Young people are being conned again
02-September-2010
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One of the most successful cons took place in the 18th Century, when older men and women dictated fashions to favour themselves.  The most cunning of all their ploys was to decree that everyone should wear white or silver wigs.  Such wigs eliminated youth's advantage over old age because, for a century, practically everybody went around looking 60 to 80.  In the 19th Century, Beau Brummell killed the senseless fashion by discarding his wig and the younger generation was at last able to take advantage of their youthful looks.

A girl with a pierced tongue and a ring

Centuries later and young people are being conned again but this time the target is the handsome and beautiful among them.  Latest fashions dictate that the young should make themselves look as ugly and deformed as possible, if they wish to appear cool.  As a result, we endure surely the most off-putting styles of all time.

Rings are stabbed through tender parts of the anatomy, scarring faces and bodies; irremovable tattoos disfigure perfect flesh; "designer stubble" (surely the most slovenly fashion of all time) adds 10 years to a man's age; hair is dyed in hideous shades; and, to finish the spectacle, all wear the drabbest, most unflattering clothing ever seen on the planet.

It's understandable that the plain and ugly among us wish to bring good-looking people down to their own unattractive levels.  But why on earth do the handsome and the beautiful adopt these fashions and, as a result, throw away the best asset they will ever be given?


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Oi! Teens go back to your holes in the ground, you are to be seen and not heard, before you get a clip round the ear....Lol, I know how you feel, I was a Punk in the 70s, I used to have to put up with s*t from my elders who were no doubt those weirdly dressed teens called Teddy boys/girls all part and parcel of growing up, been there seen it got the f* T-Shirt (with zips and safety pins)...
*Rider of the Apocalypse  11-May-2010 14:44

 
that is a absolute load of CR*P to be honest....do you really feel the need to spread rubbish about us teens? its a sign of independence and you know what? we get piercings and tattoos and wear these clothes because guess what? WE LIKE IT!!!! I know plenty of people who dont follow the latest fashions or get piercings and they are perfectly happy, as am i, with my ear piercings and tight clothes and heels and plans for tattoos covering my walls..... I am chatting to my mates about how I cant wait to get paid from my job so I can get my belly pierced, or maybe my ears again.... and oh look, I have a job! I dont get paid much because i'm only 14 but I work hard and alll my money atm is going towards a trip to italy with my school skiing THAT IM PAYING FOR BY MYSELF! i'm responsible, I get good marks in school but I also want time with my mates, shopping, raving, and hanging with my bf... get over it!
*Rosiie_<3  11-May-2010 14:37

 
I'm young and I don't do fashion. I look normal!!
*Terry  02-Apr-2010 18:25

 
I would beg to differ on the best asset being beauty. Looks are transitory, dumb is forever.
*TTC  21-Oct-2009 22:47

 
Some people find that sor of thing attractive, it just depend who you are, to what you find attractive
*kiyroi  24-Jul-2009 05:41

 
It's not a 'con' by any means - these methods of bodyart are made available and people are free to choose if they want to have them on their own bodies. Nobody makes them. I have red hair, tattoos and stretched earlobes, and a pierced lower lip, and do I feel conned? Hell no. I personally like the way they look, and it was my choice, MINE, to have them done.
*Mallory  18-Jul-2009 12:01

 
Sarah, I'm sorry but I do not agree with your "works of art" comment. When I see what may as well be the same celtic designs or bloody dolphins, it ecomes a mass-porduced copy. Art needs to be original.
*TheGyro  17-Jul-2009 15:52

 
How do tattoos disfigure exactly? Most of them are works of art and yes they will eventually fade and the skin will wrinkle a little with age but what is better - wrinkly skin or wrinkly skin with art?

And style has absolutely nothing to do with attractiveness whatsoever. You have got your wires crossed!!!
*sarah  27-May-2008 18:30

 
Your just old and lame.Back in your day it was the same with hippy shirts and plastic sandals. Ha!
*Ria tha Diva  11-Apr-2008 18:23

 
Did you ever considor that a lot of people find tattoos and piercings attractive? I think you may just be too old and set in your ways to understand. Maybe I will be one day too.
*Avitty  07-Apr-2008 22:05

 
Hey Gary great to hear you are going to dress like that guy he looked great have you always waxed your chest, I bet it hurts like hell a few of my friends get waxed I shave mine every day its less painful just time consumeing, like you said chest hair is seriously out of fashion
*Pete  12-Feb-2008 16:06

 
Down boy rememeber I have a wife that makes me straight, thanks for the comment though.
*gary  03-Feb-2008 15:11


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