It’s no longer enough to only just subscribe to one social tribe in today’s modern world.
Being Emo and only Emo just does not cut it anymore.
“Is being a candy raver all that you are? Really? Are interested in any other music besides happy hardcore?”
Gone are the days where you could sit comfortably in one and only one social scene. It’s not cool anymore just to be pigeon-holed into one group; one must be associated with multiple groups to be seen as cool.
Call this the rise of the hipster Slashie! Defined as someone subscribing to multiple groups and having multiple interests. Hot Right Now: Multiplicity!
A few examples for those who don’t quite get what I mean yet:
Johnny works in media/is a pseudo photographer/likes to hang out at small bar Shady Pines/feels like a traitor when he hangs out at Ching-a-lings/is a superstar Dj at the coolest seedy club in Sydney/likes to make his own music in his spare time/writes a blog about his nuts
Danielle works at General Pants during the day/makes her own jewellery and sell it at Fringe Bar markets along with her various second hand clothing items she no longer wants/hangs out at Pocket bar and likes the crapes there/is a not a part time model/likes to run underground parties in empty mosques
In order to have any social currency these days, kids today will go to great lengths and do multiple things to not appear one dimensional. Kinda like the jack of all trades, master of none notion.
Frankly – we don’t mind this new direction that the youth of today are heading in. It kind of gets boring listening to a person harp on about being Emo and how they slash themselves to feel anything because they’re depressed. Hot right now: Being Happy!
Be a slashie, not take one at your wrists. Go on, put the knife down. :)
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