Just an observation

While waiting for an appointment this morning, along with many others in this great city of Miami, I am surrounded by 40-50 something year old balding men wearing "affliction"esqe shirts and metal studded jeans with cross patchings on the backside pockets, along with expensive Nike shoes. Attire-wise, you would think they were not a day over twenty two. When did dressing like a total douche bag become fashionable?

We get the whole too cool for school/wannabe rocker/womanizer look may be appetizing to those hoping to get laid by underage girls whose only goal in life is to fall in love with an "asshole" who is "not really" an asshole while getting wasted on the dance floor with the fake-ID brigade, but these men are way past their prime. Whatever happened to slacks and a nice dress shirt? If they wish to dress young, they should head on over to Hollister or Lacoste and start wearing those polos that are too tight for their manly beer belly along with regular jeans,

 so at least if you wish to dress un-age appropriate you will look like you actually give a shit about the woman you are trying to pick up.

And that goes for you youngters too!

Why would you want to dress like male wongas (white chongas)

Sidebar:

For those of you who do not live in probably the most hispanic populated city in the United States, a chongas are ghetto dressing/acting hispanics. Traits: Huge gold hoop earrings with their name written in the center, wearing lipliner with no lipstick, putting baby oil in their hair to slick it up, slicking their hair back so tight it looks like you could slide right off of it, getting into fights, talking loud, giving attitude, etc.

Christian Audigier, creator of Ed Hardy, you've ruined the rest of mankind for at least the next couple of years. Now every average Joe who may be a good hearted individual only hoping to be accepted by society -- and by society I mostly mean women, have been tricked into wearing the clothing of the average asshole, disguising himself amongst the many bafoons whom already walk this earth. How are we supposed to tell the difference now?

But the same thing happens every so often, like the baggy-I-have-stolen-property-hidden-in-my-jeans look, with the oh, so attractive oversized I-used-to-be-a-giant-but-shrunk look. The dominant trend back then was hoodlum, now it's prick. I guess looking bad is always good, and being unfashionable is well... fashionable. I shiver to think of how these trends are started. But I will! This is the scenario portrayed in my head:

Some D-list out of work seamstress on their way to a job interview passes by a street vendor selling homemade clothing, 2 for 5 dollars is what the sign says. He sees the massive amount of underprivileged people eating up the creations of a mere bedazzler. A candle is lit above their head. Trash for the lavish. Brilliant! The executives would never know what hit them. They have never seen it before, I am young, they will probably think me hip and ahead of the times! The sad thing is, they do. It was a concept that probably existed years before by those who did not really have a lot of money to spend. Brand names have been the crux of the poor for ages. Baby Phat, Affliction, Eco Red, Sean John, etc. And so low quality clothing steals the cash of those who have none by turning cheap into couture. Manufacturing a vision that was never truly theirs. But clothing is only a side-affect of what is truly taking place. Mimicry. 

Society is a product of mimicry. We all are quick to say we are "unique." However, that much is rarely ever true. You know that one of a kind T-shirt you just couldn't resist to purchase because of how much it would be expressing your individuality? Yes, that one. If we look back, we most surely would find that it was not the sole version in existence. In fact there are plenty of racks in stores all across the country that have the exact same item in the same size and color you have just acquired. But we do not stop to think of that, no. We wish we were all special. Though it may be true that many of us are. Just do not be so quick to put yourself in the same category. There are stereotypes for a reason.

Everyday, millions of people watch the same TV show, purchase the same food, are part of the same political party and own the same decorations you have in your very own house. If this was not true, no one would make any money. It is sad to say, we are the contrivance of our environment. Either from the things we watch or read, or how we were raised, our thoughts are rarely ever our own. 

It is like the proverbial chicken and the egg..which comes first? Where did our thoughts, ideas and concept first originate? Are we truly separate entities, or are we all just the makeup of random factors thrown in our direction?

I believe many of us have lived the same basic lives. Have the same basic likes and dislikes. But most of all, have had the same information thrown at us during the same points in our lives. The public school system is the creator of this consequence. Growing up children are told to not ask questions, only to accept what they are fed. It is not needed to know or understand the reasoning behind something, only to know what is the final result. This begets laziness, and mass cultivism. There is a reason the word "cult" is in culture. It is because we all follow the shiny lighted path that others put before us as if we were flies. The only solution to this is to educate yourself. In statistical terms, consider the following sets three sets:

Set A: {4, 7, 2, 5, 1, 0, 2, 4, 3}

Set B: {2, 4, 1, 5, 3, 7, 0, 4, 7}

Set C: {1, 2, 7, 3, 4, 4, 0, 5, 2}

Although the numbers in these sets may be random

may be random and in different order for each one, the numbers in each set are the same. And thusl

y, will have the same mean, the same standard deviation and have the same probability on the sa

me point of each curve. In order to change this you must change the number of items, and input different

numbers into each set. Therefore, changing the output. i.e. The more information you input into our minds, the more likely each individual is to get a "unique" output.

 

Our parents raise us with certain values and imbed us with specific ideals, which we either accept or reject. A good lot of us, (especially the religious kind) follow face forward into the rhetoric we have been taught. They do not bother to read anything else, and violently reject any opposing literature, for the very fact they live in their own world. It is like Alice falling into wonderland, it is not real to them. Yet, just like Alice, when they simmer in wonderland (college) for a while, they begin to accept their surroundings. 

While taking general education classes they are taught by older, educated, opinionated individuals. For 12-16 weeks they are fed thoughts from someone they respect (usually), and eventually these thoughts sink in. 

Some point during this they realize, "Wow, there are other schools of ideas out there other than my own." Fascinated, they think they have finally been disillusioned, they can finally for themselves. But in reality, they have just found a new leader to follow. I am not saying what they have learned is wrong. No. My point is that no matter what you think or "know," have you ever stopped to ask yourself, are these the only facts? What do others think of the matter? 

And that is what I stress. Ask. There is always more than one side to the story. With all that is happening in the world, and all the hardships people face, we are so quick to judge others based on how they look or speak, or by their past. We have all experienced things. Your not living through what another has, does not mean it does not exist. Like I said before, people are the makeup of their environment. Think of people as tall twelve story buildings. Skyscrapers even. No one looks at a skyscraper and says "that is a bad building." No. We say, something is wrong with that building, or that it needs to be fixed. The same way we should treat our fellow human beings. Something -- some material used in their development, is what emanated the final product. Remember, there is a reason behind everything.