beatnik cliches

Catherine Wheel · 09-09-2014, 05:39 PM

In my classroom last week the other aide was reading a story to the children. And after she read the story she jokingly told the kids to snap their fingers to show applause. I never really thought about how common and engrained some of these beatnik stereotypes still are.

MyOneAndOnly · 09-09-2014, 06:36 PM

Order 66 · 09-09-2014, 06:38 PM

did she used to suck alan ginsbergs dick

noyen · 09-09-2014, 06:53 PM

*snap* *snap*

i often get called a beatnik based upon my appearance. i never quite understand why. i look like a poor middle aged man stuck in the 90's. i guess i resemble alan ginsberg in some regards but still. it's annoying.

yo soy el mejor · 09-09-2014, 06:58 PM

i snapped the other day at a performance. omg.

yo soy el mejor · 09-09-2014, 06:58 PM

yo soy el mejor · 09-09-2014, 07:00 PM

Elvis The Fat Years · 09-09-2014, 07:08 PM

i dont know how to snap or whistle.

slunken · 09-09-2014, 07:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Order 66

did he used to suck alan ginsbergs dick

fixed

Mason R Butler · 09-09-2014, 08:20 PM

I went on an awful date with this girl who wouldn't stop talking about how her mom was friends with Ferlinghetti as though that made her somehow less insufferable. Anyway, that's the closest I got to authentic beat culture.

Sonic Johnny · 09-09-2014, 08:53 PM

could you provide us with further examples from the text, CW?

Trotskilicious · 09-10-2014, 01:19 AM

yeah what other unfair stereotypes are there of beatnicks, aside from this snap clapping that you found so offensive!

Bread Regal · 09-10-2014, 03:07 AM

did you know that michael savage an allen ginsburg used to suck each other's dicks on the reg?

Bread Regal · 09-10-2014, 03:10 AM

a friend of mine's dad met jack kerouac while he was vomiting in the bathroom at some bar.

the conversation when something like:

him: are you jack kerouac?
jk: yeah. fuck off. *barf*

Trotskilicious · 09-10-2014, 03:11 AM

fuck i hate kerouac. talk about low hanging fruit.

Trotskilicious · 09-10-2014, 03:12 AM

"He typed it out just as it came to him, isn't that amazing?"
"No, it sounds like he's an asshole and should have had an editor."

Bread Regal · 09-10-2014, 03:13 AM

but he typed on the road on a single scroll of paper. and he sent it to the publisher like that! what a hoot.

Bread Regal · 09-10-2014, 03:15 AM

i have no room to criticize because i've never read his works.

Trotskilicious · 09-10-2014, 03:31 AM

i haven't either but on the road is the favorite book of every drunk psuedo-intellectual i've ever known

Trotskilicious · 09-10-2014, 03:33 AM

will i ever be less angry

yo soy el mejor · 09-10-2014, 07:46 AM

i read on the road when i was 12 and again for high school english. i did like it enough, but all those "drunk psuedo-intellectuals" really stole its luster as the years went on. i'm over it.

subterranean blues is so much better anyway.

Elijah Moon · 09-10-2014, 08:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by noyen

*snap* *snap*

i look like a poor middle aged man stuck in the 90's.

I've had people tell me I look like I'm stuck in 90s too.

Elijah Moon · 09-10-2014, 08:18 AM

I read 'On the Road' years back and it was alright but I wanted to like it more, as I'd heard so much about it. Didn't really have an effect on me. Didn't Kerouac later move back in with his mom and vote Republican? I'm sure I recall Hunter S. Thompson saying that somewhere.

09-09-2014, 05:39 PM	#1
Catherine Wheel Banned Location: Washington, D.C. Posts: 6,321	beatnik cliches In my classroom last week the other aide was reading a story to the children. And after she read the story she jokingly told the kids to snap their fingers to show applause. I never really thought about how common and engrained some of these beatnik stereotypes still are.

09-09-2014, 06:36 PM	#2
MyOneAndOnly Shut the fuck up! Location: "Okay, white power feminist" - yo soy el mejor Posts: 21,954

09-09-2014, 06:38 PM	#3
Order 66 Socialphobic Posts: 11,883	did she used to suck alan ginsbergs dick

09-09-2014, 06:53 PM	#4
noyen Immortal Posts: 26,816	snap snap i often get called a beatnik based upon my appearance. i never quite understand why. i look like a poor middle aged man stuck in the 90's. i guess i resemble alan ginsberg in some regards but still. it's annoying.

09-09-2014, 06:58 PM	#5
yo soy el mejor Banned Location: all over the Internet Posts: 43,693	i snapped the other day at a performance. omg.

09-09-2014, 07:00 PM	#7
yo soy el mejor Banned Location: all over the Internet Posts: 43,693

09-09-2014, 07:08 PM	#8
Elvis The Fat Years 007 373 5963 Posts: 31,408	i dont know how to snap or whistle.

09-09-2014, 08:20 PM	#10
Mason R Butler walks among us Location: MNUSA Posts: 7,768	I went on an awful date with this girl who wouldn't stop talking about how her mom was friends with Ferlinghetti as though that made her somehow less insufferable. Anyway, that's the closest I got to authentic beat culture.

09-09-2014, 08:53 PM	#11
Sonic Johnny Through Silver In Buds Location: Centralia Posts: 16,520	could you provide us with further examples from the text, CW?

09-10-2014, 01:19 AM	#12
Trotskilicious Banned Location: I believe in the transcendental qualities of friendship. Posts: 39,602	yeah what other unfair stereotypes are there of beatnicks, aside from this snap clapping that you found so offensive!

09-10-2014, 03:07 AM	#13
Bread Regal Banned Posts: 5,711	did you know that michael savage an allen ginsburg used to suck each other's dicks on the reg?

09-10-2014, 03:10 AM	#14
Bread Regal Banned Posts: 5,711	a friend of mine's dad met jack kerouac while he was vomiting in the bathroom at some bar. the conversation when something like: him: are you jack kerouac? jk: yeah. fuck off. barf

09-10-2014, 03:11 AM	#15
Trotskilicious Banned Location: I believe in the transcendental qualities of friendship. Posts: 39,602	fuck i hate kerouac. talk about low hanging fruit.

09-10-2014, 03:12 AM	#16
Trotskilicious Banned Location: I believe in the transcendental qualities of friendship. Posts: 39,602	"He typed it out just as it came to him, isn't that amazing?" "No, it sounds like he's an asshole and should have had an editor."

09-10-2014, 03:13 AM	#17
Bread Regal Banned Posts: 5,711	but he typed on the road on a single scroll of paper. and he sent it to the publisher like that! what a hoot.

09-10-2014, 03:15 AM	#18
Bread Regal Banned Posts: 5,711	i have no room to criticize because i've never read his works.

09-10-2014, 03:31 AM	#19
Trotskilicious Banned Location: I believe in the transcendental qualities of friendship. Posts: 39,602	i haven't either but on the road is the favorite book of every drunk psuedo-intellectual i've ever known

09-10-2014, 03:33 AM	#20
Trotskilicious Banned Location: I believe in the transcendental qualities of friendship. Posts: 39,602	will i ever be less angry

09-10-2014, 07:46 AM	#21
yo soy el mejor Banned Location: all over the Internet Posts: 43,693	i read on the road when i was 12 and again for high school english. i did like it enough, but all those "drunk psuedo-intellectuals" really stole its luster as the years went on. i'm over it. subterranean blues is so much better anyway.

09-10-2014, 08:18 AM	#23
Elijah Moon Apocalyptic Poster Location: In a sack opposite a broken toilet. Posts: 1,896	I read 'On the Road' years back and it was alright but I wanted to like it more, as I'd heard so much about it. Didn't really have an effect on me. Didn't Kerouac later move back in with his mom and vote Republican? I'm sure I recall Hunter S. Thompson saying that somewhere.