I have a messenger bag. So does Jack Bauer. Therefore - I am a Federal Agent.
Don’t make me torture you.
[quote]kellerdp wrote:
Fuck if I know where to put this post.
School is starting up for me in a couple weeks after this summer term finishes.
Anyway, I usually take a notebook, a water bottle, my wallet, a pen, a book (for personal reading) and a journal. To carry all that crap, I take a messenger bag and wear it across my body.
I haven’t experienced any problems with my shoulders bothering me, but I’m trying to correct some postural problems (pretty bad kyphosis and lordosis) and was wondering if using a backpack would be better.
Any suggestions that can give a good physiological reason as to why one would be better than another?[/quote]
I should have read the actual OP sorry. For purses, they say to alternate the side you carry it on everyday to prevent posture problems. I do it with my messenger bag, you should probably do the same, and you’ll be fine.
[quote]zephead4747 wrote:
Aleksandr wrote:
SSC wrote:
zephead4747 wrote:
The only people I see with messenger bags are emos.
You aren’t THAT GUY are you?
+1.
Really, really try to avoid messenger bags so you don’t catch the ghey/lame/dumbass/douche/turd/emo.
Do you guys drive trucks?
I bet you drive trucks.
I drive sedans.[/quote]
You should get a truck.
[quote]LiveFromThe781 wrote:
its whatever dudew cause i keep mad shit in my bag anyway. like if im headin somewhere for a while i got condoms, an extra shirt, maybe a wifebeater, gum, misc. papers, phone charger whatever else i may need.
this is honestly the first place i ever heard anyone say anything negative about a messenger bag…or even bring them up in general.[/quote]
I always wondered if you keep mad shit in there when hes headin somewhere for a while.
I usually use a backpack. I keep like mad shit in there, too. Like, if I’m going to the office, I take papers, pens, my calculator, maybe my phone. In the small pouch in the front, I keep paper clips in case I need to attach two or more pieces of paper, but I like don’t have a stapler near by or some whatever like that. Sometimes, if I’m going to the gym, I put my sneakers and a change of clothes in it, too. Or if I buy groceries on the way home, I’ll throw them in so I don’t have to hold them.
There, now we know what we keep in each others bags.
Retard.
[quote]Aleksandr wrote:
I always wondered if you keep mad shit in there when hes headin somewhere for a while.
I usually use a backpack. I keep like mad shit in there, too. Like, if I’m going to the office, I take papers, pens, my calculator, maybe my phone. In the small pouch in the front, I keep paper clips in case I need to attach two or more pieces of paper, but I like don’t have a stapler near by or some whatever like that. Sometimes, if I’m going to the gym, I put my sneakers and a change of clothes in it, too. Or if I buy groceries on the way home, I’ll throw them in so I don’t have to hold them.
There, now we know what we keep in each others bags.
Retard.[/quote]
I keep dismembered corpses in my messenger bag.
(awkward silence)
Messenger bags are pretty damn ghey but they do have their uses. I use mine as a food carrier when backpacks are inappropriate for the setting I’m in. I’d rather look like a gheybag than go hungry though.
Messenger bags feel awkward. I don’t like the weight distribution compared to a backpack.
[quote]Gerg wrote:
Messenger bags are only cooler if…
wait, I’m wrong.
They are never cooler.
Emo boy. Now, go cry. Cry emo, cry.[/quote]
Yeah just keep holding on to your jansport…
And by the way, if your masculinity/identity can be judged by a single article of outerwear, then it wasn’t very well-defined to begin with.
Just as you should not let your musical tastes define you, you risk pigeon-holing yourself by associating such labels with silly material possessions. I guarantee that if YOU feel something like a bag depicts a particular image, then you are setting yourself up for fulfilling this prophecy. Observer bias at its finest.
Go ahead and call the body builders ‘ghey’ to their faces for wearing fanny packs. Why would they give a fuck? It is just a fucking container.
This is the same as personifying inanimate objects which we give allowances to little children for.
[quote]LiveFromThe781 wrote:
messenger bags are cooler.
fuck you guys, im not an emo.[/quote]
Neither are cooler. Both are functional. Get what you like and don’t worry about what douchebags say.
[quote]zephead4747 wrote:
Aleksandr wrote:
SSC wrote:
zephead4747 wrote:
The only people I see with messenger bags are emos.
You aren’t THAT GUY are you?
+1.
Really, really try to avoid messenger bags so you don’t catch the ghey/lame/dumbass/douche/turd/emo.
Do you guys drive trucks?
I bet you drive trucks.
I drive sedans.[/quote]
I ride a motorcycle.
[quote]LiveFromThe781 wrote:
its whatever dudew cause i keep mad shit in my bag anyway. like if im headin somewhere for a while i got condoms, an extra shirt, maybe a wifebeater, gum, misc. papers, phone charger whatever else i may need.
this is honestly the first place i ever heard anyone say anything negative about a messenger bag…or even bring them up in general.[/quote]
yeah because you just never know when you’ll need a wifebeater on a whim.
well if im wearing a shirt and dont want to wear a beater under it, and plan on going to the gym later. like if im going to my friends theres a gym closeby so i might take gym stuff with me.
lol@ people getting mad that i use a backpack for the purpose of carrying shit.
Comes down to load bearing capability - if what I am lugging around will fit the messenger bag, go with that - BUT if you run into lots of stuff or need to pack food & shit = backpack.
I used to rock the gym bag cross wise from left shoulder to right hip, etc. then my lower back problems flared up (too much uneven load & twisting)
My chiro from before also recommended backpacks over messenger bags. Go see yours to see what he as to say the next time you visit him/her.
I have one of these. Best 70 bucks I ever spent. This will hold a laptop, books, and whatever else you would need for school. You can also put a bunch of MOLLE gear on it, which makes it extremely versatile.
http://www.countycomm.com/FORCE1.htm
They are out of black I think…
Normally I would say a messenger bag, because its hip and cool, and they make some nice ones these days. But since you mentioned you have a postural problem I would say a backpack.
[quote]Makavali wrote:
I have a messenger bag. So does Jack Bauer. Therefore - I am a Federal Agent.
Don’t make me torture you.[/quote]
I have one of these exact bags too. I don’t like it as much as I thought I would, I just bought it for the “Jack Bauer” novelty. However, this bag does hold a laptop, a couple books, and accesories, but it does get a bit annoying banging up against you hip while you are walking.
And yes, I would wear it and pretend I was Jack Bauer running around my apartment shooting at imaginary terrorists.
I use a messenger bag because I only carry 4 or 5 things that take up little room. I’d feel like a douchebag using a backpack when the largest thing I carry is a notebook.
Everything else that I carry is food and it goes in my lunchbox.
Messenger bag: Easy access to contents without having to take it off. Good for quick access to docs, food, etc.
Backpack: More comfortable with larger loads.
Choose the tool that suits your needs best, rather than allowing your insecurities to make the choice for you.
[quote]LiveFromThe781 wrote:
well if im wearing a shirt and dont want to wear a beater under it, and plan on going to the gym later. like if im going to my friends theres a gym closeby so i might take gym stuff with me.
lol@ people getting mad that i use a backpack for the purpose of carrying shit.[/quote]
i dont think people are mad that you use it to carry shit
I just find it ridiculous that you found a need to list what you carry
“Yo I’m stopping by some bitches house to bang her then stopping by the gym to show off my gun in my wifebeater. After that I am running to the library to write a paper and go over some documents. I might as well charge my phone as well because I won’t be home because I’m going to use another condom to bang another girl.”
It was just a random mix of shit to list to rationalize needing a bag.