It seems to be used profusely by skateboarders. I used to skate, but this lame poser-calling and other things led me to quit.
-Alex
-Alex
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"Poser"
- Thread starter Floating teetH
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He still has the right to do it but people will question you on if you know who the band is, it still makes you a poser. Also you won't get picked on the rest of the day you'll probably be called something dumb and then left alone. It just ticks me off when someone wears a band shirt and doesn't know who the band is. And there are plenty of dumb things that you have the right to do but just because you have thre right to do it doesn't mean your not a moron.
I don't think you read my post correctly. The negative, pessimistic attitude that many skaters possess, which includes their free use of the word "poser", is one of many reasons why I quit skating. Others were that I didn't practice enough to get any better and more importantly that I was playing bass more than I was skating so I chose to stick with the bass.
-Alex
If that's why you quit then you were a poser.
But back to the OP, I think that a poser is someone who wants to start a thread on TB but can't think of anything to say so they come up with a thread about posers.
I believe the term was origionally used (in the skating world at least) as a derogitory term for someone who wore skateboarding shoes, shirts, etc... but did not actually themselves skateboard. It then evolved into an insult to call those who wore a brand of shoe/used a different brand of board than you in order to question their credibility.
But I thought you failed at bass??? Do you play another instrument now???
Oh crap, I forgot that too. I play bass clarinet in a wind ensemble...do I fail at that too?
-Alex
Oh crap, I forgot that too. I play bass clarinet in a wind ensemble...do I fail at that too?
-Alex
Nah, I don't even think that flawop could fail at that one
(I had to, too tempting)
this thread once asked, "what is punk?" to a punk. the punk walked over to a trash can and kicked it over. he walked back and told this thread, "that's punk."
this thread then walked over to another trashcan and kicked it over. then it asked the punk, "was that punk?"
the punk said to this thread, "no. that's not punk. that's poser."
and that punk was none other than paul harvey.
and now you know... the rest of the story.
You're STILL here?
Take a hint, you are the one being the idiot now, quit now, while you still have some dignity. Please, you are just making a fool out of yourself now.
You are craving for attention now, nothing more.
I'm with you, man. NTB threads in particular were always wildly entertaining. We need a little of that old magic back!
What if he had enormous leg muscles but a weak, stick-thin upper body? That would be wild!
To me a poser or poseur is a person who convinces themself that they are the star of their own drama and everyone (in their mind) is noticing or watching their every move. I see that a lot in my gym where I work out. Guys all pumped walking slow by themselves or in twos or threes in a sort of passive display of their self-perceived glory. It's so transparent and obvious. I want to smack 'em and say wake the hell up--no one knows you're alive or cares.
