worst fad of the 21st century so far. it's steampunk, right?

sounds like it's gone from a DIY/direct peer patronage even to an event-based patronage/sponsorship thing

ppl hate when that happens, both seem fine to me

There seems to be an assumption somewhere in this thread that middle class and wealthy are the same thing? Which is bizarre.

"wealthy" means anyone with more money than you iirc

burning man started like 30 years ago

reaction gifs

reaction videos

we totally forgot about flash mobs.

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Y_YcDmv5gIY/maxresdefault.jpg

Property shows

amen. making celebrities out of realtors one of the most ominous of fads...

Flash mobs are the worst 21st century fad, yes. Do they still happen? I've never seen one in person.

burners suck

buying a house

https://derpicdn.net/img/2013/2/5/234294/large.jpeg

real name no gimmicks

so that's what eric wareheim's been up to lately

mh - upthread I was just otm' chaki's "burning man is also something you need to be wealthy to do" claim. That didn't used to be true, pre-2000 or so. I think it is def true now. that is all.

I'm on a plane right now and an hour ago I was sitting next to a super posh older british woman who mentioned she spent half the year in santa barbara and half the year in london

she was going to burning man

Datum older women

was she wearing goggles

utilikilt or it didn't happen

http://i.imgur.com/WFnqCqD.png

Oh for fuck's sake Cuyahoga Scenic RR at least do a 1930s and 40s themed event if you're going to pull these gimps around behind a USRA Heavy Mikado. More than anything else, think about how it's going to feel.

How an ordinary New Zealand town became steampunk capital of the world

Two Steampunk proposals caught on camera at vibrant Lincoln festival

I don't think I realised that this stuff was so popular?

Jon decided to propose during “chap-hop” rapper Professor Elementary’s performance at The Engine Shed, Friday night and luckily a fellow steampunk was armed with a camera to film the moment.

best of luck to these ppl and everything, but steampunk + ostentatiously public proposals + whatever the fuck “chap-hop” is - surely a combination of three of the most awful things in the world

https://www.facebook.com/BlackRockHelicopters/

xp (just guessing wrt chap-hop which I've never heard of before, but it can't be good, right?)

Americans rapping in the voice they perceive British people speak in

Communal seating is still the worst.

not a fan of NYC Chinese restaurants?

luckily a fellow steampunk was armed with a camera

do you actually call someone involved in this stuff "a steampunk", or is this just the Lincolnite being out of touch? do ppl actually say "I am a steampunk" rather than just "I'm into steampunk" or whatever?

steampi

good god, every paragraph of this wikipedia article is somehow worse than the last

Chap hop is music originating from England that mixes the hip hop genre with elements from the Chappist or steampunk subcultures and stereotypical English obsessions such as cricket, tea and the weather.[1]

Two leading exponents of the genre are Professor Elemental and Mr. B The Gentleman Rhymer, other names include Poplock Holmes & DJ WattsOn.[2][3]

In 2011, Sir Reginald Pikedevant, Esquire, inspired by Regretsy's "Not Remotely Steampunk" section,[4] posted "Just Glue Some Gears On It (and call it Steampunk)" on YouTube, which quickly went viral and has generated over 800,000 views to date. It was named one of the top ten steampunk songs [5] and was acclaimed by steampunk notables.[4]

In March 2013, UK Education Secretary Michael Gove said he was "strangely addicted to 'chap hop' rappers."[6] Mr. B noted the irony of this, since his music often pokes at members the establishment, commenting, "As a non-Etonian and thus an outcast within the cabinet, this is perhaps a little snook cocked at his colleagues."[7]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chap_hop

Chap hop is worst fad of the 21st century so far, lock thread

I am a post-punk.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iRTB-FTMdk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiRPBCiJg2c

but it seems to be just those two guys though...

having done some research I think the most upsetting thing is the number of articles about Chap hop that invoke Vivian Stanshall

I refuse to believe chap-hop has more than a dozen fans and is not a fad

oh man... Electronic swing... The horror. thanks Emil.y

"I refuse to believe chap-hop has more than a dozen fans and is not a fad"

2,772,857 views for that fighting trousers video.

brb crying

nerdcore also deserves a mention (as well as that Epic Rap Battles shit)

has anyone been to an escape room game? i just heard about them. seems pretty harmless..
http://www.newsweek.com/2015/05/01/art-escape-room-323150.html

lol they're huge around here, as I live near tourist central of Orlando. my brother used to work in one as one of his 3,000 jobs.

haven't been in one, have been told they "get old fast"

the escape room thing seems like a twist on the old dinner and a murder mystery thing that was a thing once upon a time. and which still exist as far as i know.

and now that i google there are apparently still a million of them...

https://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/01/76/db/ab/but-beware-in-this-show.jpg

those are also popular here - Sleuth's is the big one, but there's also Capone's

I noted someone on a FB comment thread (friend of a friend) state that he went to one of those with his then long term gf.

They broke up 2 days later.

she escaped

loooooooool

horrified @ "chap-hop", good god I wanna crawl under a rock and cover my ears for all eternity

Thread swiftly turning me into Dr. Morbius as regards what inconsequential shit you folks get wound up about.

I have actually seen Mr B in the flesh - his previous band Collapsed Lung played a gig with Bis recently. They were not really my thing, but definitely made more hilarious by Jim Burke (Mr B) still wearing his moustache - as it's a non-removable requirement of his day job.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cz-XiweyDVs