British 'lad' culture

[The Figment]

Go to Boulder Colorado (Home of my alta mater,Univeristy of Colorado) and spend a Fri. nite on "The Hill" If these are the kids that in 30-50 years are gonna be running my Government,Major Corporations,and setting world policy ect,I'm Worried! Hell in fact,I'm Scared!!

[bucknuts1870]

Preps get pissed and get their asses beat where I come from, we use prep to identify any abercrombie, hollister, AE wearing mother fucker who wouldn't know a blunt from a dog turd, has the alcohol tolerance of a 2 year old, and thinks he is the next justin timberfake.

1. Go out on the pull every night (having a meaningful, wholesome relationship is a serious nono) - I'm on the lookout for tail all the time, not just at night, but I am not in or opposed to having a meaningful relationship if one jumped up and bit me in the ass.
2. Go to the pub and get fucked until you can't stand at least 3 times a week - atleast three times a week, I leave under my own power though, nobody needs to babysit me even though I may not remember the next day.
3. Have an obssession with football, because football is actually the greatest thing in the history of the world, ever. Maybe not ever, but it is top 5, and I am talking about real football where you are SUPPOSED to hit the other team as hard as you can.
4. Want, no, NEED to buy every pointlessly overhyped, expensive iGadget that is coming out every two weeks. This one doesn't apply to me
5. Think Dirty Sanchez is 'genius'. I think Dirty Sanchez is a lame sub-par Jackass rip off, Jackass on the other hand is fucking tear jerking it's so funny, but not genius. It's basically the same shit we used to do when we were young and didn't "party"

[Reefer Rogue]

I tell you man, one thing that pisses me off about this country is this whole lad culture bullshit. It's a totally alien thing to me and I can only think of 'laddism' from an 'us and them' point of view.

To clarify for those not in the UK, laddism is the term coined for the FHM generation of 20 something males. The idea put forth by most tabloid newspapers and mens magazines such as Loaded, FHM, Zoo and Maxim is that if your a young male in Britain, you almost definitely:

1. Go out on the pull every night (having a meaningful, wholesome relationship is a serious nono)
2. Go to the pub and get fucked until you can't stand at least 3 times a week
3. Have an obssession with football, because football is actually the greatest thing in the history of the world, ever.
4. Want, no, NEED to buy every pointlessly overhyped, expensive iGadget that is coming out every two weeks.
5. Think Dirty Sanchez is 'genius'

It's this kinda collective generalisation that every 20 something male in Britain is thick as shit and has values as deep as a paddling pool in the Sahara. Let's just make one thing clear. I'm 20 and...

1. I have a girlfriend of two and a half years and have never "pulled".
2. I've only ever gotten truly, immensely drunk once when I was 15
3. I can't stand football
4. I bought an Ipod. It broke before it's birthday. That is reason enough for me to ignore 'gadgets' for the rest of my life.
5. No

So if i'm not a 'lad', then what exactly the fuck am I? Only in Britain can we celebrate mindless drunk culture to the point of extreme generalisations.

Any other Brits in the hisoos know what i'm talking about?

I want a meaningful relationship, going out on the pull every nigh isn't for me. I hate the pub, i hate alcohol, i hate the violent chavs that flock there. I LOVE football!!! I love my ipod, had it over 2 years. I've never seen dirty sanchez so...

If you're not a lad, what are you? You are who you are, regardless of media labels and majorities of people conforming to a certain fashion or taste, etc. You don't seem boring to me, infact rather intelligent, it would be cool to have a toke with you.

[B.Basher]

Safe my friends.

I hate to come across as someone who bitches about shit for no reason. Ain't no harm in being a thick lad, only as one user pointed out, we're the future. We're gonna be running shit in 10-20 years time. I don't see any sense in celebrating being a twat, not on such a scale as British ladism.

You know there's a double page column in Zoo magazine called 'Bed the zoo virgin'? A virgin sends in a naked photo of herself and 'studs' have to describe why they should be the one to bust her cherry. I don't want to seem old fashioned or anything, but that is the ultimate, dictionary definition of fucked in the head. :rasta:

[ukmonkey]

I agree with the football obsession,
FHM is, was and always will be for 12 yearolds who were too scared to buy real porn. We were all there.

But I don't get your issue with going out "on the pull".

PS: If your i-pod broke that early u shud be able to get it repaired under waranty, apple fixed my shuffle I bought of ebay when it was 1 month out of warranty.

[B.Basher]

But I don't get your issue with going out "on the pull".

PS: If your i-pod broke that early u shud be able to get it repaired under waranty, apple fixed my shuffle I bought of ebay when it was 1 month out of warranty.

Putting my penis in a different girl every night isn't for me. Sorry.

Also, that's what I thought. Wait until you even try to get your Pod fixed. I had to make an appointment to go to the apple store in london, then make an appointment to go back and have it fixed which would apparently take 3 weeks. Make another appointment to pick it up, that is if they can fix it, if they can't, fuck you. I had to say fuck you right back.

[Podge_Boro]

i understand what your talking about
and i agree, with how its stereotyped

i just dont take any notice
i read the magazines, i think theyre funny
but i live my life how i want to live it
nothing can change that

[GHoSToKeR]

Meh. Each to his own.

[BUZz UK]

B Bash mate, it's just that 80% of the population are are thick as shit. I could pretend to be grown up and understanding in this issue, with some sort of 'each to his own' comment, but fuck it. It's because people are thick.

That said, i loved going out and geting pissed with my mates when i turned 18, chasing the girls and getting a little messy. However I've never felt 'part' of that culture. I fucking hate football too.

[B.Basher]

Buzz Buzz Buzz. It's been a while my old chum :jointsmile: !

I won't condemn what blockheads wanna do in their spare time. If you want an alphabet of STD's before your 30 then be my guest, but don't try to group me in with that shit. How many times have you told people you don't like football and they look down on you like a homosexual in a biker bar. :wtf: My heroes passed their GCSEs bitch.