Have you seen the documentary about him? It’s great!
I’m probably more of a small town boy than most people on here and it’s getting to be more common. Even for the really hick type of dudes - they’ll have cowboy boots, American Fighter t-shirts, mullets, and…earrings! Some of them. Not all, obviously. But it really is becoming more common and more accepted even in small Midwest towns where half+ of the population lives and works on farms and ranches, or does construction or factory work.
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If I had Apollo’s body I’d be rocking crop tops all the time, haha.
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A little rebellion is fine. Being yourself is fine. We all go through something similar. As long as nothing is destructive or permanent I can’t see real issues. If it does move to things like drugs or face tats, you might need to do something.
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He got the role of Apollo Creed because of his physique. They were going to cast a different guy that was just big in general, and he convinced them they needed a guy that looked like what the general public would expect for heavyweight champ.
He also played linebacker for the Raiders before acting.
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This is such a PERFECT way of expressing a sentiment I have tried to explain many times while finding myself at a loss in how to succinctly explain my thoughts without sounding like a bigot.
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Never understood why people care so much about this. I paint my nails, use makeup, and dress androgynous/femininely on a pretty regular basis. It’s fun. Seems like a big generation gap thing to me.
Actually, I’ve had a running theory for a while now that some sort of coarse nail polish on your thumb would make hook-gripping a deadlift easier. Haven’t bothered testing it out lol
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I’d stick this to ‘culture gap’ before generational. I’m millenial, despite not fitting with the majority of my fucked generation, and think this shit is weird.
Go ahead and dress up as a lady for Halloween or a play or whatever - not weird at all. Doing it regularly for not particular reason is weird, but I guess I’m old school.
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Couldn’t you just cut some skateboard grip tape to size?
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Back in my day we used our pocket knives to carve grooves into our thumb nails.
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Real men mag dump a few mags and then use the hot barrel to melt the thumbnail a little and then rough it up with some dirt.
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hmm, seems inefficient when I could achieve the same effect with a lighter.
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It is not about efficiency woman!
It is about rad shit and being super cool - duh.
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I have a lot of late teens early tweens at work, he sound like most of them. I work at The Home Depot. Many are into sport or going into trade school.
So yes, it is very different then when I was their age. But who cares…
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Idk about a skirt, but in college I had my trusty “drinking kilt” that would make an appearance at all tailgates or anytime I got invited to an inappropriately fancy dinner. From that experience, I have to say that the breeze is lovely and more than enough reason for any proud man to wear a skirt.
Let the boys breathe.
@ChongLordUno idk if this is cultural appropriation, but I would frequently imbibe scotch, If that somehow lessens the sin.
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I am fairly certain my parents were just happy when I was wearing ANY clothes when I was in college…
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I’m 42 and I went to countless local music shows at our Legion halls with dudes in skirts with heavy eyeliner back in the mid 90’s. David Bowie was putting out wildly popular music in the 1970’s, before I was even born. Men being femme is nothing new.
The parents’ concerned perspective is quite easy to understand. They want the best for their son, which includes steering @anna_5588 's little brother (and presumably, Anna herself) towards behaviors that are more likely to result in good life outcomes. I’m assuming he is 18+, so his time for being a consequence-free contrarian or social misfit is running out. It is one thing to rock a green mohawk like I did in 9th grade, it is another thing to adopt that look when you’re responsible for providing for yourself. It is even more concerning if you adopt that look when you’re responsible for providing for other people.
The transgender fad is another point of concern for parents that is present today but not in years past, although I can’t say if this is factoring in to Anna’s parent’s response. Parents of early 1980’s goth kids might have hated the style and demeanor that came along with that clique, but nobody was concerned that their daughter might go on to render herself infertile with male sex hormones, chop off her breasts as a teenager and pay outrageous sums of money to have a grotesque approximation of a penis surgically created out of remnant tissue.
Parents need to pick their battles and, generally speaking, parents are the best people to know which battles should be picked with their kids. Would I comment on some eyeliner or a goth phase in the late teens? This wasn’t a battle I was faced with, but probably not. I’d probably ignore it deliberately, making no comment whatsoever.
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I just think that this seems like an overreaction to painted nails and an earring. From the sounds of it, Anna’s brother is five minutes and some acetone away from being presentable in a professional setting.
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I didn’t get that impression, but @anna_5588 only told us that they freaked out. I’m not sure what the reaction actually was. Perhaps her brother was beaten savagely and left to starve in the cold. Who am I to know?
It could very well have been an overreaction of sorts, but from what I know about Anna I suspect her parents’ motivations were firmly rooted in an authentic and good-natured desire to improve the family wellbeing while acquiring more money and jockeying for more power.
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