Quote Originally Posted by B.Basher
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.