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magnum by magnum · Apr 29, 2002 · 457 views · Journal

ugh i just saw some video on mtv with a girl sining like jewel but yet the video has her dressed up like a little punk girl, she smashes her guitar, had kids bmx'ing and skating and they have them trashin stuff in a mall. So lame all this stuff going main stream creating tons of poser kids wearing skate and bmx clothing and buyin the stuff when they can't even do anything with it besides hold it. Mindless masses! ARGH! I dunno maybe this just bothers me? Anyone else bothered by people tryin to portray something they are not just so they can "look cool" or fit in.

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sux2beme #1 sux2bemeOG 2002

it's hard to 'go ur own way' when everyone makes u feel like a geeurk. personally, i LIKE country music. (too bad 107.1 is shutting down...at least that's what i think i heard)

punkprincess #1.1 punkprincessOG 2001

yea... it is shutting down! i cant really deal with country music, my head starts to hurt after a while lol

tesoro #1.1.1 tesoroOG 2001

yea shut up, country rules. haha i do like it, but i cant listen to it for hours....like a couple of songs and i'm good. haha

prozacchick #1.1.1.1 prozacchickOG 2002

haha wats his name again?! Janners utterly in luv with country music! she wont listen to anything else before she goes to sleep at nite!!! :P (IM KIDDING)

punkprincess punkprincessOG 2001

hahahaha you know i can hear her now "i just wanna listen to this one song.." hahaha im kidding though cuz i like the songs she usually puts on hahaha

tesoro tesoroOG 2001

LOL! YOU GUYS SUCK!!! and KIM! you loser! remember when (hot) Micah was like "i love Tim McGraw" suddenly you were SO proud that u knew him! hahaha ya jerk! lol j/k i love you guys. haha

punkprincess punkprincessOG 2001

hahahaha who micah hunter??? (hahahaha im just saying that cuz i know youre talking about the other one....not lewis... the other one....)

tesoro tesoroOG 2001

LOL...wait are you talking about "MY micah or YOUR micah" hahaha we're insane.

thefunkyfresh thefunkyfreshFounder

tina i didn't know you are going out with micah lewis!

punkprincess #2 punkprincessOG 2001

i agree with you. its so frustrating to see people like PINK saying theyre punk. cuz theyre not. be who you wanna be dont just do stuff cuz its kool!

rocksupastar #3 rocksupastarFounder

ya know... i think im guilty of that... most of my life i was a total geek.. i mean.. i am still a geek, nerd, loser.. whatever.. but i went through diffent styles i guess... i was a nerd until like 8th grade.. then i started wearing like abercrombie and fitch... so i was a PRETEND snob.. But i ran outta money that way. So i just kinda moved on to Walmart after that. I think i am somewhat punk from friends who influence me. But i dont wear like bondage pants or Rancid tee shirts or anything. Ive always thought skatin and skatboarding was soo cool and the poeple that can skate ROCK. I guess if i had the skills to do that kinda stuff i would dress like that, but i cant so why pretend you know? Someone might see you and expect you to be able to like misty flips on the fly and then when you fall on ur face while going fakey, they will be REALLY disapointed...

katiedid #3.1 katiedidFounder

I always felt the same way. i LOVE the boarder look, but I'd feel too weird posing that look. If I could wear (and actually look good in anything), I'd be a surfer/boarder chick. Weeeeeell, I snowboarded once....that should count for something, right?

magnum #3.1.1 magnumOG 2001

you live moments away from mtn creek and dont snowboard?

katiedid #3.1.1.1 katiedidFounder

that would be correct.

magnum magnumOG 2001

i think we need to switch out families houses, im sure mike wont mind driving out to longisland durin the winter seasons :)

rocksupastar rocksupastarFounder

ha.. im sorry man... i mean.... ur a good lookin guy and all.. but id rather see katie all the time....

katiedid katiedidFounder

arent you just the sweetest thing ever?! *muah!* thanks, baby.

ilikebirds #4 ilikebirdsOG 2002

just because you are punk doesn't mean you cant listen to other stuff and like it.. just because you're white doesn't mean you can't like rap.. just because you're black doesn't you can't like rock.. geez people.. i think you all are losers. let people be what they want to be and how they want to be it. why are you intervening causing yourself stress for no reason. worry about yourselves !!! to me a person who's punk and listens to country is whatever. he appreciates the music in general not the label put on it. and thats the way it ought to be. leave it be.

magnum #4.1 magnumOG 2001

your not getting it there asian boy, this is like people saying they listen to rap or hip hop and then ask them whats their favorite artist and they say "oh i really dont listen to it, i just heard that it sounds cool so thats why i like rap". They portray that they do like something but have no clue about it, sorta hypocritical.

ilikebirds #4.1.1 ilikebirdsOG 2002

so you're saying people who say they like rap but never heard it before ?

magnum #4.1.1.1 magnumOG 2001

yes thats like people who say yeah i skate and then cant even stand on a board but wear all the clothes and try to make it seem like they do

seit2see seit2seeOG 2002

i've never heard of someone saying they can skate, but actually can't. i think you mean that if they wear that type of clothing they should know how to skate. or if they wear fubu they should be involved in gangbangin and drive by's (jk) but whos to say who can and can't wear certain things? if they like it then thats all that matters. who are we to judge? i agree with ty. theres no reason to get all upset about that stuff, just worry about yo sizself. and that girl in the video is really cute.

sux2beme sux2bemeOG 2002

it's ok to wear the clothes, but i think the point is people who wear the clothes ONLY because they want to be grouped into a certain class. those are true posers...

seit2see seit2seeOG 2002

i guess.. but kids at that age are still trying to figure out what they like and who they are. you can't expect them to be all original or be themselves when they barely know who they are. i know that everyone has gone through that stage in their lives, maybe not clothing, but attitude or personality, etc. so for someone to make fun of them would be hypocritical cause we did the same thing at one time or another.

magnum magnumOG 2001

sorry i was never a little teeny bopper like that kids are these days, its just scary at the masses of dumb kids.

rocksupastar rocksupastarFounder

i agree with that... EVERYONE goes through a wierd time... when they dont know what they are doing or who they are... you dont know.. how can you.. ur still learning about who you are..

ilikebirds ilikebirdsOG 2002

ryan have i told you lately.. that i love you ?

ilikebirds ilikebirdsOG 2002

i have to say though that if you're in afghanistan and you're white.. i don't think you should be wearing turbans. thats a POSER !

magnum magnumOG 2001

haha

magnum magnumOG 2001

side note when someone who is white wheres fubu (for us by us) i bet they don't even have a clue what fubu means. At least try to have a clue what you are buying.

sux2beme sux2bemeOG 2002

i have a fubu shirt that i like...should i be concerned?

magnum magnumOG 2001

yeah stay out the pj's or u might get a beat down :P

sux2beme sux2bemeOG 2002

riiiiight...we're gonna need u to come in on saturday...

magnum magnumOG 2001 sux2beme

office space quote!

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goldmineOG 2002

I dont own a single fubu piece of clothing but... the for us by us isnt refering to Black people its Queens NY, where theyre from, thats why LL is always wearing their stuff, since hes from Queens

tesoro #4.2 tesoroOG 2001

hahah yeaaaaa rock on man, a punk who likes country!! :-D well and um just about anything else. THOSE people RULE! haha

thefunkyfresh #4.2.1 thefunkyfreshFounder

eww country. i like country rock... but definitely not country western

thatdarngirl #4.2.1.1 thatdarngirlOG 2002

forget country! All you need is Whitney Houtson

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crazygirlOG 2001

hahaha. rap, metal,rap, metal,Whitney Houston! lol

thatdarngirl thatdarngirlOG 2002

you need to diminish your criminal intentions..not magnify. try some jazz, or maybe some classical?

malibu malibuOG 2001

hahahahha empire records. and whitney houston is for your girlfriend right?

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crazygirlOG 2001

i love this... haha

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#4.3 goldmineOG 2002

whoa thais got it down on this subject!! I actually agreee with him

ilikebirds #5 ilikebirdsOG 2002

just because i wear a shirt that says abercrombie and fitch across my chest doesn't mean my dad is aaron abercrombie and my mother is flora fitch.. know what i'm saying. i bet everyone wearing ralph lauren is really ralph lauren.. clothes is just clothes. LEAVE THEM BE. love life, embrace it. if not go to cancun.

magnum #5.1 magnumOG 2001

goto cancun and lose them (clothes)?

ilikebirds #5.1.1 ilikebirdsOG 2002

go , come back... and life is a whole new adventure, i just wish i was out there now preaching in territory number 9 ...f b c

sux2beme #5.1.1.1 sux2bemeOG 2002

...there go the inside joke references again...

cerbrato #6 cerbratoOG 2002

I buy my clothes from JCPenny cuz there cheap

ilikebirds #6.1 ilikebirdsOG 2002

there's a new designer called el petite Salvation arme' . i hear his clothes are even cheaper !

thefunkyfresh #7 thefunkyfreshFounder

WHO THE HECK CARES WHAT OTHER PEOPLE DO? i was in the mall the other day, which is a rarity for me, and i saw so many confused adolescents, with their crazy styles and clothing. most of these kids are having an identity crisis, you just have to feel bad for them. but who gives a crap if someone is a poser. i dont care what other people wear or listen to. the only way i would care is if some poser kid was being a loser towards me. then i would simply knock him out, and be done with it. i guess it is annoying to see all these little kids running around thinking they are the next eminem or whatever, but i'm cooler so who cares.

ilikebirds #7.1 ilikebirdsOG 2002

yea it's a rough life us cool people live. i mean we don't have to worry about all these tragic problems. man it's so rough be really really ridicously cool. cue " yellow steele face"

magnum #7.1.1 magnumOG 2001

yeah well im gonna cue the magnum look!

sux2beme #7.1.1.1 sux2bemeOG 2002

it looks just like yellow steele...what up wit dat?

magnum magnumOG 2001

who knows :/

thatdarngirl #8 thatdarngirlOG 2002

I think the last time I really used the word poser was in 4th grade when the big deal was that people were 'posing' as soccer players by wearing umbro shorts. People are generally stupid, and one has to learn to ignore them or tolerate them. Kids are, as was said, confused. I'm very confused. To survive sometimes we do have to go with the flow, and if that means wearing that same stuff as a certain group of people then so be it. You can't go around naked (well, for very long at least) and there are only so many places to shop. And if you don't want to be wearing something hanus then you're gonna be dressing like at least one other person in school (or wherever), it just happens that way.

malibu #9 malibuOG 2001

it's very sad for me to admit but i still am a little teeny bopper because of all the reasons stated above that i truly don't know what i love you wear yet. i buy whatever is on sale and what i feel like wearing and 90% of the time i end up looking like all these other people and it completely annoys me so bad but i haven't totally figured out what i wanna look like yet.

thatdarngirl #9.1 thatdarngirlOG 2002

Aww Barbie..you know everyone wants to be you. It doesn't matter if you wear the same stuff as everyone else, you wear it differently..with your own little style that's purely you.

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#9.1.1 crazygirlOG 2001

oh yes you do... haha. i love you julie!

punkoramacd7 #10 punkoramacd7OG 2002

Posers are only what you think it to be, how can you say that this person is not really what there potraying to be. Its not always a I'm this way cause its cool to be that way kind of world!! Its not uncommon now a days to find people dabbled in a little bit of everything, from hardcore,& punk, then be dressed like a preppy,, or like classical music , drum & bass, and yet be your average sporto, chess playin kid!!.. Just think about.. Posers arent a actuality of the eye its just a apperance..Does it even matter anyways!!!! But the ONE THING i do have to say,, is...i really like icecream, i could eat it all the time!

ilikebirds #10.1 ilikebirdsOG 2002

yea but then again if you're really not taliban i don't think you should be acting like them or dressing like them

theremin #10.2 thereminOG 2002

Amen! and Amen!

rocksupastar #11 rocksupastarFounder

I think joe is a poser!!!!!!!!!!!

magnum #11.1 magnumOG 2001

thats right i pose for pictures with yo mama! Welcome home son!

malibu #12 malibuOG 2001

okay posers are people who wear something just to be cool right? well when they do this it's actually a compliment to the group who truly wears those clothes etc. but i must say i know one person who completely changes what she's wearing, how she talks, and her decisions on who she's with.

thefunkyfresh #12.1 thefunkyfreshFounder

yeah that's gggay. when you change your standards and who you are depending on the crowd you're with

rocksupastar #12.1.1 rocksupastarFounder

yea.. matts like that... i mean.. he acts GGGGGAY around all his b/f's all the time.. i dont GET it! hahahahahhaah kidding budddddddddddddddddeeee

ilikebirds #12.1.1.1 ilikebirdsOG 2002

yea he does act gay around me.

malibu #13 malibuOG 2001

maybe it's because you send him signals

rocksupastar #13.1 rocksupastarFounder

maybe you should make like a tree and get outta here!

thatdarngirl #14 thatdarngirlOG 2002

Being called a poser is funny. This one time I was speaking with two girls (one being a friend, the other..that's another story) and I said how I was going to go to the Salvation Army and buy an army jacket after school..and the one girl (not my friend) just looked at me and said "Oh what a poser" now later while my friend and I tried to figure this all out..we came upon the conclusion that yes, I am a poser. A poser of the army

malibu #15 malibuOG 2001

i was thinking about this topic and i came to another conclusion. we definetely all are posers. because even only ourselves know how we wanna dress and look of others. even if people are copying others and everyone else sees it but them, they still think they're being true to themselves. like somebody said something about pink being a poser, but what if since she's famous she discovered she loves the things she got exposed to that makes her a poser. think about it.

thefunkyfresh #15.1 thefunkyfreshFounder

think about this: SHUT UP!

jk jk

rocksupastar #15.1.1 rocksupastarFounder

AMEN TO THAT!!!!!!!

malibu #15.1.1.1 malibuOG 2001

ya big jerks, you

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