Michaelshane
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I like to watch mad men because...."hell I was there"
Michaelshane said:I like to watch mad men because...."hell I was there"
Neophyte said:Hats will come back, guys. Remember, though, that we're talking about THE FUTURE!
So, move out of the way baseball caps, fedoras, bucket hats, trilbys, beanies and all you others, make way for the energy dome:
Richard Warren said:It does sometimes seem that I am trapped in a world where nothing new gets created culturally while the past gets endless mined, digested, and regurgitated.
Neophyte said:Hats will come back, guys. Remember, though, that we're talking about THE FUTURE!
So, move out of the way baseball caps, fedoras, bucket hats, trilbys, beanies and all you others, make way for the energy dome:
Mario said:Are we're not men? We are Devo!
Fedoration said:I am a man. And depending on whom you ask I am a bit mad, so I guess I am already a mad man. So what if I like Fedora's? Fortunately style and fashion aren't the same thing.
A yuppie douchebag, altho such a term was unknown in 1964.Undertow said:I'm not trying to be clever, or sarcastic...
...but who's Don Draper?
Fletch said:A yuppie douchebag, altho such a term was unknown in 1964.
Was there an equivalent epithet then? Or were such people pretty much revered as sophisticates and tastemakers?
I am sure the beatnicks had a term for it.Fletch said:Was there an equivalent epithet then? Or were such people pretty much revered as sophisticates and tastemakers?
theinterchange said:The things I've heard/read about Don Draper, I'd say you summed it up pretty well. Why anyone would want to be like him is beyond me.
Randy
Fletch said:A yuppie douchebag, altho such a term was unknown in 1964.
Was there an equivalent epithet then? Or were such people pretty much revered as sophisticates and tastemakers?
Undertow said:To echo theinterchange, I'm not sure why anyone would want to emulate someone like that. And I don't think people are so stupid that they couldn't see a character that acts like an ass is, afterall, just an ass. [huh]
I guess some folks just want to be dressed well and have enough money to support their burgeoning drinking/womanizing habits. Perhaps that is the "new wave" of suit-dressing men?
God, I hope not.