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"Jeff Cookes" <sjbytes@aol.com> wrote in message
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> geoffm@u1.netgate.net (C. LaCanthe) wrote in message
news:<aca66i$ek0@u1.netgate.net>...san jose, ca
> newsgroups:<soc.culture.african.american><soc.culture.asian.american>
> residence:<santa clara county, ca>
>
> > What is it with black people and hooded garments, such as
> > sweatshirts?  It seems like one time out of three that I
> > see a black person in public, they're wearing a sweatshirt
> > with the hood up.  The odd thing is, I see this even when
> > it's not particularly cold or windy out; it's obviously
> > done for looks and image rather than for reasons of prac-
> > ticality.
>
> Maybe you should try it to hide some of your flubber, techie!
> In your situation, it would be done for looks, image and practicality.
>
>  > I saw this same sort of thing back in the Eighties, when it
> > was all the rage among black guys to wear woolen watch caps,
> > and even weirder, ladies' nylon stockings, on their heads --
> > even in the summertime when it was hot out.  It seems that if
> > one of 'em does some weird-assed thing, they *all* have to do
> > it.
>
> You mean back in the 80's when you were still smooching off your
> parents in Oklahoma and contemplating becoming a techie?
>
>  > How did this hood craze get started, though?  I remember
> > seeing a fairly famous picture of Michael Jordan wearing
> > a hooded sweatshirt; could that have been the trigger for
> > this lemming-stampede, a desire to emulate a famous black
> > sports figure?  What if Michael Jordan had been photo-
> > graphed with his fly open and his dong out, spray-painted
> > with Krylon silver lacquer; would all the other black guys
> > suddenly start walking around with *their* silver-painted
> > dinguses hanging out, too?  And how about if Michael Jordan
> > jumped off a bridge?  I suppose they'd *all* have to jump off
> > of bridges, too?
>
> The hood craze got started for losers like you to hide their faces.
> Since you're one at Sun Microsystems, you may want to seriously
> consider jumping off of the San Mateo Bridge, Oakland Bay Bridge, or
> the Golden Gate Bridge.  Where else do you have so many options
> within' close proximity?  Once you're consumed, the sharks can live
> without food for decades!  As for African Americans emulating Michael
> Jordan, you may want to consider emulating an engineer after spending
> more than 10 years as a customer support techie at Sun!
>
>  > Sometimes black culture seems more akin to Chinese culture
> > than to mainstream American culture, because of this sort of
> > lockstep conformity -- much like the way all Chinese people
> > seem to feel that they have to drive a Toyota Camry with a
> > little white stuffed toy dog inside the back window, and
> > one of those weird-assed tasselled ornament things hanging
> > from the rearview mirror.
>
> BTW, African Americans no longer use the term "black", very offensive
> and equated to the term "techie"!  A great majority of Asians earn
> higher wages than techies, hence, they drive Camrys, Beamers, Lexus,
> etc., unlike Pintos, as yourself, negating the lockstep conformity
> theory.  Asian tassells represent success, similar to tassells hung by
> American teenagers on their rear view mirrors indicating graduation
> from high school.  Didn't you receive one?  Oh, my apology.
>
>  > America is the land of the individual, folks.  Try to get
> > over this lemming bullshit, okay?  You all look as though
> > you're perpetually stuck in junior high.  I'm reminded of
> > that period back in the Eighties when the movie Flashdance
> > was popular, and every single twelve- and thirteen-year-old
> > girl in America was walking around in an Esprit sweatshirt
> > with the collar ripped out so that the garment could hang
> > off of one shoulder.  (I bet their fathers were *really*
> > pleased about shelling out for an expensive, name-brand
> > garment, only to have it mutilated in that way.)
>
> Well, doesn't being a techie after more than 10 years, equate to being
> perpetually stuck in junior high?  That in itself, is proof that you
> are truly living a life of individualism in America!  No other
> life form, except yourself, has accomplished this feat, bravo!  As for
> your statement regarding fathers shelling our more money for their
> kids' mutilated garments, I don't find that a financial burden if
> they're not a techie!  Flashdance, I don't recall that movie, but did
> it motivate you to become a techie?
>
> > And while I'm at it, what's up with that sunglasses-at-night
> > (and sunglasses indoors) thing?  Do you have any *idea* how
> > ridiculous that looks?
> > Dare to be different, people.  It's the latest thing; all
> > the big kids are doing it.
>
> Yeah, according to your co-workers at Sun Microsystems, you definitely
> are different!  I totally agree with you, sunglasses at night does
> look ridiculous, real stupid.  But after 10 plus years as a techie
> with no promotion in sight, you may want to consider a pair!
>
> >Geoff Miller continues to work at Sun Microsystems, San Jose, CA as a
> tricky techie!
>
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