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since when did being weird become so popular?

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Oh and question number two (to save me posting another question and looking like a spammer)why is it that when indie bands make it big, youre only cool if you knew them before they were famous?

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Vilén offline Verified User (6 months, 1 week) Long Term User Shouts: 19 #
An Undisclosed Location | 2 months, 4 weeks ago (1 minute after post)

Since people started trying to imitate Marilyn Manson with “weirdness.”

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Heatseeker offline Verified User (2 months, 4 weeks) Shouts: 0 #
An Unknown Location | 2 months, 4 weeks ago (2 minutes after post)

i concur

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Cole Becket offline Verified User (10 months, 2 weeks) Long Term User Shouts: 8 #
An Undisclosed Location | 2 months, 4 weeks ago (2 minutes after post)

Weird is popular now?

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Heatseeker offline Verified User (2 months, 4 weeks) Shouts: 0 #
An Unknown Location | 2 months, 4 weeks ago (2 minutes after post)

oh it is, you didn’t know? nobody can just be bland anymore. its quite annoying.

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noël offline Verified User (3 months, 1 week) Long Term User Shouts: 7 #
An Unknown Location | 2 months, 4 weeks ago (8 minutes after post)

what kind of weird are you talking? in my mind, weird is breathing heavily and having a moral opposition to daily showers. & i’m fairly certain that isn’t in.

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Cole Becket offline Verified User (10 months, 2 weeks) Long Term User Shouts: 8 #
An Undisclosed Location | 2 months, 4 weeks ago (8 minutes after post)

To me it’d be easier to blend in

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Heatseeker offline Verified User (2 months, 4 weeks) Shouts: 0 #
An Unknown Location | 2 months, 4 weeks ago (13 minutes after post)

i’m talking online weird, on sites like this for example, if you filled out your profile to say “im just average i like skipping, reading and moisturising” you’d be less likely to be popular than if your profile says “i like to eat goldfish”. off the top of my head.

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SingerInPurple offline Verified User (4 months, 3 weeks) Long Term User Shouts: 2 #
An Undisclosed Location | 2 months, 4 weeks ago (14 minutes after post)

Heatseeker wrote:
i’m talking online weird, on sites like this for example, if you filled out your profile to say “im just average i like skipping, reading and moisturising” you’d be less likely to be popular than if your profile says “i like to eat goldfish”. off the top of my head.

because no one likes boring…not saying that “average” is boring…what is average anyway? and who says there’s popularity on here?

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Heatseeker offline Verified User (2 months, 4 weeks) Shouts: 0 #
An Unknown Location | 2 months, 4 weeks ago (16 minutes after post)

ah i didnt mean to say theres popularity on this site, i just meant sites like this in general where people have profiles and stuff. i was having this discussion with my friends and we all agree that everyone is too weird on the internet which is why i posted this, just to see if others agreed =)

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SingerInPurple offline Verified User (4 months, 3 weeks) Long Term User Shouts: 2 #
An Undisclosed Location | 2 months, 4 weeks ago (18 minutes after post)

lol…well I’m wierd and I’m glad it’s not popular because then I don’t think I could be myself anymore…but I do agree that online it is popular if people are wierd :)

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Heatseeker offline Verified User (2 months, 4 weeks) Shouts: 0 #
An Unknown Location | 2 months, 4 weeks ago (19 minutes after post)

yeah not that weird is a bad thing, just that its become more common. im weird myself too but i liked the old days where i was the only weird one and nobody understood me. now everyones in competition to see who can be weirder =P

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noël offline Verified User (3 months, 1 week) Long Term User Shouts: 7 #
An Unknown Location | 2 months, 4 weeks ago (21 minutes after post)

ooh, got it. yeah, i think its just more interesting.

& the whole indie scene was (is?) about being a music elitist, so it makes sense that you can only like a band before they sell out.

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SingerInPurple offline Verified User (4 months, 3 weeks) Long Term User Shouts: 2 #
An Undisclosed Location | 2 months, 4 weeks ago (24 minutes after post)

Heatseeker wrote:
yeah not that weird is a bad thing, just that its become more common. im weird myself too but i liked the old days where i was the only weird one and nobody understood me. now everyones in competition to see who can be weirder =P

OMG! I know! like, my favorite band is now mainstream and even my favorite color (dark purple) is everywhere XP I feel like I need to find other stuff to make me different

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Heatseeker offline Verified User (2 months, 4 weeks) Shouts: 0 #
An Unknown Location | 2 months, 4 weeks ago (29 minutes after post)

see? i knew im not the only one. just like the time when ‘The Fray’ came out with ‘How To Save A Life’. One of my indie friends complained the etire time we spoke about them and the song (which is old now anyway) that SHE was the first one to like them, that SHE liked them before they were popular, like she deserved some kind of medal or something.

noël wrote:
ooh, got it. yeah, i think its just more interesting.

& the whole indie scene was (is?) about being a music elitist, so it makes sense that you can only like a band before they sell out.

Still is. I think the whole indie scene is overrated.

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noël offline Verified User (3 months, 1 week) Long Term User Shouts: 7 #
An Unknown Location | 2 months, 4 weeks ago (35 minutes after post)

ah. here the indie scene is just barely getting by, its all hipsters now. so i wasn’t sure what the status is elsewhere. & i agree, its highly overrated. most “scenes” are.

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jodie_lak offline Verified User (3 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
An Unknown Location | 2 months, 2 weeks ago (1 week, 2 days after post)

because its cool to not be cool now.

before it was all about being in with the trends, following the latest fashion…..being accepted in a catagory (i.e. indie)

now its all about being individual. being different and kooky. starting your own fashions. creating catagories.

**** that.
im normal.
i wear jeans and t-shirts and listen to all kinds of music.

call me whatever you like

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