divineguitar

doing a lot of shopping lately, coupled with seeing a lot of hipsters makes me think about two books that i find humorous and entertaining, ‘the mystery method’, and ‘the game’, both about the ‘pickup artist.’

one term present in the books is ‘peacocking’, which means you’re supposed to wear outlandish things and the chicks will love it.  it suggests that girls who want to be the groupie need a rock star.

it made me think about goths, nerds, hipsters, business professionals and casuals, and think, which constituency are you trying to fit in with and why, and is there a way to be agnostic to this behavior.

i’m sitting in Halcyon downtown Austin today, and a dude comes in with what I would consider an outlandish ‘track and field’ sort of outfit – short hip hugging shorts, socks jacked up, headband, and of course the dreaded beard.  it makes me think, what sort of ‘peacocking’ goes on in these metropolitan / hip cities, and who follows these schemes…there has to be a captive audience otherwise so many people wouldn’t do it.

its interesting what’s happening to ‘traditional’ these day, does it stand a chance in places in seas of cool, should it stand a chance, or when the guy next to you is wearing a headband too, how unique are you?