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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 8 years ago

it's always fascinating to me to think about where young boys get this sort of idea of what coolness is, and how exactly they fudge it https://t.co/7SEdgSBpQL

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 8 years ago

Replying to @visakanv

There's an entire essay to be written about it. Matrix, trenchcoats, hats, katanas, anime, Sheldon, TDK Joker...

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 8 years ago

Replying to @visakanv

It's also interesting to think about the cool things that young boys are averse to. (Dancing is a big one. Dancing is cool, guys)

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 8 years ago

Replying to @visakanv

Cooking is another one. I have a lot of admiration for the 1% of dudes I knew who were passionate about cooking from age 14

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 8 years ago

Replying to @visakanv

teenage attempts at cool = clunky simulcrum of cool icons thru direct copying, rather than understanding+embodying the underlying principles

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 8 years ago

Replying to @visakanv

Different manifestations of this: Using big words to sound smart. Using too many details, swirls, bling. Complication betrays uncertainty

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 8 years ago

Replying to @visakanv

Amusingly, when you google "shitty prom photos", you get quite entertaining pics. I love it! These are good! Good teenagers https://t.co/tBuAvXn2rd

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 8 years ago

Replying to @visakanv

Now THIS is a shitty prom pic – they look awkward & uncomfortable. The outfits don't represent them at all It's forced, fake, unconsidered https://t.co/d396OxtUC2

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 8 years ago

Replying to @visakanv

the general lesson life here is that it's better to fail ludicrously w a smile on your face, than to awkwardly grimace thru a bad compromise

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