Ya know, maybe it's a bit too philisophical, but I would think that anyone who lives a lifestyle different from yours would be alternative.
As far as the media goes, or 'alternative lifestyle' on a larger scale I think whoever isn't in the majority is, 'alternative'.
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today with media and the internet, there are so many "lifestyles" that its difficult to term one "alternative", save maybe homosexuality or bdsm (odd sexuality). hell you look at fashion now and there is not really a set trend like there used to be either. lifestyles have become more of a market then a trend.
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They say I'm disturbed. Well, of course I'm
disturbed. I mean, we're all disturbed. And if we're not, why not? Doesn't this
blend of blindness and blandness want to make you do something crazy? Then why
not do something crazy? It makes a helluva lot more sense than blowing your
fucking brains out. -Mark Hunter
Yeah, what they said: Alternative is anything out of the norm, but with so many "norms" out there, you'd have to be really funky to be alternative. Ten years ago this would have been a completely different subject, seeing as how most of us come from differnt backgrounds and have different lifestyles. As for myself, I'm TOO normal. Boring is more like it.
quote: Originally posted by: "what's the point of pushing an alternative lifestyle, when everything alternative becomes mainstream and redundant? just look at goth, punk, witcheries, heck, even bdsm is become more...acceptable and less...taboo...is there such a thing as alternative anymore?"
quote: Originally posted by: "A couple of friends and I were talking about how to define an alternative lifestyle, how do you define it, do you think you live one? Don't you have to know what a normal lifestyle is to have an alternative one?"
It's all very vague and open to individual interpretation but i would say any lifestyle which differs from the norm is alternative.
quote: Originally posted by: " It's all very vague and open to individual interpretation but i would say any lifestyle which differs from the norm is alternative. "
then.. wouldn't there have to be a norm lifestyle?
