Retro-extremists? What are we called?

[Marc Chevalier]

Oh no someone will look down upon us...... lol http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?t=10929

Post of the day! No, the week! :eusa_clap


The term "anachronist" is hereby back in the running.


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[jamespowers]

Oh no someone will look down upon us...... lol http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?t=10929

Half the time when someone posts here they are looked upon in judgment and then corrected....

The dumbest comments are easily corrected. I do it all the time.

 

[Gingerella72]

That's a good idea -- we need to, as they say, work on our brand. Occasionally I get asked questions that go beyond the "what do you call that outfit you're wearing" type of question (and to which my answer is always "Clothes.") The simplest shorthand explanation I can give is something like "I'm a twentieth century person stuck in a twenty-first century world," or if the person asking is an obvious techie type, "I'm an analog person trapped in a digital world."

If I recall, Miss Joeri, who I wish was around here more than she is, had a great term -- and I can't for the life of me remember it.

On another forum I used to frequent, I had this as my signature:

"I'm a PBS person living in a MTV world"

Can't wait to read the manifesto, hehehe

 

[Carlisle Blues]

The dumbest comments are easily corrected. I do it all the time.

...and those comments are usually from these two fashion plates>>>>>

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[Matt Deckard]

I think I'm a bit of a past-a-holic.

 

[Flat Foot Floey]

No offence... but I don't think I need a special term for "our" subculture[huh]

Somebody mentioned it reminds him of being "punk enough" lol
I may add that it always ends like this when a group wants to stand out agains "the others".
Like "hail true metal- death to false metal" or "only the meteors are pure psychobilly"
Subcultures seem to be a teen-peergroup thing.
Terms like living historians for one kind and vintage freaks for the others are close enough in my opinion.[huh]

 

[Lokar]

Are we worried about whether other people will look down on us? Heck no!


Furthermore, we're looked down upon already: http://www.styleforum.net/showpost.php?p=1242398&postcount=30


And scroll down to post #5 in this link: http://forums.filmnoirbuff.com/viewtopic.php?id=6217

Good Lord. I never understood why people act like that on the internet. I sincerely hope they don't act like that in "real life", as it were.

 

[Marc Chevalier]

.... or "only the meteors are pure psychobilly" ...

or "old school '80s necrobilly is billier than psychobilly"...


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[jamespowers]

...and those comments are usually from these two fashion plates>>>>>

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Those two on the cover of GQ? That figures. Decades ago, you would look at that magazine for fashion tips etc. Now you look at it for comic relief.

 

[jamespowers]

Good Lord. I never understood why people act like that on the internet. I sincerely hope they don't act like that in "real life", as it were.

I am sure they probably do. That is why we have The Dumbest Comment I Ever Heard thread.

 

[Lokar]

I am sure they probably do. That is why we have The Dumbest Comment I Ever Heard thread.

That's both a good, and horrifying, point.

 

[jamespowers]

That's both a good, and horrifying, point.

lol I am not saying everyone is like them. Its just that they have the need to validate themselves by attacking us. Morons come in all stripes and need to be taken down a peg or two once in a while.

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Those two on the cover of GQ? That figures. Decades ago, you would look at that magazine for fashion tips etc. Now you look at it for comic relief.

I'll always prefer this one:

Because it represents this guy:

Who is not-so-loosely based on this brilliant guy:

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[Chas]

Here's a big "NO" to "anachronist" and here's why: there is a formal reenactment group called The Society for Creative Anachronism and they are generally looked down upon by so-called real reenactors. They started out as a LARPing party hosted by some UC Berkley professors. Calling anything an anachronist or anachronism automatically calls the SCA to mind.

That doesn't mean that the SCA "owns" the word anachronism, which is sort of what you are suggesting.

It's clearly up to each of "us" to define what "this" lifestyle means to one's own self. The only time that a label, categorization or term is at all helpful is when one is interacting with the mainstream; i.e. you're having a Gatsby picnic in the park and you are approached by someone who asks: "who are you people?"

 

[anon`]

That doesn't mean that the SCA "owns" the word anachronism, which is sort of what you are suggesting.

Exactly. For the record, I first heard, and later learned the meaning of anachronism through the SCA, and it is far from the first thing into my mind when I hear the word.

As for the potential of being looked down upon, well... I think we can put that one to bed now!

 

[Senator Jack]

Somebody mentioned it reminds him of being "punk enough" lol

That would be your humble narrator.

Subcultures seem to be a teen-peergroup thing.

That I'm not so sure of. The main reason for our getting all those "Dumb Comments' is that the great unwashed doesn't have a label for us. Would you rather field the continual 'Why are you dressed like a detective/gangster/Inspector Gadget' questions or something easy like 'Are you an Atavist?' (Or whatever the term ultimately is.)

Let's face facts, me little droogies, we're a subculture without a reality series. Put a name on it, and we get one.

Regards,

Jack

 

[Senator Jack]

The only time that a label, categorization or term is at all helpful is when one is interacting with the mainstream; i.e. you're having a Gatsby picnic in the park and you are approached by someone who asks: "who are you people?"

Ah, you beat me to it.

 

[jamespowers]

I'll always prefer this one:

Because it represents this guy:

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Esquire has been the better magazine for quite some time. I used to be a subscriber.

 

[jamespowers]

That would be your humble narrator.



That I'm not so sure of. The main reason for our getting all those "Dumb Comments' is that the great unwashed doesn't have a label for us. Would you rather field the continual 'Why are you dressed like a detective/gangster/Inspector Gadget' questions or something easy like 'Are you an Atavist?' (Or whatever the term ultimately is.)

Let's face facts, me little droogies, we're a subculture without a reality series. Put a name on it, and we get one.

Regards,

Jack

A reality series?! I can see it now:
The Vintage Livin' on CBS.
I could live with atavist as long as we don't move it over to atavism and call it disease.

 

[Marc Chevalier]

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There's already been a TV series about us, though it was hardly 'reality':



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