The ridiculousness of fashion

The ridiculousness of fashion

Fashion. One week your shirt's in, the next your pants are out. Tossed into the sale section like food a day past it's sell by date. Yesterdays news, but still at a ridiculously inflated price. 

My question is who decides this? Which know-it-all decides my recently bought clothing no longer fits 'today's season?' Surely a warm jumper at the start of winter should still be in the same 'season' as an identical one mid-way through December? Or am I missing the point?

In this, the generation of size zero girls and eating disorders, surely this constant changing of 'fashion' isn't healthy for people, with the compamies pressuring people into this 'false fashion fakery' by following the fashion trend? With the feeling of not being up to date, and looking like one of the 'Burton boys' or 'Topman men' people are branded as different. The 'indie' style, in all it hypocritical glory, has served to create a nation of clones. How can you be 'individual' if in one day out people think they see you walk past twenty times?

And seasonal styles! Someone decided around two years ago that lumberjacks were cool, and had a good work uniform, consequently, converting the fashion of teenagers and uni students instantly. And now we have the farmer style. Plaid coats and tan pants and all in with the 'youth' because some executive in a suit said so. I worry for the future with the current 'workman' mentality. We've had lumberjack and farmer, so what's next? The mechanic, where we all wear dungarees and overcharge women? Or maybe the classic domestic cleaner, where we all wear a apron, smell of bleach and carry a mop bucket instead of the customary 'man bag'. Don't get me wrong, I have nothing against these profession's uniform, I'm just intrigued as to were it will end.

The whole thing is basically a scam employed to take as much money from the gullible as possible. To be honest I'm happier wearing my own style, and if that means waiting until the sales for nice clothing at a reasonable price, then so be it.

- JQ

The Myth Of The Polite Bus Driver

The Myth Of The Polite Bus Driver

To use the desription that ALL bus drivers are ill-mannered and 

pretentious, is, in itself, a hypocritical statement to make. The 

idea that ALL of the bus driving proffession are impolite would be 

like suggesting ALL Pit Bull terriers want to eat your children. 

Granted, whilst the majority do, somewhere in the annals of time there 

must be an example of a peaceful, cuddly pooch content with eating 

unproccessed horsemeat each day rather than the more nutrious human 

variety.

And i believe this is the same with the common world bus 

driver. Somewhere in the world there will be a friendly bus driver, 

who greets you with a smile and the courtesy of a polite 

conversation. I mean, how hard is it for them to respond when you 

thank them for your peaceful journey? Even a grunt would suffice. 

That said, i have to sympathise with the bus drivers. The monotony of 

traversing the same routes every single day for pitiful pay must make 

some question their need in society.

So to the bus drivers of the world, we appreciate you and your 

commitment to safe transport. We just wish next time we try to pay 

for a fifty pence journey with a ten pound note, you show us some 

compassion. Remember, whilst it may be difficult for you to count the 

copper out, it is ultimatly us who have to carry it around all day.   

- JQ 

First Post Of A New Series

To commemorate my addition to the vastly growing 'blog scene', albeit lagging behind by a good few years those of the more technophilic variety, I thought it would be a good idea to introduce the 'well-informed whelp' in my inaugural post. So who am I? What do I do?

I am 17 and typical. Predominantly tired, bored and overworked with college, I decided I needed to create an outlet to contain my inner most thoughts with the world, and society in general. Ranging from impolite bus drivers, to my theories on evolution, I aim to cover all the topics that particularly annoy me, or generally intrigue me. I hope my blend of satire and optimism on the world around us will be both entertaining and discreetly informative, and I hope those who take the time to read will all enjoy my ramblings.

Thanks for reading, and my next piece, 'The Myth Of Polite Bus Drivers And The Charade Of Saint Valentine', will be available shortly.    JQ