its not like a few… like goths… u see like 1 rarely… thats a ridiculous fashion… but everyone wears these clothes… most of america… most of canada… shit even in Poland where im from they do. at my university over 60% wear it… you’re basically saying 60% of my school is stupid cuz they wear those clothes.
and im not sure the name of the guy who said this.. i think it may be Jay-Z, but he said “Hip-hop is a way of life” so basically its a life style… this is the life they chose and they follow it… Jewish people wear those little hats (not sure what the proper name is) but you’re not talking about that.. muslim women and men wear these clothes that sort of look like dresses (not making fun of it… just trying to describe it lol) and they wear that here in toronto… im pretty sure thats a stupid fashion, i’d never wear it, but it’s the lifestyle they chose…
Okay, the two examples you give are religious oriented. The Jewish and Muslim dress go back centuries, and those clothes have nothing to do with fashion trends, LOL! And while some may describe hip hop as a “lifestyle”, I seriously doubt that the goofy hip hop look will be around for centuries to come, and attain some sort of “religious significance”. You seem to be totally unable to grasp this. If 60% of the people at your university wear hip hop fashions, then yeah, I’m saying they’re stupid! Hell, I’m saying the majority of the entire friggin public is stupid! Because anyone with a brain should be able to look in a mirror and say “this looks like crap”! And again, let me be clear, it’s not just hip hop. Check out this post I wrote http://xscorpionx.wordpress.com/2008/07/10/most-idiotic-name-for-a-band-in-history/ .
Here’s a newsflash for you: just because a lot of people all like something, or all do something, doesn’t mean the thing they all like or do is good, right, attractive, correct, significant, or positive. In the 1960s, millions of people became “hippies”, and that movement too was termed a “lifestyle”. How many hippies do you know today? What is the image of a hippie today? So don’t even do the “a lot of people like it and do it” nonsense, because “a lot of people” have looked ridiculous throughout history.
You say you don’t understand why I think hip hop fashions look ridiculous? Let me say it reeeeaaaal slow for you: T-H-E-Y L-O-O-K L-I-K-E C-R-A-P! And if you, and lots other people don’t think so, then I conclude that you and lots of other people have extremely, horribly, ridiculous bad taste. End of discussion. Have a nice day.