Ravenstorture Posted April 19, 2002 Share Posted April 19, 2002 So, what is your opinion of subcultures? Do you belong to one, or do you frown on them? Is mainstream your scene, or do you shy from conformity and everyday society? Otaku seems like a pretty subculture orientated place, many many people openly suggesting (or even admitting) that they are crazy or wierd. I love this place, because I am crazy AND wierd. So tell me what you think... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cloricus Posted April 19, 2002 Share Posted April 19, 2002 [quote]So, what is your opinion of subcultures? Do you belong to one, or do you frown on them? Is mainstream your scene, or do you shy from conformity and everyday society? Otaku seems like a pretty subculture orientated place, many many people openly suggesting (or even admitting) that they are crazy or wierd. I love this place, because I am crazy AND wierd. So tell me what you think...[/quote] I think the same thing (and I'm not following you around here.) I would just take outcast weird not very crazy (most of the time) and anti-social. :):drunk: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liamc2 Posted April 19, 2002 Share Posted April 19, 2002 crazy? in on word? trumboneswallowinginmaysometimesoonyesnowAHAHAHA! *cough* ^^; ------- mhm. .as you would know I have been here for a while now and you could say I belong to the RPG subculture. .o__O the obsessed RPG subculture. .I mean. .who else would do a 700word report on online RPGing at otaku :drunk: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Posted April 19, 2002 Share Posted April 19, 2002 Hey now, I can proudly say that there are aboslutely no crazy people here on the otakuboards. Especially, none that brag about it, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flash Posted April 19, 2002 Share Posted April 19, 2002 [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Crazy White Boy [/i] [B]Hey now, I can proudly say that there are aboslutely no crazy people here on the otakuboards. Especially, none that brag about it, lol. [/B][/QUOTE] Have I mentioned how insanely crazy I am? And proud, too! Subculture? Meh... I dunno. At School I'm always hanging out with people, messin' around and stuff.. But at home, I'm nearly always on my lonesome... So, uhh... I guess I don't really fall into any category in the subcultures column... Or something.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spikey Posted April 29, 2002 Share Posted April 29, 2002 I am just plain weird. I must admit that I am weird. I think everyone here is weird, in some way. :drunk: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PiroMunkie Posted April 29, 2002 Share Posted April 29, 2002 Well, I've said it before but maybe not all at once. I'm freakin' proud of who I am and what I've become. No one can tell me otherwise. I'm not proud of me in an arrogant way though. It's just that I am happy with myself. There's nothing about me I would want to change, cause then I just wouldn't be me. People can try and put me down by calling me what names they may. Most of the time I'll agree with them, just because: 1) I admit to it cause if they call me weird, I'm not going to deny what I am, 2) to avoid unneccesary confrontation. I hate people. A person is nice, but people as a whole are just dumb. Thus my anti-social tendencies. I don't really label myself as anything cause I prefer not to. So categorizing myself in a 'subculture' is something I don't really do. I'm too apathetic to care about what I belong to. Who I am will determine what 'crowd' I get involved with. I'm not going to shun people just because of who they are and what 'crowd' they may belong to. I'll shun them because I don't agree with who they are or what they do. If they conflict with who I am then I prefer not to know them, which is why I don't make friends with people who do drugs, or those people who have sex 24/7, or anyone else like that. I'm not saying just because (for example) since I listen to punk/hardcore/metal/alternative stuff, I'm not going to push someone away just because they may prefer techno, or rap or whatever. Will I frown on that aspect? A little bit, but not enough to make me think less of them. . . . . . I have no idea what I just said... But I think it made sense. :stupid: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BabyGirl Posted April 29, 2002 Share Posted April 29, 2002 [color=deeppink]I don't think I could categorize myself into a subculture...I think the whole idea of "subcultures" is rather silly. I like Piro's reply...it basically sums up what I have to say. I think people who lable themselves are just trying too hard to fit into a certain "group", though that is merely an opinion. If I absolutely HAD to put myself into a "group", it'd be a floater...since I have many friends from all different groups. I DO claim to be a nerd, but that is merely poking fun at the fact I like a lot of nerdy things, which is a stereotype in itself since people look at me for the first time and say "Oh, [i]there's[/i] a stuck up *****," when really I am nothing [i]near[/i] that. Hehe, my brain can't think right now...perhaps I shall explain it better later :)[/color] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeathKnight Posted April 29, 2002 Share Posted April 29, 2002 [color=crimson]My personaility is compltely Gothic, but I dont dress Gothic.... But I am usually told I am Gothic... -Ken[/color] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkM Posted April 29, 2002 Share Posted April 29, 2002 Im one of the people that know theyer the same as everyone else and im not ashmed of it i know i am and that is all there is to it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Darkness Bu Posted April 29, 2002 Share Posted April 29, 2002 I think everybody in the world got a little crazy in them And evil too rise evil rise!!! MUHAWHAW see Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sephiroth Posted April 29, 2002 Share Posted April 29, 2002 I'm a yaoi freak, enough said....O_o;;;; Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Voodookanaka Posted April 29, 2002 Share Posted April 29, 2002 mainstreamers are boring and all the same, sub-cultures are full of hypocrits, outsiders are generally psycho and go crazy and kill everyone.....im more of a vetinari for anyone out there who understands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sara Posted April 29, 2002 Share Posted April 29, 2002 Meh. I'm just myself. Classify me any way you will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Matt Posted April 29, 2002 Share Posted April 29, 2002 [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by BabyGirl [/i] [B][color=deeppink] I DO claim to be a nerd, but that is merely poking fun at the fact I like a lot of nerdy things[/color] [/B][/QUOTE] [color=red][b]That's like me. I'm not a nerd, but I like nerdy things. Like most people would consider [b][u][i]STAR WARS[/i][/u][/b] nerdy, but they should burn in hell. :devil: [/b][/color] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avalon Posted April 29, 2002 Share Posted April 29, 2002 Well personally I can say that I'm an outcast...not because I put myself in this group, but because people put me in that group...Dark, absolutely! Why wouldn't I be?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fall Posted May 3, 2002 Share Posted May 3, 2002 I'm completely confused here, I don't exactly know what a subculture is, as I don't understand your first post.... Though I can tell you I'm shy, very very very shy..... with most people, apart from the people I know. And especially with the girls.... :blush: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravenstorture Posted May 3, 2002 Author Share Posted May 3, 2002 A subculture is a group of people with similar tastes. That's my definition, anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kei Posted May 3, 2002 Share Posted May 3, 2002 [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Ravenstorture [/i] [B]A subculture is a group of people with similar tastes. That's my definition, anyway. [/B][/QUOTE] That's about right. I myself am an outsider. I don't like to talk to anyone I don't have to. Mostly because the kids at my school aren't exactly friendly. Basically, you come in with the friends you had in middle school, and if you don't have any, oh well. God, I hate it here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Macaiodh Posted May 4, 2002 Share Posted May 4, 2002 [COLOR=darkblue]mostly, i've been called "punk" but i'm too much of a hippie to be punk. let's just say i'm in "transition" right now. i'm not anything, really.[/COLOR] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenixflames Posted May 4, 2002 Share Posted May 4, 2002 I don't know what I'm classified as other than a crazy-insane-Oregonian-who-shouldn't-be-attending-Harvard-but-is-and-is graduating-Valedictorian type-person. Can you tell that I'm a little hyphen happy?:help: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kinetic Posted May 4, 2002 Share Posted May 4, 2002 Lol, I'm all at once yet none at all. I'm usually an outcast at school, but with close friends I'm crazy. Other than that, I'm usually dark and morose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delian Posted May 4, 2002 Share Posted May 4, 2002 I'd have to say that, i'm just myself. I don't try hard to fit in anywhere or place myself in any subculture or whatever you call it. Different people see me in different ways. I don't try hard to impress, and i'm very happy and proud of the way I am. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravenstorture Posted May 4, 2002 Author Share Posted May 4, 2002 I seem to find that when I am myself I tend to be stereotyped. That's really annoying, because people are just catagorising you because of what they think of [I]other[/I] people who are a bit like you, and not what they think of you. People don't even look at me anymore, as they already have an image of what I [I]should[/I] look like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted May 4, 2002 Share Posted May 4, 2002 [color=royalblue]Even though we get a lot of people "spilling their guts" here...and others always say how bad it is, in some ways, it's a good sign. I mean, people feel that they can open up here without being judged. And when they can't talk to their own family or friends about something, it might help to talk to people in a situation where they're not going to judge you... So in some ways, the whole "subculture" thing isn't so bad. We're all different...we've all had different experiences and because the Internet is pretty anonymous, we can talk more openly here than we could in "real life". So for some it's a benefit.[/color] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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