The Latest TREND.

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vandenal
....xsnipx.... I've noticed a trend that a lot more Canadians care about US Politics than I was aware of before, when the US probably never thinks about our politics.
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I'm not so much interested in politics as a 'Canadian', but do give World Politics its 15 mins; I've found the politics in other countries eventually effects all.
Quite savvy of you to be aware of Ryan for so long; what's the expiry date on those crackers? :)

Went 'School Shopping' yesterday, and yes, 'Jansport' backpacks were being looked for, :lol: - all sold out, so my son had to settle for Kodiak. Not too trendy, seems-like, but hopefully homework will be the priority!

Have you heard of 'Eastwooding'?
That's talking to an empty chair.
 
Say this to a teenager and enjoy the clueless look on their face..

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If you were a Denali jacket on any adventure you're gonna have a bad time. Arc'teryx stuff is were it's at.
 
GranTurismo916
This is what it's like:

Example Sentence (actual English) - I'm going to go to the store and ask my friend what he would like too.
Example Sentence (Txtspeek) - Im goin 2 go 2 da stor n ask ma fraaand wht he wold lyk 2.

Can you even read that???!!!
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No. Because you wrote way too much :lol: Let me correct it :D
"Im go store n axe mi freind wut want."
 
Nobody will give two poos about your clothing ten years form now, and you won't either, because 99% of our apparel won't last that long. Either way, people look back at old photos of themselves and wonder...why did I wear that? Or no notice at all is taken of such things, because it wasn't unusual. Where you bought it and how much you spent on them is forgotten nonsense, and the exact label of clothing worn by individuals is typically about the most transient and least important thing that matters worth a darn in this world. You can't go around naked in this world, but $100 shirts don't last any longer than $10 ones. And with cheaper stuff, I don't have to be a hard-working billboard.

Wearwhatchalike.

Azuremen
I believe it comes from people wanting others to know their hat is fresh and new, and kind of turned into fashion from there.
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It's like leaving the Monroney sticker on your car for a few days.
 
I believe it's spelled... Maroney :)

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Pupik
You can't go around naked in this world, but $100 shirts don't last any longer than $10 ones.
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Actually, they do. Well, not so much that exact price difference, but there is an amount of you get what you pay for with clothes. Cheaper shirts tend to have inferior stitching and end up coming apart faster. Though this tends to apply more to button ups and dress shirts; t-shirts are almost all the same, minus the blend of cotton and polyester typically used.

As for brands themselves, they don't matter nearly as much as dressing well. And from what I've seen, most of the posters on GTP really don't care much about how they dress or look. Seem almost proud of that fact in some cases even, as if it makes them better than people that do care. :odd:
 
I would agree that for clothing for the use of extreme conditions, yes... you generally get what you pay for, but most clothing I've ever owned from "fashionable" (or questionable?) to boring/utilitarian hasn't had any correlation between price and longevity.

Shoes tend to be notable outliers...sort of. I have tended to regret cheap shoe purchases, but somewhere around $30-40 seems to buy a high enough quality, performance, and comfort by which spending more money rarely yields anything more satisfaction.

Well, to me at least. Can't speak for everyone.

BJBEOSmitty
I believe it's spelled... Maroney :)
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Believe what you want. Or axe anyone else...
 
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You almost always get what you pay for with clothes. I've had dress shirts I've bought for $25 and they wore out in about 6 months or less, but my stuff from Jos. A Banks, Brooks Brothers, etc. that were $80 or more have lasted 2 years of pretty regular use. Pants are the same way.

And $40 for quality shoes? I don't think I've ever payed less than $120 for shoes I wear to work (ok maybe my scrub shoes) and even my everyday kicks are typically $60-$75. Even the pair of Nike's I bought for $150 back in 2007 are still a daily worn shoe for me and they are still fine. My hiking shoes and boots are even more, my boots were $275 but will probably last me years and years of hard use.

I'm not all about the label of my clothes but if they are going to be quality products I have no problem spending some money on them. I have no idea what brand my suits are but I know the cheapest one was $500 and I've had that one since 2005 with only minor adjustments.
 
YOLO? Nike SB Blazer ballin shoes? Snapbacks? Jansport backpacks? Oh I know hypebeast kids?
 
I quite like Jansport bags, although for a different reason :sly:

At my school, there's this 'fad' called 'burrito-ing.' Essentially, you tip everything out of someone's bag, turn the bag inside out and then put everything back in. Everyone at my school has Jansports. And they're really easy to 'burrito'
 
I didn't meant to bash on jansport backpacks. Sorry lol
I just wanted to mention it for laughs.

I actually like the two-zipper jansport backpacks myself. :)
 
I've been accused often of following the 'Superdry' trend by a lot of people in my year (generally the popular's looking for any reason to mock me).
Now I don't want to create some form of false bragging right but I think I may have started that trend in my school as 2 years back when I go it I was the only one.
 
Callumfromleeds
I've been accused often of following the 'Superdry' trend by a lot of people in my year (generally the popular's looking for any reason to mock me).
Now I don't want to create some form of false bragging right but I think I may have started that trend in my school as 2 years back when I go it I was the only one.
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What is it?
 
Takumi Fujiwara
Swagger is a real word that's existed for decades, if not centuries. Using "swag" as a slang term for cool or whatever it means is new but the word isn't. People have been using "swag" as a term for free stuff for ages, too. ("I got a bunch of cool swag from the Red Bull booth at the F1 race!" or whatever.)
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That's just not right tho. Swag is an acronym that's been around for a long time and stands for "scientific wild assed guess".
If you don't know the true answer to something, or how to do something, then you "take a swag at it". Now, I'm a product of the '70's and was using that acronym long before the kids of today. So I feel I have a certain intellectual right to it's meaning and use. Change it back please.
Teens of today are taking the real meanings of already placed words/phrases and changing them, morphing them, into completely different things. Why can't they leave the stuff alone that's already there and come up with their own like we did? Or did we? lol
 
Callumfromleeds
I've been accused often of following the 'Superdry' trend by a lot of people in my year (generally the popular's looking for any reason to mock me).
Now I don't want to create some form of false bragging right but I think I may have started that trend in my school as 2 years back when I go it I was the only one.
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Oh dear. Superdry isn't the kind of 'trend' you want to be too proud of starting. Osaka 6! :lol: They're not even well made clothes, they're just cheap t-shirts that some guy used to sell on a market in London for next to nothing. He realised the funboys and gym-heads were lapping them up, so put an insane price tag on them and started flogging them on the high street. You'd probably get a better top from Tesco.
 
Moglet
Oh dear. Superdry isn't the kind of 'trend' you want to be too proud of starting. Osaka 6! :lol: They're not even well made clothes, they're just cheap t-shirts that some guy used to sell on a market in London for next to nothing. He realised the funboys and gym-heads were lapping them up, so put an insane price tag on them and started flogging them on the high street. You'd probably get a better top from Tesco.
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Hey i like superdry!:guilty: lol
 
One trend, which I'm glad to say has pretty much died out, is people wearing No Fear and Lonsdale clothing.

Cheap, worthless (and not very aesthetically pleasing)...


Armani FTW! :sly:
 
One trend that seems quite common here is people wearing their caps in such a way that it ceases to function as a hat, ie. sitting it on top of your head and pointing it at some ridiculous angle. Now I wear fitted caps all the time, (I usually try to avoid baseball-branded caps, although I was recently given two Atlanta Braves hats; guess I have a team to support if I ever start following the sport :p ) but this trend seems to be beyond pointless, to me it just says "I am incapable of correctly placing a hat on my head". Oh well, as with all trends it won't last too much longer, give it a few years and I bet the majority of trend-followers will stop wearing caps altogether.
 
Moglet
Oh dear. Superdry isn't the kind of 'trend' you want to be too proud of starting. Osaka 6! :lol: They're not even well made clothes, they're just cheap t-shirts that some guy used to sell on a market in London for next to nothing. He realised the funboys and gym-heads were lapping them up, so put an insane price tag on them and started flogging them on the high street. You'd probably get a better top from Tesco.
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I meant a Superdry jacket which is actually excellent. I wouldn't bother getting a Superdry shirt, I'd rather just get a bunch of band ones :lol:
 
kenny355
One trend that seems quite common here is people wearing their caps in such a way that it ceases to function as a hat, ie. sitting it on top of your head and pointing it at some ridiculous angle. Now I wear fitted caps all the time, (I usually try to avoid baseball-branded caps, although I was recently given two Atlanta Braves hats; guess I have a team to support if I ever start following the sport :p ) but this trend seems to be beyond pointless, to me it just says "I am incapable of correctly placing a hat on my head". Oh well, as with all trends it won't last too much longer, give it a few years and I bet the majority of trend-followers will stop wearing caps altogether.
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I stopped wearing caps when I was about 10 :lol:
 
Callumfromleeds
I stopped wearing caps when I was about 10 :lol:
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They're damn useful if you haven't had time to sort out your hair properly :lol: At least the majority of cap wearers go with every other fashion trend too, so it's easy to pick out those who want to be cool and those who have always worn them. Plus they always have teams of sports they've never watched in their life, which I find kind of odd, I will never understand "cool" kids.
 
kenny355
They're damn useful if you haven't had time to sort out your hair properly :lol: At least the majority of cap wearers go with every other fashion trend too, so it's easy to pick out those who want to be cool and those who have always worn them. Plus they always have teams of sports they've never watched in their life, which I find kind of odd, I will never understand "cool" kids.
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The cool kids, or 'populars'... or ****s, I shall never understand them :lol:
 

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