1. xenophobic, posh British guy: YES I am from England, and YES I do unfortunately have somewhat of a 'refined' accent. but i'm not middle class, i don't look down on foreigners with disgust, and i don't sit around sipping tea and listening to Bach while reading Shakespeare!
2. camp homosexual: again, yes I am gay. Yes I'm kind of short, kind of slim, dress quite good and have been known to openly indulge my feminine side. I'm not camp though! I hate when people can't see the difference between 'slightly feminine' and 'camp'.
3. dumb-ass wrestling fan: I like wrestling, yes. I love it, in fact. But I am perfectly aware that it is a faked thing. I don't need slack dumb-asses reminding me "you know it's all fake right?" whenever I happen to mention I like it. I know it's fake, it doesn't stop me enjoying it, just like you knowing movies are fake but you still enjoy them.
4. stuck up, full-of-himself artist: This is one that really pisses me off. Just because I like to draw, and paint, and sculpt, and whatever else...this doesn't make me some snooty self-aggrandizing fuck who looks down on people for not going to galleries and stuff. Some people like art, some people don't. i'm not going to look down on you for not liking it. I don't much like it myself a lot of the time. Going to galleries to listen to or read about the ACTUAL self-aggrandizing fucks who dominate mainstream art is one activity that makes me want to hang myself. I don't care about 'deeper meanings' behind anything, I just like making stuff. It makes me feel good to create something, and if it turns out good, so much the better.
5. socially retarded gamer: I like to play video games, yes. It doesn't mean I use games as a distraction to utterly forsake physical interaction with other members of my species. I'm maybe not the most social person in the world, but I don't sit at home in a dark basement all day on Call of Duty, obsessing over 'pwning noobz'.
6. snooty brainiac: This one comes from the fact that I read books. Yes, I like to read. Sue me. I know in today's current culture that must seem like an insane thing to do, but I can't help it, I just enjoy reading. Leave me alone for it!
2. camp homosexual: again, yes I am gay. Yes I'm kind of short, kind of slim, dress quite good and have been known to openly indulge my feminine side. I'm not camp though! I hate when people can't see the difference between 'slightly feminine' and 'camp'.
3. dumb-ass wrestling fan: I like wrestling, yes. I love it, in fact. But I am perfectly aware that it is a faked thing. I don't need slack dumb-asses reminding me "you know it's all fake right?" whenever I happen to mention I like it. I know it's fake, it doesn't stop me enjoying it, just like you knowing movies are fake but you still enjoy them.
4. stuck up, full-of-himself artist: This is one that really pisses me off. Just because I like to draw, and paint, and sculpt, and whatever else...this doesn't make me some snooty self-aggrandizing fuck who looks down on people for not going to galleries and stuff. Some people like art, some people don't. i'm not going to look down on you for not liking it. I don't much like it myself a lot of the time. Going to galleries to listen to or read about the ACTUAL self-aggrandizing fucks who dominate mainstream art is one activity that makes me want to hang myself. I don't care about 'deeper meanings' behind anything, I just like making stuff. It makes me feel good to create something, and if it turns out good, so much the better.
5. socially retarded gamer: I like to play video games, yes. It doesn't mean I use games as a distraction to utterly forsake physical interaction with other members of my species. I'm maybe not the most social person in the world, but I don't sit at home in a dark basement all day on Call of Duty, obsessing over 'pwning noobz'.
6. snooty brainiac: This one comes from the fact that I read books. Yes, I like to read. Sue me. I know in today's current culture that must seem like an insane thing to do, but I can't help it, I just enjoy reading. Leave me alone for it!
