nnnooooooooooo
― But not someone who should be dead anyway (Laurel), Thursday, 28 May 2009 17:35 (fifteen years ago) link
The hipster bandanna and the green waist/fanny-pack take it from mostly lol to kinda sad.
― But not someone who should be dead anyway (Laurel), Thursday, 28 May 2009 17:36 (fifteen years ago) link
A friend in response to the hug story:
"So this is what happens as the New York Times dies? The travel budget doesn't allow them to go and cover real stories, so the farthest they can go is Montvale, NJ?"
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 28 May 2009 17:38 (fifteen years ago) link
by 'know' i mean that she is an 'active member of the chicago cycling community, so we've maybe met'
― i like to fart and i am crazy (gbx), Thursday, 28 May 2009 17:42 (fifteen years ago) link
i like the existence of this article. i've been noticing something with regard to hugs -- i generally like them a lot but i'm also a fan of knowing when you just don't have to.
― Surmounter, Thursday, 28 May 2009 17:43 (fifteen years ago) link
Ha, this article totally made my morning, actually. My favorite bit is the mother's complaint:
“I hug people I’m close to. But now you’re hugging people you don’t even know. Hugging used to mean something.”
HUGGING USED TO MEAN SOMETHING
― nabisco, Thursday, 28 May 2009 17:45 (fifteen years ago) link
Yah gbx, I was hoping you meant "biblically", but it seemed unlikely, so...
― But not someone who should be dead anyway (Laurel), Thursday, 28 May 2009 17:46 (fifteen years ago) link
xp lol straight out of the "society is in the gutter" thread
― Is because I think a lot of the music you like is flowery? (call all destroyer), Thursday, 28 May 2009 17:46 (fifteen years ago) link
WHEN I WAS YOUNG HUGGING WAS A SPECIAL, PRIVATE THING YOU DID WITH YOUR HUSBAND OR GRANDPARENTS
WHY BUY THE COW WHEN YOU CAN HUG IT FOR FREE
― nabisco, Thursday, 28 May 2009 17:46 (fifteen years ago) link
lol too good
― Surmounter, Thursday, 28 May 2009 17:47 (fifteen years ago) link
http://rlv.zcache.com/cow_hugger_customized_tshirt-p235980188855609446ncgq_210.jpg
― Chaki Demus & Pliers (ENBB), Thursday, 28 May 2009 17:49 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah, def not laurel, as the lady in question is actually trans-gendered iirc
― i like to fart and i am crazy (gbx), Thursday, 28 May 2009 17:49 (fifteen years ago) link
> “Bromance,” which is now a widely used term for affection between straight male friends.
Easily as widely used as "man-date"!
― Subtlest Fart Joke (Oilyrags), Thursday, 28 May 2009 17:56 (fifteen years ago) link
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― would you ask tom petty that? (tipsy mothra), Thursday, 28 May 2009 18:07 (fifteen years ago) link
poll
― pimpagon (Curt1s Stephens), Thursday, 28 May 2009 18:08 (fifteen years ago) link
#4 was actually kind of good. It trailed off when the auth had to decide what point he was making, but it didn't suck.
― But not someone who should be dead anyway (Laurel), Thursday, 28 May 2009 18:22 (fifteen years ago) link
I thought the internet was going to put an end to human contact
― bnw, Thursday, 28 May 2009 18:40 (fifteen years ago) link
actually thought this article was interesting. I grew up in jersey, where eye contact with strangers was considered verboten and acquaintances who wanted to hug you were to be eyed with deep distrust and suspicion. the point made about the virtual world causing an unusual overcompensation in the physical world is an interesting one, as is the point about parental overprotection and playgroups encouraging trust among youth. interesting enough that I wish there were more exploration of the implications than the standard "kids say no big d, parents freaked", and maybe some examples from somewhere else besides montclair and manhattan (nyt travel budget haw).
glad you guys are wringing lols out of it tho
― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Thursday, 28 May 2009 18:42 (fifteen years ago) link
edward you sound kinda bummed about this, maybe you need a hug
― dulce est desipere in loco (Euler), Thursday, 28 May 2009 18:44 (fifteen years ago) link
touch me and I'll shiv you
― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Thursday, 28 May 2009 18:45 (fifteen years ago) link
Hugging - the new "electronica"
― the next grozart, Thursday, 28 May 2009 18:47 (fifteen years ago) link
thinking about my own social circle, I hang with people ranging from early 20s to early 40s and I have to say hugging is much more predominant among those on the younger end
― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Thursday, 28 May 2009 18:49 (fifteen years ago) link
also more predominant among the drunks
So that's everyone then.
― But not someone who should be dead anyway (Laurel), Thursday, 28 May 2009 18:50 (fifteen years ago) link
drunks with hugs
― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Thursday, 28 May 2009 18:50 (fifteen years ago) link
I mean everyone I know.
While social mores may shift rapidly in our modern "hookup culture," etiquette dictates that hugging is the preferred method of greeting at a "rainbow party"
― nabisco, Thursday, 28 May 2009 18:51 (fifteen years ago) link
At a more formal "pharm party," however, you should simply introduce yourself via text
actually laurel I classify my friends as the drinkies, the drinkers, and the drunks
― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Thursday, 28 May 2009 18:51 (fifteen years ago) link
drunks are a very special and rarefied breed
― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Thursday, 28 May 2009 18:53 (fifteen years ago) link
tbh i find it genuinely disturbing that ANYBODY is getting worked up about hugging
― Vokuhila (latebloomer), Thursday, 28 May 2009 18:55 (fifteen years ago) link
what if yr having a particularly intense hug w/someone you kinda "like"
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 28 May 2009 19:03 (fifteen years ago) link
then they can usually tell, if you're a dude
― s1ocki, Thursday, 28 May 2009 19:04 (fifteen years ago) link
(boner)
this is why dudes never hugged in jersey
― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Thursday, 28 May 2009 19:06 (fifteen years ago) link
hug-n-tug
― Obama seems to have the views of a 21-year-old Hispanic girl (HI DERE), Thursday, 28 May 2009 19:07 (fifteen years ago) link
lb I find it disturbing that you are disturbed
― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Thursday, 28 May 2009 19:07 (fifteen years ago) link
- teenage hugidemic - give me some space plz
― Lamp, Thursday, 28 May 2009 19:08 (fifteen years ago) link
haha yeah, the first thing in my head when reading this story was that there are surely
(a) a group of popular kids whose hugging is most noticed by staff/adults,(b) a second tier of less-popular kids whose hugging rarely overlaps with the popular huggers, and(c) a bunch of kids who NEVER GET HUGGED BY ANYONE
― nabisco, Thursday, 28 May 2009 19:16 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.cnn.com/US/9802/13/hugging.ban/
^1998
― bnw, Thursday, 28 May 2009 19:17 (fifteen years ago) link
a good reporter would have pulled a quote from that last group, because I would find it super-informative as a reader to see a news story containing genuine teenage sneering about this issue, and in general about who thinks they're so cool with their stupid hugging but really they're just dumb jerks
― nabisco, Thursday, 28 May 2009 19:19 (fifteen years ago) link
aw
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 28 May 2009 19:20 (fifteen years ago) link
: /
― gangsta hug (omar little), Thursday, 28 May 2009 19:21 (fifteen years ago) link
maybe you need a hug
― dulce est desipere in loco (Euler), Thursday, May 28, 2009 6:44 PM (37 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
― jesus (Tape Store), Thursday, 28 May 2009 19:22 (fifteen years ago) link
they are all on e
― cool app (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Thursday, 28 May 2009 19:24 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.mystcommunity.com/board/style_emoticons/b/hug.gif
― gangsta hug (omar little), Thursday, 28 May 2009 19:25 (fifteen years ago) link
― cool app (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Thursday, May 28, 2009 3:24 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
this happened to me in hs
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 28 May 2009 19:26 (fifteen years ago) link
hug ep-E-demic
― Lamp, Thursday, 28 May 2009 19:27 (fifteen years ago) link
someone please update the nyt via comment
― cool app (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Thursday, 28 May 2009 19:27 (fifteen years ago) link
If my junior high students represent the next shock troops of the hug-a-bunch offensive, then it will peter out. btw, let's hope there is never a peter-out offensive.
― Aimless, Thursday, 28 May 2009 19:30 (fifteen years ago) link