Post by flameboy on Feb 10, 2014 13:02:47 GMT
I've wanted to start a thread about this for a while now.
We are all apart of what used to be a geeky underground sub culture that nobody really cared for. However times have changed and it's now not uncommon to see some hipster wannabe wearing thick rimmed glasses and sporting a geeky t-shirt (sure a stereotype).
How do you feel about this now mass consumption of something that part of our culture for so long? It's very strange. I have a battered old Batman shirt which I pretty much bought in the year 2001 or something when play.com first started selling t-shirts. A couple of years ago I was walking somewhere wearing it and some guys drove past screaming "you lanky ginger geek" and I didn't really care, thanks for stating facts not exactly offensive! Other than that I never seemed to get much attention when wearing such t-shirts. Aside from the the old look of approval from someone else browsing the shelves in Gamestation. Now however the same battered Batman t-shirt has "earnt" me flirty comments from girls saying "OH my God! I love your retro batman shirt" and like admiringly going to touch my chest and it's a little bit weird as this is not the kind of attention I want at all in life (where were you 8 years ago!). Or sales assistant's at book stores having long chats with me about things and it's so awkward and weird to me. I don't wear these kind of items of clothing to draw attention to myself or to be fashionable. However it would appear it seems that way. I wear them because I like them simple as.
So is this slightly anecdotal example a sign of wider "problem" or should we embrace our slightly fringe hobby being accepted by the wider world it whatever form it might take?
We are all apart of what used to be a geeky underground sub culture that nobody really cared for. However times have changed and it's now not uncommon to see some hipster wannabe wearing thick rimmed glasses and sporting a geeky t-shirt (sure a stereotype).
How do you feel about this now mass consumption of something that part of our culture for so long? It's very strange. I have a battered old Batman shirt which I pretty much bought in the year 2001 or something when play.com first started selling t-shirts. A couple of years ago I was walking somewhere wearing it and some guys drove past screaming "you lanky ginger geek" and I didn't really care, thanks for stating facts not exactly offensive! Other than that I never seemed to get much attention when wearing such t-shirts. Aside from the the old look of approval from someone else browsing the shelves in Gamestation. Now however the same battered Batman t-shirt has "earnt" me flirty comments from girls saying "OH my God! I love your retro batman shirt" and like admiringly going to touch my chest and it's a little bit weird as this is not the kind of attention I want at all in life (where were you 8 years ago!). Or sales assistant's at book stores having long chats with me about things and it's so awkward and weird to me. I don't wear these kind of items of clothing to draw attention to myself or to be fashionable. However it would appear it seems that way. I wear them because I like them simple as.
So is this slightly anecdotal example a sign of wider "problem" or should we embrace our slightly fringe hobby being accepted by the wider world it whatever form it might take?
