that thing white ppl do when they disparage 'white ppl'

that thread is literally 100% white men complaining about other white men

This thread is literally 100% white men complaining about that thread that is literally 100% white men complaining about other white men etc.

:)

worst white man disparaging the white men on the worst white man on the cover of the New Statesman's 'Great White Male' issue thread on the that thing white ppl do when they disparage "white ppl" thread

it's like these damn britishers just columbused the concept of "white ppl"

lols

in the interest of fairness & just to put the above exchange into context (at least as it pertains to me) I think I should note that mordy & I are fb friends & I was kinda assuming he was winding me up there re my ethnicity although it's more than possible he never twigged or legit forgot cause I act so darn white, & I don't really care either way (obv the point stands re other posters)

my original point was that even if everyone in that thread was a white man, finding it risible that the vast majority of contributors to that issue are straight white male and (crucially) terrible is not equivalent to going "ugh white ppl" like, in any way, at all. And if you actually read the thread we aren't* even talking about the things we were complaining about in the priv thread! We're discussing the individual terribleness of these 20 people.

*for the most part, not gonna say 100% like

posting that thread in this one just isn't the slam dunk you thought it was, sorry

that thing ilxors do when they disparage the ilx poster 'slam dunk'

Fucking act like it tho.

― everything, Saturday, October 11, 2014 5:41 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

Ban this poster btw

dagzine4 years ago

it's amazing how it takes something like jazz and totally flattens it into something that kids can understand as Hip without understanding Cool. Kind of White. bip.

Posting "ppl" instead of "people" is so white.

"my peeps" obviously

ppl is efficient.

lol efficient that's so white amirite

bismillah

https://twitter.com/weismanjake/status/553256490920730624

mash that trenchant insight

Comedian, Diva

Stuff White People Like: The Reheated Leftovers Edition

WHITE PEOPLE SURE LOVE THE WIRE

― sanskrit, Thursday, 27 March 2008 18:15 (6 years ago) Permalink

white people otm

it's like sixty hours, that's pretty fucking serious

where does this fall on the scale?

http://carles.buzz/the-contemporary-conformist/

on the on-point side

easy ass recipe

Oh if only we had Carles during disco

Also Read: Contemporary Conformity [Part 2]

Yeah, uh, you're alright, thanks

But valuable work pointing out that stock photo models in affluent settings aren't necessarily the righteous and revolutionary brothers and sisters I'd always assumed

That post seems relevant to craftsmanship, consumerism, virtue, privilege, and quality

btw:

I h8 people that don’t ‘get’ why contempconformism is different than just ‘whiteys’ being whiteys.

Well for one thing, is Carles white?

Also idk about elsewhere but in Brooklyn it is definitely not just white ppl who are contempconforming

Carles is Hispanic iirc

This mailbag response otm

There are some nuggets in there, but then maybe also describing some1 u h8.

conformism not just 4 the heads anymore it's gone mainstream

this is good i was worried i was running out of nebulously inclusive labels to affix to anyone i want to other for whatever silly reason

full disclosure - i am wearing j crew pants at my middle class job rn

To be clear, the mailbag answer seems on point as a response to the email, not as a description of contempo conform

Thought his post was otm

never actually read Carles until recently but this seems to be on point

to me it seems like this* (like most labeling) is just an insider/outsider thing
us/them
etc

it means little outside of that imo, like that is its main purpose and what it is communicating to me
the details don't matter

*is anyone else thinking of mall fashion mecca contempo casual?

whoops, casuals
apparently now it is wet seal http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wet_Seal

I am also heartily sick of that style but I'm not gonna start asking *hard questions* about why people choose it, some people just pick something that seems okay and go with it, not everyone is a heroic style adventurer.

so carles is like a millennial andy rooney right

I have to say, I recognize myself and my "lifestyle" in a lot of what Carles describes as "contemporary conformity." For that reason, it makes me cringe a little to read his posts, but it also seems sharply observed and well-considered and driven by curiosity, so I don't take it as an indictment of my tastes/values as much as an attempt to expose the social/cultural mechanisms behind them.

I didn't make it to the end of that. Writer can't do better than "Contemporary Conformist"? Pretty dopey name, highly questionable assumptions, like if you walk into a certain kind of store you have "conformed" to it and said YES to all of it, just as when I go buy my cheap functional cargo shorts at Wal-Mart I have obviously signed on to their whole life package.

CC's are causing brunch wait times to skyrocket.

some conformity is necessary in any society or social group, else it would fly apart from overwhelming mutual repellancy

I forgot to say, somebody who thinks croissants are exotic and some kind of rejection of American pastries....croissants peaked in America like a quarter century ago right? At this point do they have any resemblance to anything European, any more than pizza does?

can't believe a person thought some things omg so crucial

Idk if it's really an INDICTMENT of every single characteristic listed, I mean it's impossible not to have some of those unless you're a totally different age or group identification than you are, and/or truly live in the country or some other cultural enclave and never leave it. Or live off the grid or something. Who doesn't like pastry?? Or wooden furniture or whatever?! I guess it's an indictment of ppl for whom that whole article is a checklist or something. If they exist.

it's observational humor

Mmm, you put a title like "contemporary conformity" on it, suddenly whole levels of pretension added to what could just be a stylistic walk through Hipster Rogers Neighborhood.