Modern Male Fashion and its consequences
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shakahislop
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i've seen two people wearing these recently, one was a girl on the lower east side and the other was seth rollins the wrestler, they're great aren't they, they're stupid, they're humiliating the wearer
william_kent
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they look like 8 year olds who've been griefed in fortnite for being "noskins" and then caved in by paying out for the cheapest crappy "skin" possible
william_kent
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Once upon a time I had to explain "Diplo" to a friend... I'm afraid I went on a bit of a rant
edit: I found my explanation of Diplo:
Things Diplo has invented:
Baile Funk ( "the sound of the favelas" ), Reggae, Dancehall, Twerking, M.I.A, EDM
Obviously none of the above is true but people seem to think it is..
I'd use the term "cultural appropriation" to describe his career. He got famous because he "discovered" Baile Funk, which I am pretty sure was popular in Brazil for years before Diplo played some at a party in New York. It's still huge in Brazil despite Diplo dropping it from his setlist once it was no longer trendy with hipsters. His attempts at producing some involved rich white kids from Sao Paolo rather than the gangsters in Rio who are the main producers.
He did make a documentary about it:
Diplo: Favela on Blast
M.I.A. became popular when Diplo was her boyfriend and produced her first tunes. She seems to have done quite well after they split up. I'm sure she could probably have made it without him.
Diplo claims that he discovered M.I.A. and made her famous. M.I.A. has a different take:
M.I.A: "Diplo Shat On Every Good Thing That Was Happening To Me"
M.I.A. blasts Diplo for "distorting history", disputes he 'discovered' her
There is a hilarious documentary called "Reincarnated" about when Snoop Dog became 'Snoop Lion' and goes to Jamaica to make a reggae album. He gets attacked by a crackhead in a Kingston Ghetto, shaken down for donations to "Rasta" by Bunny Wailer and his manager, etc. Who does he choose to produce his "reggae" album, considering Jamaica is the land of reggae and dancehall with hundreds of producers who know how to make reggae and dancehall? Fucking Diplo...
Here is a "Diplo zine" which provides proof that he discovered Dancehall:
Amazon product ASIN 0985159529
I almost bought his book just so I could hate on it:
Amazon product ASIN 0789324288
Although I'm quite tempted now that I see that I can buy one for 57p
Not so tempted by the Diplo notebooks though:
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Here is a promo piece from when Diplo attempted to break the world twerking record:
https://www.nme.com/news/music/diplo-3-22-1260423
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His aim, according to a press release, is to claim the “world record of having the most people twerking at the same time.”
Diplo also posted a video on Instagram which stipulated he was on a hunt for “butts around the world” to take part, and also added: “Ladies we gotta pick u ahead of time for Ezoo ok? If u wanna be on stage email twerk4diplo@gmail.com.” Would-be twerkers have been told that any videos they submit may be used to promote the contest, and they must be aged 18 or over.
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Needless to say, he does not hold the world record!
I think it belongs to "Big Freedia, the Queen of Bounce". Fuck you Diplo!
edit: although it seems I forgot to include the Diplo Blackberry advert in my rant:
Diplo _ Blackberry Advert
"I love this elevator"
"my crew's, like, worldwide"
"lightning, zombies, and it drops right here"
WANKER!
edit: seems like I missed a trick in my Diplo rant and failed to refer to Snoop Dog as "Snitch Dog" *
* something Shug Knight and, more recently, Tekashi 69 would concur with.... just putting it out there
edit: I seem to have seen a few youtube confessional videos recently ( well, sometime last year ) where the timeline seems to go "Las Vegas", on guest list at a Diplo gig, don't get to have sex with Diplo, but then have appalling sex with a conjuror - is this a thing?
edit: I'm not sure how much I despise Dipshit is coming across, but I can assure you it is strong...
edit: I might not be able to fight his lawyers in court, but in person I will snap his neck.... and I'm a pacifist...
@Leo - you have triggered me!
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Mr. Tea
Let's Talk About Ceps
Please feel free to rant about people or things you hate any time you like. That was an excellent read.
I want to know more about "appalling sex with a conjuror" - I can only imagine flowers, doves, rabbits etc. being unexpectedly produced from human orifices...
william_kent
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you're not far wrong
it involves a condom working itself loose and the Vegas conjuror has to fish it out
screenshots grabbed from this "Tale from the trip"
Melissa Ong Hooked Up with a Magician While on Shrooms, Acid & Ketamine - Tales From the Trip
( really irritating video but maybe almost worth it for the titbit about Lil Jon, the Crunk guy, giving "Psychic Readings' )
I suppose you must of heard of the rumours about the wife of a certain british conjuror which involves a dog, "you'll like this but not a knot" ?
edit: I've met enough "occultists" to know that sex with a "magician" is going to be a gloomy, unsatisfactory, unrewarding, affair
edit: talking of occultists, I have a friend who says that any time she sees Alan Moore's picture in an article, etc, she has to immediately have a shower because she feels dirty from just viewing him... like the lice can just hop off the page
edit: when I was buying my bottle of rum earlier ( which i've almost polished off ) I was reminded of my Alan Moore averse friend because there was music blasting from the instore radio and it just happened to be The Pretenders' one hit wonder, a tune that my friend will actually vomit to if she can't exit the vicinity fast enough - I almost debated leaving the building in sympathy but my addiction took precedence - #selfish me
edit: I have a problem with the whole concept of the "Tales From the Trip" series - why do they only ask "comedians", who on the whole are not funny, about their psychedelic experiences? I've had more laughs from reading the "Train wrecks and trip diasters" section of Erowid *
* I particularly recommend the "datura" trip reports which all take the same form, "I was on my way to school and I spotted some Angel's Trumpets" - they never end well, usually resulting in an $80000 hospital bill - triva: in the UK you used to be able to buy herbal ciigarettes which contained Jimson Weed ( if you've read any Carlos Castenada you'll know what that means ) and some of my friends made a brew and then ended up walking down the main drag of a "seen better days" seaside resort having conversations with imaginary people, it took them three days to "come down", but that was before they had an altercation with a cushion that was menacing one of them ( one of those guys was my mate, since, sadly, departed , who had a bit of a needle fetish... besides jacking up orange juice he once had an unfortunate experience when cranking up some bathtub speed because he filled his syringe with water from a kettle that had just boiled... ouch! that burns! )
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I thought I'd pasted in this anecdote from on of the Krankies about when he punched out the British conjuror, but on refreshing the page I can not see that it is there... correcting now:
edit: I'm sure I've posted that before, but any excuse, cool story, etc.,
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Mr. Tea
Let's Talk About Ceps
I used to spend hours browsing Erowid trip reports, they're often hilarious. I especially liked one guy who said that, prior to doing his mushrooms or whatever, he'd "ingested" a slice of pizza. Because just, you know, eating it would have been far too imprecise a term.
version
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Quarter-zipper becomes the new status symbol for men of a certain position
John Lewis says it has sold 62% more quarter-zips than crewnecks since the start of the year
www.theguardian.com
IdleRich
IdleRich
How about jewellery, do any of you lot wear any at all? And if so what, and why?
I guess I have some watches and often enough I wear one of them but that's about it. One is an old Omega that I inherited from my grandad and one is a kinda space age LED thing made in the 70s I think by Jaeger LeCoultre so they are completely different styles that I could match to my outfits depending on what image I wanted to project, but, I'll be honest, as a rule I don't really think about that or do it.
Anyhow, how about the rest of you? Rings, bracelets, necklaces etc or piercings maybe? I know @DannyL is proud of his Prince Albert and I guess @linebaugh has his fraternity ring but what else is out there?
I guess I have some watches and often enough I wear one of them but that's about it. One is an old Omega that I inherited from my grandad and one is a kinda space age LED thing made in the 70s I think by Jaeger LeCoultre so they are completely different styles that I could match to my outfits depending on what image I wanted to project, but, I'll be honest, as a rule I don't really think about that or do it.
Anyhow, how about the rest of you? Rings, bracelets, necklaces etc or piercings maybe? I know @DannyL is proud of his Prince Albert and I guess @linebaugh has his fraternity ring but what else is out there?