Most fashionable mushroom I’ve ever seen.
Give me the spikes, bangs, and ponytail headband all at once.
Pretty sure I fought this dude in Expedition 33
As a gay man, I think I can say this without it being controversial, kid looks like a {redacted}.
retard
Being gay is of no consequence.
Controversy? Fucking get over it ya snowflakes. Imagine being that precious
What is there to debate?
Does it look stupid or really stupid?
Yes.
Which haircut has rights for total control of the scalp 😂
Does the carpet match the curtains?
Why
Interior decor is important to some, many even place their furniture in specific, seemingly counterintuitive ways to maximize their good vibes and whatnot.
The carpet matching the drapes may accidentally introduce a null aura transdimensional timevoid (deSitter/De Broglie space adjacent) that the person you’re responding to may (or may not) wish to avoid.
I feel seen. Thank you.
My pleasure, friend!
Is this a modern feng shui?
He looks like a punk girl I once knew and for that reason, I don’t have an issue with this haircut. Yeah it’s kinda silly but bullying kids because they enjoy silly things is cruel.
Controversial haircuts?
Why does he look like he is shitting and crying at the same time?
I think it’s what they’re calling it “the Gen Z Stare.”
This isn’t really the gen Z stare, I’d describe that as a very neutral expression.
Honestly I don’t actually think the Gen Z stare has much to do with the internet or COVID either, as much as it’s just something that caught on among people in school. I think another large element is that Gen Z culturally a lot less judgemental of people who don’t mask autistic traits.
The general nodding and 'mmhmm’ing we do to affirm we’re paying attention is something that’s effectively a social contract, although useful. The flip side of the Gen Z stare that people don’t talk about is that Gen Z also don’t mind recieving the Gen Z stare, and can converse through it.
Thanks for the link that is really fascinating, though I also want to acknowledge that I feel almost crazy if this is a prevalent thing and I haven’t noticed?
I’d be kinda pleased if it were largely a rejection of performative positivity, one of the theories presented. I think we could all stand to be a bit more honest with each other about how things are going. Actually I think it’s probably necessary, if we’re ever going to meaningfully change.
I do worry about the ways the COVID pandemic (another theory) interrupted social development for an enormous number of kids, just huge. Though to be clear I was in favor of pretty strict, sweeping measures to limit spread, and don’t feel differently today.
I bristled a bit at first, on the mention of “quiet quitting” - AKA behaving perfectly rationally, given the available opportunities and treatment today, by my measure. But the (still Wikipedia) article it links to is a solid overview of a collective action tactic, so hell yeah.
e: can’t help but elaborate sometimes
Link is a Rick roll isn’t it?
Haha, I wish I had that kind of commitment to a bit.
He looked in the mirror
Just had his braces tightened.
He ate hot wings last night.
Because he knows.
Bro really said gimme the Spock up front and Clyde Cash in the back.
At some point kids want agency, and hair is an accessible “medium” Youths will always show “rebellion” with hairstyles and clothes.
I will even fake outrage so not to spoil the fun
I never considered that being outraged as an adult was actually half of that contract. Im gonna have to practise the old man fist shake
I’ve never seen a haircut that looks infected before.
The infected mushroom
nice
I like their music and i was completely devastated when i found out they are zionists. Just commenting so other people also know. Psytrance kinds developed as music for peace and a lot of artists, including one of the members of infected mushroom, have trauma from the israeli military.
lol, kids these days and their stupid tastes, amirite?
What blows my mind is when stupid shit like this comes back into vogue. I lived through so much cringe the first time, and I loathe doing it all over again.
Not that I’m the height of fashion or anything, myself. If not for my wife, I’d be wearing long white tube socks with my shorts.
I’m the opposite, I say bring on the stupid shit and do it often! Life’s short and looking kinda silly on purpose sometimes is fun. My most recent foray into such was a mustache large enough to be mocked by my daughter’s soccer teammates, first practice, basically on sight hahaha. Causing her to cry (and me to shave it, lol, but it was fun while it lasted, and I don’t intend to further traumatize her with sartorial silliness).
Maybe I’m just too high, but I’m a bit annoyed that her soccer teammates are such mean girls. Like, I know teenage girls are stupid mean, but that’s gotta be pretty tough for her to have such judgemental “friends”.
It all worked out, but I appreciate your defensiveness! It was a mixed group, 'twas the lads cracking jokes, and not even to her - she’s a sensitive one (which I love). The funniest part is the coach wore a silly (admittedly less silly) mustache the whole season, his son was one of the goobers cracking jokes, and everyone actually really got along great over the season.
On the other hand, the kinda stuff you’re describing does happen, and my kiddo has already had to extract herself from a friend group that was heading solidly in that direction. No bueno! Bad parenting by crappy people usually, in my experience.
Saw a 20-something at the local pub a couple years ago with the full on rat tail, stubbies, dark green tshirt and boonie 'stache and flashed back 40 years so fast i got whiplash
I’d be wearing long white tube socks with my shorts.
This is actually a trend now. Gen Z is about it, and judges the old heads for ankle sock
Whatever will they all think when I avoid both trends and wear no socks at all?
Probably that my feet stink, I guess.
Flip flop gang! I wear actual shoes maybe 10% of days
“No show” socks have been a thing for quite some time, so…?
I remember thinking “these fucking mulletted hicks” when we moved to missouri and I was a little kid, like 6… but had never seen a full on mullet IRL, then was suddenly surrounded by them all ages and not just the boys either.
To quote some standup I saw 20 years ago from a black woman about black ladies’ hair:
“Sooooo, I want it short but also long, with spikes up front aaaaand a spoiler from a Ford Fiesta.”
