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Metrosexuals

raggedjimmi said:
I dont know what I am. a blend of country boy and metrosexual perhaps? god knows. I dont drink, i like outdoor activities, i like fashion, i like to be clean, smell nice etc, im very eccentric. i'm my own style i suppose.
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Let's see if you classify as a Manchester Metrosexual, do you:

-Hang out in Living Room/Canal Street
-Have a mullet/fin
-Shop frequently in Flannels/Diesel
-Think "distressed" is still in
-Go to tanning salons/apply St Tropez

If you tick 4/5 then you can probably say yes ;) :p
 
What we really need is a list of things that qualify you as a metrosexual. I'll start it off:

- You wash with anything beyond bar soap and shampoo in the shower.
- You get a manicure and/or a pedicure more than once a decade.
- You've EVER been called "pretty boy".
- You apply any sort of skin conditioning lotion on a semi-regular basis.
- You spend more than 10 minutes a day grooming.
- You pay more than $30 for a haircut.
- You have hair coloring applied. (Exception: Eliminating grey doesn't make you metrosexual, it just makes you insecure about getting old. Adding "accents" to your hair DEFINITELY makes you metrosexual.)
- You wear ornately decorated shirts. (Usually these are button-down shirts with excessively-complicated designs and/or paisley.)
- If a woman calls you a metrosexual, you are.
 
My friend (who is a girl) always calls me metro all the time. I don't know how it does but it seems to be frequently. She also has called me a "Perfect, pretty boy". Apparently its a good thing according to her.

I don't use special soaps and lotions. Nor do I go off and a manicures and such. She makes this judgment because I wear more expensive cloths such as ones from mainly Abercrombie & Fitch, Polo, and J. Crew, probably considered 3 prime examples of preppy stores. Most of my shirts are either Polo, Long sleeve polo, rugby, or button down. I only have about 4-5 long sleeve non colored shirts.
 
Would having sex in one of these count?:

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CompUser said:
My friend (who is a girl) always calls me metro all the time. I don't know how it does but it seems to be frequently. She also has called me a "Perfect, pretty boy". Apparently its a good thing according to her.

I don't use special soaps and lotions. Nor do I go off and a manicures and such. She makes this judgment because I wear more expensive cloths such as ones from mainly Abercrombie & Fitch, Polo, and J. Crew, probably considered 3 prime examples of preppy stores. Most of my shirts are either Polo, Long sleeve polo, rugby, or button down. I only have about 4-5 long sleeve non colored shirts.
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Hah, me too! Lots of girls (and guys) call me "really preppy" and a few less have called me metro. I guess it's because I have obsessive compulsive disorder, and am quite eccentric by many kids standards. I'm an artist, love theater and acting, dress nicely, enjoy expensive things (I use Macs...Lol), have a good friend who's gay, I hate George Bush, and tend to get along with girls who never seem to want to go out with me - and all of which usually goes hand in hand with being either gay or metrosexual. But, I'm not gay, so I guess I must be metro, although I hear the correct term thesedays is "Ubersexual."

Anyway, it's frustrating when people call me gay (not that I have a problem with homosexuals at all) just because I am... Uhh... More "refined" then most kids (I'm 15, 16 next month) today.
 
I don't see why so many men are freaked out by being metro. (I'm talking about guys in Texas. YEEHAW HOWDY HOWDY HOWDY!)

<sarcasm> oh no! he uses different soap for his body, face, and hair! soon he'll be dressing in women's clothing!</sarcasm>
Ohh PFFFTTTHHHH!

I hate Texas.
I wonder how SF, Chicago, Boston, NYC, or Philly are this time of year.
if you can guess what all those cities have in common, you can score a sweet prize!
ok, I'll just be an email from me with a picture of a thumbs up.
but it'll be awesome.:D
 
I dont really know... I watch shows like greys annatomy and desperate housewives (think theyre funny as hell) and I like to mess with the girls at school (like when they ask you if you want lotion (ceramics hands get very dry) say yes and its funny and stuff but I dont really like the lotion)
 
I would be lying to myslef if I didn't raise my hand to this. I think my cousin got me caught into the whole metro thing. I remember seeing a story on 60minutes about it.:)
Anyways I admit to the hair, expensive clothing, tweasers, shaving, more than one kind of soap, and various face washes.:eek: :eek:
I can't stand to wear last years clothing, loose clothing, and t-shirts w/ baseball cap worn everywhere is NOT my style. I go for distressed jeans, button down shirt, and jacket.
Why is it bad to care how you look?
 
Its not even a big deal being a metrosexual. So you dress a bit better and care about the way you look. You may be a bit of a conformist, but that's all it means to me. I don't hate metrosexuals or anything.

I care about the way I look, and clothing does matter a bit, but I don't need to pluck my eyebrows or anything.

geese said:
Would having sex in one of these count?:

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No, but it would mean you're dating a contortionist. SWEET! *high five!*
 
Plymouthbreezer said:
Hah, me too! Lots of girls (and guys) call me "really preppy" and a few less have called me metro. I guess it's because I have obsessive compulsive disorder, and am quite eccentric by many kids standards. I'm an artist, love theater and acting, dress nicely, enjoy expensive things (I use Macs...Lol), have a good friend who's gay, I hate George Bush, and tend to get along with girls who never seem to want to go out with me - and all of which usually goes hand in hand with being either gay or metrosexual. But, I'm not gay, so I guess I must be metro, although I hear the correct term thesedays is "Ubersexual."

Anyway, it's frustrating when people call me gay (not that I have a problem with homosexuals at all) just because I am... Uhh... More "refined" then most kids (I'm 15, 16 next month) today.
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Yea I am called really preppy an addition to metro and a pretty boy.

I'm not really into the artsy stuff. I like music and shows and stuff but I don't preform in them. I don't really hate Bush, you can say all you want about him but nothing is going to change. I hang out with girls but some of them do want to go out with me (which reminds me I need a holly ball date). I typically hang out with guys through but I am social with girls.

I like buying things too, especially expensive things but usually not with my own money. I buy clothes with their money. I paid for 1/3 of my PowerBook and 0% of my Dell.

I only get called "gay" by the low life bottom dwelling trash of the school's social ladder. Basically the punks and faux gangsters (my school is about 97% white). If I was a rude person I could say a lot about them to their faces.

Then there are the clueless people where they ask you what the occasion is that your wearing a polo shirt. I don't even know how to respond to a question like that.
 
CompUser said:
...I only get called "gay" by the low life bottom dwelling trash of the school's social ladder. Basically the punks and faux gangsters (my school is about 97% white). If I was a rude person I could say a lot about them to their faces...
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Same case here.

...Then there are the clueless people where they ask you what the occasion is that your wearing a polo shirt. I don't even know how to respond to a question like that.
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Also encounter that problem: "Ryan, why are you dressed up?" "Uhh, what?"
 
CompUser said:
I only get called "gay" by the low life bottom dwelling trash of the school's social ladder. Basically the punks and faux gangsters (my school is about 97% white). If I was a rude person I could say a lot about them to their faces.
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Do you think it's a little bit justified for them to make fun of you because you think they're "low lofe bottom dwelling trash" because of their style and the way they dress? You're just as guilty as them, but dressed in the opposite style. You're more snobbish, they're more crass.

And ending that off with "if I was a rude person...." was funny. ;)



Then there are the clueless people where they ask you what the occasion is that your wearing a polo shirt. I don't even know how to respond to a question like that.
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I could understand why they'd ask you, though. Clothing is important, and so is looking good and feeling confident, but spending lots of money on clothes isn't for everyone. Some people can't understand the need to wear stuff like that to very laid back situations, like going to see close friends. "These can keep us warm, just like those," as Jack Johnson once said. ;)

(sorry, just d/l'ed his new Live At The Greek concert that's on 2x DVD-A disks (I believe), so his music is on my mind)


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katie ta achoo said:
I don't see why so many men are freaked out by being metro. (I'm talking about guys in Texas. YEEHAW HOWDY HOWDY HOWDY!)

<sarcasm> oh no! he uses different soap for his body, face, and hair! soon he'll be dressing in women's clothing!</sarcasm>
Ohh PFFFTTTHHHH!

I hate Texas.
I wonder how SF, Chicago, Boston, NYC, or Philly are this time of year.
if you can guess what all those cities have in common, you can score a sweet prize!
ok, I'll just be an email from me with a picture of a thumbs up.
but it'll be awesome.:D
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they all have subways (metros)?
 
CompUser said:
Originally Posted by CompUser
I only get called "gay" by the low life bottom dwelling trash of the school's social ladder. Basically the punks and faux gangsters (my school is about 97% white). If I was a rude person I could say a lot about them to their faces.
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So these are the types that fly under the gaydar, so to speak?
 
Abstract said:
Do you think it's a little bit justified for them to make fun of you because you think they're "low lofe bottom dwelling trash" because of their style and the way they dress? You're just as guilty as them, but dressed in the opposite style. You're more snobbish, they're more crass.

And ending that off with "if I was a rude person...." was funny. ;)




I could understand why they'd ask you, though. Clothing is important, and so is looking good and feeling confident, but spending lots of money on clothes isn't for everyone. Some people can't understand the need to wear stuff like that to very laid back situations, like going to see close friends. "These can keep us warm, just like those," as Jack Johnson once said. ;)

(sorry, just d/l'ed his new Live At The Greek concert that's on 2x DVD-A disks (I believe), so his music is on my mind)


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I never said that they were low life bottom dwelling trash of the social ladder because of what they wear. Although their appearence of Dark baggy clothes with chains does contribute to their status in my mind. Mostly because they get low grades in most cases and don't fit in with other people, and the fact that they are typically in trouble all the time.
 
Daveway said:
I also get that all to often and don't know how to respond. Usually asked by the person in shorts, tshirt, and bb hat.:D
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Yea, that is one of the hardest questions to answer. I usually say "I'm not".
 
munkle said:
Let's see if you classify as a Manchester Metrosexual, do you:

-Hang out in Living Room/Canal Street
-Have a mullet/fin
-Shop frequently in Flannels/Diesel
-Think "distressed" is still in
-Go to tanning salons/apply St Tropez

If you tick 4/5 then you can probably say yes ;) :p
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nope, i shop at Primark :D River Island, Selfridges and that other one, ye olde Kendals. God i miss that name already.

Oh i have no tan. I went to spain for 10 days in the middle of summer. temperatures were in the 30's. I walked around topless most days and NO BLEEDIN TAN!
 
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