Style 101 (for every apolytoner)

[Al B. Sure!]

and timex...

don't trust rappers for fashion... they just take whatever is popular in the cities and put it in the mainstream about two years too late... but no, we never put band-aids on our faces though Nelly (not 50 cent) started that...

[Timexwatch]

I'm sorry, I'm confusing bullet proof vests with bandaids. 50 cent is a bullet magnet.

What is the deal with the damned bandaid, though? Not even the guys I know from NE DC can tell me.

[molly bloom]

Oh yes, Albert, I am so taking style tips from you.

The P.M. Dawn crew crossed with a football team with accessories from a fishing goods supply shop. Love those speckly trout fishing in America hats....

If I walked down Commercial Road looking remotely like that, I'd be laughed out of Australia.

Deservedly so.

[Al B. Sure!]

Dave:

And come on - not to make this a racial thing, but how many white people do you see dressed like that?

thats because most white people got no sense of how to dress even halfway normal... ****gy hair, non-matching dirty clothes... i honestly believe a jersey wearing guy would be seen a bit higher in an office than an unkempt white boy. if the former just proves he's not a thug, he'll get respect... and it aint a far step to him wearing a suit and tie... the stereotypical joe cracker nerd that i'm talking about is unkempt, wears non-matching clothes, etc. and only puts out the idea that he dont take care of himself. does an office want him?


thanks

[Caligastia]

Those whites from Philly must be rank...

[Timexwatch]

Any pictures of these stereotypical Joe Crackers? You have to have picked on someone during high school...

[Al B. Sure!]

Timex:

nobody knows what the hell Nelly was smoking when he made that up... it might just have to do with southern stupidity they're a little slow in St. Louis?

[Al B. Sure!]

i watched that star trek show on upn today... that show that came after it... jake 1.0 or something like that... what is with that boy and his lack of a comb? that same look is repeated in a million commercials, etc. add on some un-matching, dirty clothes and you got white boy nerd.

[Timexwatch]

If you owned a car, would you "Rice" it up?

[Alexander's Horse]

Re: Style 101 (for every apolytoner)

Originally posted by Albert Speer
now that i'm in college, for the first time i am seeing

Nothing like a first year undergrad

But my heartiest best wishes for your studies

[David Floyd]

thats because most white people got no sense of how to dress even halfway normal... ****gy hair, non-matching dirty clothes.

I never said that all white people dress well, especially college students. However, you're missing part of the picture. When I see a college student dressed like **** at 8 am, on his way to class, I know that he just woke up. Hell, I've been there. I'd rather get through my two or three classes for the day, get home by noon, take a nap, study, or whatever. I'm not worried about what I look like in class - hell, I pay to go there, not the other way around.

Now, when I go out, I'm certainly going to dress a lot nicer, and I don't know anyone who wouldn't do the same thing, no matter how they dress for class.

i honestly believe a jersey wearing guy would be seen a bit higher in an office than an unkempt white boy. if the former just proves he's not a thug, he'll get respect...

He won't get a chance to prove he isn't a thug, because any self-respecting employer will laugh the jersey-wearing guy right out of his office. Then he'll call in the dirty, unkempt white boy, and laugh him out of the office as well. Then he'll get to the guy - and it doesn't really matter what race he is - who is dressed nicely, wears a tie, etc., and guess who's first in line for the job?

the stereotypical joe cracker nerd that i'm talking about is unkempt, wears non-matching clothes, etc. and only puts out the idea that he dont take care of himself. does an office want him?

Probably just about as much as an office wants some stereotypical rapper-wannabe who doesn't use correct grammar and dresses like he just played basketball in the hood, right after knocking over a convenience store.

I'm not saying that dirty, unkempt white people are better than sloppily dressed black people. I'm saying that neither group will make a very good first impression, because no matter what everyone "back home" thinks, mainstream America disagrees with you.

[Al B. Sure!]

here's two of my mans who got a little cd together. i'm about to hit up the studio with them and a couple others to get our asses some record deals... their faces look crackheaded-like in that picture but other than that... fairly normal dress

[Boris Godunov]

Originally posted by Albert Speer
Dave:



thats because most white people got no sense of how to dress even halfway normal... ****gy hair, non-matching dirty clothes... i honestly believe a jersey wearing guy would be seen a bit higher in an office than an unkempt white boy. if the former just proves he's not a thug, he'll get respect... and it aint a far step to him wearing a suit and tie... the stereotypical joe cracker nerd that i'm talking about is unkempt, wears non-matching clothes, etc. and only puts out the idea that he dont take care of himself. does an office want him?


thanks

You don't have a remote clue as to what you're talking about. Step outside of the projects and come see corporate america. You won't find anyone dressed as ludicrously as those folks on the bench.

That gear is fine for bumming around and maybe playing some sports, but it is sloppy-looking and unprofessional. They might let people dressed like that work in the mail room, so long as they could be certain they would never be seen by any clients!

[Caligastia]

White does show up the dirt though. Us white folks gotta scrub 5 times a day just to look decent!

[monolith94]

Is it just me, or does it seem like Speer has taken to swearing more in his posts?