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I'm sure that there does exist a small percentage who are deranged enough where wearing a suit made entirely of Beanie Babies is entirely a personal thing.
Well, I was thinking of the reports that popped up the past two years of the weird dude who wore a suit made of Beanie Babies and would beat off under his poncho that various people ran into at Bonnaroo.
My mother still has a box full of my little brothers Beanie Babies. I once thought about making a suit out of them until I heard of this guy.
I guess I don't view the "attention whores" as a negative thing. If everyone wore what I wore, it would have been a very boring festival, this was my first bonnaroo and I have to say one of my favorite parts was people watching. From lack of clothing to outrageous clothing, I loved it all and it did a lot to help me lose self-conciousness, especially when it came to dancing, I'm terrible at it and terribly shy about doing it in public.
everyone dresses up in costumes everyday. we all dress for each other all the quacking time.
its just happens to have sparkles, nudity, glow shiz and maybe some fairy wings attached at bonnaroo.
get off your high horse juggs.
Yeah man, it's like...who's REALLY wearing the mask, man?!?!
Right. And you're absolutely correct. Most people go about their everyday lives dressing and composing themselves in a way so as to gain a reaction of some sort from other people.
My original point, wherein I noted that the whole "there to be seen" mentality which was erroneously being applied only to Coachella and not Bonnaroo, is in fact a fairly pervasive attitude that crops up everywhere.
Thanks for supporting me and the point I was making. It's things like this that help remind me that yes, I am right pretty much all the time.
Surely you are missing the important distinction between dressing up for entertainment/fun and dressing up just too look good for vanity's sake. Doing it for attention or not is not the important distinction, doing it for vanity's sake or to be a part of the madness that is a music festival, I believe is. One increases the fun and absurdness of it all, the other just makes you look...like you're trying too hard. I mean, if wearing high heels and Dolce at a music festival makes you happy, then I am happy for you. You're just not adding much to the overall experience and surely are not that comfortable/going to get good shizz dirty. But it is all in the spirit of the festival and the two festivals surely have different spirits. I mean, I'm sure most Rooers would look like downright yuppie uptights at The Gathering of Juggalos To each his own, but I'll take entertainment over "fashion" any day.
Post by pondo ROCKS on Jun 21, 2012 14:51:56 GMT -5
Hmmm...Guess it is time for the man of the hour to chime in.
First off, I wear my outfit at Roo for several reasons, including meeting Inforoo people as well as people who have met me over the years. If someone does not like my outfit, I truly do not care. I am not wearing it for them. I wear it for Bonnaroo in general.
I started a movement last year called The Pondo Army to allow EVERYONE the right to listen to music together. Music is just like this situation...everyone has different tastes but in the end we all love music so this is why we stand together. We all love Bonnaroo so what anyone dresses up as is pretty much up to that individual. I do prefer people who go outside of the box at Roo but for some people, just going to Roo is outside the box and I totally respect that!
Over the years I have had countless interactions with people at Roo because of my Pondo outfit and met many "lurkers" and "vets" from Inforoo because of it. I treasure these moments just like I do seeing bands play. I enjoy wearing my viking horns. I enjoy wearing my clock. Most of all, I enjoy meeting the people I have met at Roo. I have had positive effects at Roo by being Pondo so why would I wanna stop?
As for the poll of Fab or Drab, the guy who wrote it....does he have his own army? I DO!!!!
And Haters are gonna hate...let them. It won't stop us from having a good time.
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Bonnafunky Dirtyroo has viking horns and a clock
What if they do? Who's to say they don't? Does it maybe make them weird, ya probably, but hell- some people are happy doing all kinds of crazy crap, and you're gonna sit and tell me that you think not ONE person in the world does it out of shear satisfaction?
Okay, fine, you got me. Maybe 1 out of every 1000 people who dresses up in a weird outfit at Bonnaroo (or any other event) does so because they get satisfaction out of doing so without ANY concern for the rest of the populace. I'm sure that there does exist a small percentage who are deranged enough where wearing a suit made entirely of Beanie Babies is entirely a personal thing.
But for 999 out of every 1000 people, they do so because they enjoy the reactions they get. Hence, they do it for attention.
Question: Why do people dress up when they go out for dinner? Why do people dress up when they go out for the evening? Does an attorney (hmm) wear an expensive suit because he likes it more than a T-shirt? I suspect all of these things are to be noticed or for attention.
Yes people wear what they want to get noticed...it happens everyday. People dress up to be noticed. People dress up to stand out in a crowd. Again, I repeat, I ENJOY WEARING MY VIKING HORNS AND MY CLOCK, just like I am sure you enjoyed wearing whatever stuff you wore to Bonnaroo. Some people probably called your outfits "boring" but if you enjoyed wearing it, is not that all that matters?
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I started a movement last year called The Pondo Army to allow EVERYONE the right to listen to music together.
This is tragic. I was unaware that there existed some sort of prohibition on listening to music with others. What initiatives have you spearheaded to combat this grievous oppression? I must have my eyes closed, because I didn't realize that listening to music together wasn't already something we are allowed to do.
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How many people up here got blasted because they liked or did not like Phish? RCHP? Dave Matthews Band? Radiohead? That is what the movement is all about
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Welcome back Bonz, but I do not find it strange that your presence being requested in the Orgy thread and then you showing up, like it was the quacking Bonzai Bat Signal.
Surely you are missing the important distinction between dressing up for entertainment/fun and dressing up just too look good for vanity's sake. Doing it for attention or not is not the important distinction, doing it for vanity's sake or to be a part of the madness that is a music festival, I believe is. One increases the fun and absurdness of it all, the other just makes you look...like you're trying too hard.
There really isn't much of a difference between these things. Like, there's almost none at all.
Maybe but looking at people trying to be weird is a hell of lot more interesting than looking at people trying to be cool.
Yes people wear what they want to get noticed...it happens everyday.
You should probably read the rest of my posts on this page and realize that this is exactly what I've been saying all along.
To recap: the original point which raised my ire was something along the lines of "people go to Coachella to be seen, people go to Bonnaroo to be themselves, etc." I countered by saying no, that's not true, there's really no difference between going to Coachella all glitted up and trendy and going to Bonnaroo in a goddamned gorilla suit or something: neither is in the best interest of utility, and both are absolutely done for the purposes of getting attention. What's more, this is not something that is inherent to any one event, but rather is endemic to human nature.
But then sh*t got real.
I think less people go to Coachella to be noticed but that is just my opinion. Dressing trendy really won't get you noticed as much as wearing a "goddamned gorilla suit". Just an observation.
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You should probably read the rest of my posts on this page and realize that this is exactly what I've been saying all along.
To recap: the original point which raised my ire was something along the lines of "people go to Coachella to be seen, people go to Bonnaroo to be themselves, etc." I countered by saying no, that's not true, there's really no difference between going to Coachella all glitted up and trendy and going to Bonnaroo in a goddamned gorilla suit or something: neither is in the best interest of utility, and both are absolutely done for the purposes of getting attention. What's more, this is not something that is inherent to any one event, but rather is endemic to human nature.
But then sh*t got real.
I think less people go to Coachella to be noticed but that is just my opinion. Dressing trendy really won't get you noticed as much as wearing a "goddamned gorilla suit". Just an observation.
Juggs isn't saying that people go to Coachella just to be noticed. He's saying that some people that go to both/either festivals dress up (in different ways) to stand out. Coachella it's to look trendy and Bonnaroo it's wearing costumes/silly outfits, generally speaking.
It's silly that the main issue here is people not understanding what is being said lol
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Surely you are missing the important distinction between dressing up for entertainment/fun and dressing up just too look good for vanity's sake. Doing it for attention or not is not the important distinction, doing it for vanity's sake or to be a part of the madness that is a music festival, I believe is. One increases the fun and absurdness of it all, the other just makes you look...like you're trying too hard.
There really isn't much of a difference between these things. Like, there's almost none at all.
Ah, but you have admitted there is indeed a difference, however small. Glad we could agree. I rest my case.
You should probably read the rest of my posts on this page and realize that this is exactly what I've been saying all along.
To recap: the original point which raised my ire was something along the lines of "people go to Coachella to be seen, people go to Bonnaroo to be themselves, etc." I countered by saying no, that's not true, there's really no difference between going to Coachella all glitted up and trendy and going to Bonnaroo in a goddamned gorilla suit or something: neither is in the best interest of utility, and both are absolutely done for the purposes of getting attention. What's more, this is not something that is inherent to any one event, but rather is endemic to human nature.
But then sh*t got real.
I think less people go to Coachella to be noticed but that is just my opinion. Dressing trendy really won't get you noticed as much as wearing a "goddamned gorilla suit". Just an observation.
I believe you are using the word "noticed" incorrectly or making an equivocation.
Yes people wear what they want to get noticed...it happens everyday.
To recap: the original point which raised my ire was something along the lines of "people go to Coachella to be seen, people go to Bonnaroo to be themselves, etc." I countered by saying no, that's not true, there's really no difference between going to Coachella all glitted up and trendy and going to Bonnaroo in a goddamned gorilla suit or something:
"Doing it for attention or not is not the important distinction, doing it for vanity's sake or to be a part of the madness that is a music festival, I believe is."
Post by abrakapokus on Jun 21, 2012 18:03:06 GMT -5
The people who dress up make the atmosphere better for me. Somewhat like the art at Bonnaroo or lights at a show. I don't think I've ever picked a costume for a festival based on "What would make people look at me the most or draw the most attention to me?" It has been more of, "What would I like to see walking around Bonnaroo?" Like all art or music it has different meanings for those performing (I am not implying that everyone who dresses up thinks of themselves as some great performer) and those viewing. Some people think it's stupid and some think it is really neat. Seeing people dressed up in whatever form at Bonnaroo lets me relax a little and I find it a wonderful part of Bonnaroo.
I think the knee jerk reaction comes from the whole idea that it's wrong to try to get attention or make yourself seen. I'm just saying that isn't the whole motivation behind dressing up at Roo and if that is someone's motivation it doesn't make it wrong.
I think the knee jerk reaction comes from the whole idea that it's wrong to try to get attention or make yourself seen. I'm just saying that isn't the whole motivation behind dressing up at Roo and if that is someone's motivation it doesn't make it wrong.
You're totally right. Just want to point out that nobody in the thread has said it's wrong, and in fact the only other time the word "wrong" was used was when Juggs was pointing out that there's nothing wrong with this:
Note: there is nothing inherently wrong with this. But it's pretty much the truth.
Most of the talk here has been observation and not people saying "It's wrong to dress up at festivals and people should stop doing it". At the very worst it's been "I don't understand why they do it".
I think the knee jerk reaction comes from the whole idea that it's wrong to try to get attention or make yourself seen. I'm just saying that isn't the whole motivation behind dressing up at Roo and if that is someone's motivation it doesn't make it wrong.
You're totally right. Just want to point out that nobody in the thread has said it's wrong, and in fact the only other time the word "wrong" was used was when Juggs was pointing out that there's nothing wrong with this:
Note: there is nothing inherently wrong with this. But it's pretty much the truth.
Most of the talk here has been observation and not people saying "It's wrong to dress up at festivals and people should stop doing it". At the very worst it's been "I don't understand why they do it".
While no one has said it I think it is put into our heads at a very small age that someone trying to to get attention or showing off is bad. That being the reason why so many people were mad/frustrated at what Juggs said. Pointing out that they are doing it to try to get attention is pretty much stating the obvious (though there are other reasons) and so people took it as it being a negative statement.
To each his own, but I'll take entertainment over "fashion" any day.
but I do not find it strange that your presence being requested in the Orgy thread and then you showing up, like it was the quacking Bonzai Bat Signal. 
