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And it sure makes it a whole lot easier when you are looking for a dance partner across a crowded club. A few friends of mine kind of ran afoul of that.
Regards to all,
J
Regards to all,
J
No kidding! If this generations role models are actors, vintage or fresh off the shelf, there is something very wrong.varga49 said:Nobody I know has actors for role models! Well I did like Capt Kangaroo!
Cheer up Jonsey! and welcome to the lounge!
Vladimir Berkov said:The terrible music, architecture, clothing, etc is not the cause, it is merely a symptom of the disease.
Hmmm. I grew up in the '50s- ealry '70s. (Egad, that dates me!) No, neither actors nor musicians were considered positive role models. Public figures in the popular entertainment field were often regarded with a slight air of disdain. Classical arts figures--music and arts--fared better. I remember wanting to be a female Albert Schweizer (not Schwarzenneger) or Madame Curie. I used to pore over biographies of Abraham Lincoln, Florence Nightingale, and such. Look where all that got me to now!Vladimir Berkov said:Btw, it also just occurred to me that the very idea that actors, musicians and other artists would be considered proper "role models" is a modern invention of the same period I mentioned. The idea of a stage actress, music hall girl, or the like being a role model in polite company would have been fairly risque in 1880.
You wanted to follow in the footsteps of the man who founded the Caran d’Ache pencil company?[huh]LaMedicine said:... I remember wanting to be a female Arnold Schweizer ...
I don't consider myself a comedian but.....She probably meant "Albert Schwarzenegger".photobyalan said:You wanted to follow in the footsteps of the man who founded the Caran d’Ache pencil company?[huh]
YepBebop said:I don't consider myself a comedian but.....She probably meant "Albert Schwarzenegger".
carpecaligo said:"The children now love luxury; they have bad manners,
contempt for authority; they allow disrespect for elders and
love chatter in place of exercise. Children now are tyrants,
not the servants of their households. They no longer rise
when elders enter the room. They contradict their parents,
chatter before company, gobble up dainties at the table, cross
their legs, and tyrannize their teachers."
...of lamenting today's youth
geo said:What's different this time is that it's the youth lamenting about their contemporaries.
LaMedicine said:Hmmm. I grew up in the '50s- ealry '70s. (Egad, that dates me!) No, neither actors nor musicians were considered positive role models. Public figures in the popular entertainment field were often regarded with a slight air of disdain. Classical arts figures--music and arts--fared better. I remember wanting to be a female Albert Schweizer (not Schwarzenneger) or Madame Curie. I used to pore over biographies of Abraham Lincoln, Florence Nightingale, and such. Look where all that got me to now!
Baron Kurtz said:My God, many people consider anyone who cares about how they look to be effeminate (that is, pretty much everyone on this forum!)
Naama said:I just don't get it, why is it such a bad thing to be feminin???? Gah! :rage:
Naama
Baggers said:Well, if one is a girl, it's not. However if one is a boy...
Cheers!