Are we destined to be leaders or followers?
September 24th 2007 10:23
When it comes to how we dress, how we think and what our political stances are, are we -the youth of today- all a bunch of trail blazers or are we happy to get go with the flow? Well it seems we could go either way.
First up let's tackle that superficial yet oh so absorbing topic of fashion. At the moment the ‘it’ thing going 'round like a virus is colour, with the most potent stain known as 'fluro'. HOWEVER before this pandemic hit us we were suffering from bag dresses. What now? You know, the big mod looking things; they haven't much shape, hence making it look like you're wearing a bag. Look, look out your window, see that girl that looks like she's wearing a garbage bag inspired by the '60's? Excellent, you've seen a bag dress. They're everywhere, hell even I have one and I usually set trends. Clearly this is an example of us all being part of the heard, but that may not be the case for long. See, the bag dress has had sleeves, no sleeves, varied length sleeves, worn with a shirt underneath, worn with no shirt underneath. It has had pockets, no pockets, it has been basic colours and now, it is fluro in colour. What's going on here? Everyone's doing their own thing; the bag dress has been bastardised and now it's getting mixed up with the fluro of the '70's- or whenever the hell fluro was in.
So what is my highly sensational conclusion on who will be dictating the fashion of the future? No clue, I haven't got one.
After that in-depth look at our place in a fashion world, I think we need sneak peak into how our minds work as in, do we just believe what we're told or do we question everything and follow up on every conspiracy theory?
Um... while most of us are willing to listen to the idea that things aren't as they seem if there's a reasonable chunk of 'evidence' to support this, unless you have celebrities and politicians come election time backing this view, the general young public are kind of like 'yeah whatever'. See, if it isn’t directly affecting us right now in our daily lives visibly, it's not something we stress over. Besides, entertaining conspiracy theories means having greater knowledge of a subject that just what's on TV and most of us really can't be stuffed getting to deep into something that we already have a satisfactory explanation for. Certainly there are a minority who will, but also a majority who won't.
And so still on the topic of thinking, let's take a look at our political views.
Well, following on from our general take on current events, it's no surprise that not too many of us really do our homework in the political department. Yes, we see the ads and get the gist of what each political party wants to achieve if elected but not too many of us know the ins and outs of the proposed policies or even who our local Member of Parliament (MP) is. And why is this? Well, politics are kind of boring.
Everything else is glittery and can be tailored to fit our way of life, products can be personalised, clothes can be imported, the latest gadgets are all compatible- and then there's politics. Super formal language and excessively long speeches, fence sitting and sometimes going 100% against the general public's wishes. Exactly why would we pay attention to this when it has nothing going for it? I know I know, it's a horrible take on young people and politics… but it’s true.
Questions, comment, abuse? Send it this way by hitting the 'comment' button.
First up let's tackle that superficial yet oh so absorbing topic of fashion. At the moment the ‘it’ thing going 'round like a virus is colour, with the most potent stain known as 'fluro'. HOWEVER before this pandemic hit us we were suffering from bag dresses. What now? You know, the big mod looking things; they haven't much shape, hence making it look like you're wearing a bag. Look, look out your window, see that girl that looks like she's wearing a garbage bag inspired by the '60's? Excellent, you've seen a bag dress. They're everywhere, hell even I have one and I usually set trends. Clearly this is an example of us all being part of the heard, but that may not be the case for long. See, the bag dress has had sleeves, no sleeves, varied length sleeves, worn with a shirt underneath, worn with no shirt underneath. It has had pockets, no pockets, it has been basic colours and now, it is fluro in colour. What's going on here? Everyone's doing their own thing; the bag dress has been bastardised and now it's getting mixed up with the fluro of the '70's- or whenever the hell fluro was in.
So what is my highly sensational conclusion on who will be dictating the fashion of the future? No clue, I haven't got one.
After that in-depth look at our place in a fashion world, I think we need sneak peak into how our minds work as in, do we just believe what we're told or do we question everything and follow up on every conspiracy theory?
Um... while most of us are willing to listen to the idea that things aren't as they seem if there's a reasonable chunk of 'evidence' to support this, unless you have celebrities and politicians come election time backing this view, the general young public are kind of like 'yeah whatever'. See, if it isn’t directly affecting us right now in our daily lives visibly, it's not something we stress over. Besides, entertaining conspiracy theories means having greater knowledge of a subject that just what's on TV and most of us really can't be stuffed getting to deep into something that we already have a satisfactory explanation for. Certainly there are a minority who will, but also a majority who won't.
And so still on the topic of thinking, let's take a look at our political views.
Well, following on from our general take on current events, it's no surprise that not too many of us really do our homework in the political department. Yes, we see the ads and get the gist of what each political party wants to achieve if elected but not too many of us know the ins and outs of the proposed policies or even who our local Member of Parliament (MP) is. And why is this? Well, politics are kind of boring.
Everything else is glittery and can be tailored to fit our way of life, products can be personalised, clothes can be imported, the latest gadgets are all compatible- and then there's politics. Super formal language and excessively long speeches, fence sitting and sometimes going 100% against the general public's wishes. Exactly why would we pay attention to this when it has nothing going for it? I know I know, it's a horrible take on young people and politics… but it’s true.
Questions, comment, abuse? Send it this way by hitting the 'comment' button.
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