Do you feel intimidated?

orangesoda

Do you ever feel intimidated by others, e.g. a meeting or other social situation, i sometimes feel intimidated when talking to hipsters or men in suits, it's worse when it is a hipster in a suit. sometimes i feel that some people like myself haven't evolved in the right way to fit in properly in a city environment

this expresses it well for me

The Backwards Man

Na.

/hard bastard

Donkey Oaty

orangesoda wrote: »

it's worse when it is a hipster in a suit.

Intimidated, no...bewildered, possibly.

The Backwards Man

Donkey Oaty wrote: »

Intimidated, no...bewildered, possibly.

I changed my mind, if I met this fella coming down the street at me I may be slightly disconcerted. :eek:

mikom

orangesoda wrote: »

sometimes i feel that some people like myself haven't evolved in the right way to fit in properly in a city environment

Fuck the city.

retroactive

As a hipster in a suit, I can tell you that you have nothing to be intimidated by.

orangesoda

The Backwards Man wrote: »

I changed my mind, if I met this fella coming down the street at me I may be slightly disconcerted. :eek:

http://f3.thejournal.ie/media/2013/08/conor-othe-notoriouso-mcgregor-3072013-6-630x407.jpg

or mr mcgregor

The Backwards Man

mikom wrote: »

Fuck the city.

When I find myself in the sprawling metropolis and a situation arises I don't quite know how to handle, I ask myself

'What would Crocodile Dundee do?'

Donkey Oaty

The Backwards Man wrote: »

I changed my mind, if I met this fella coming down the street at me I may be slightly disconcerted. :eek:

Just looked him up on Wiki - he's a former gay porn star and former crystal meth addict, turned model.

Blurb says:

Styled by Luke Day, Aiden sports the latest color-enriched collection from famed Italian fashion house Gucci. Whether dressed in the label's impeccably tailored suiting or patterned silk shirts, Aiden exudes a gentlemanly air while showcasing his signature sense of eccentric elegance, all calculated to intimidate the likes of Orangesoda.

Last eight words are my own, but the rest of it is written in apparent seriousness.

Good luck to him, I say.

Everlong1

Do some self defence training. That smug feeling of knowing that you can beat them to a pulp if necessary will soon alleviate your feelings of inadequacy.

Alternatively, you could make up some painfully hip name for a band that doesn't exist and drop it into the conversation. "Oh yeah that Foetus Sandwich gig is going to be in all the Top 10 lists come Christmas." If you really want to go the extra mile here you could have a t-shirt made up for their fake Whelans gig.

anncoates

Yeah people in suits intimidate me.

Oh no, wait, I forgot. I'm not 15.

Scotty P

This was told to me many many years back..

Really nervous friend of my aunt (I think it was my aunt, or maybe was her friend) came to her, when assertiveness classes were all the rage, telling her that she had been attending the classes every week as every time she met with a figure of authority, she would become paralyzed with fear, would be unable to think, let alone talk.

So my aunt said to her (as many people generally say to such people) that we are all the same deep down and all human and that she should never be intimidated by anyone as a result and that what she should do the next time she felt that way was to picture the person doing something absurdly mundane, like sitting down to go to the toilet etc, as that will then make them appear less threatening.

Well, a few weeks later she phoned my aunt in an awful state. Said she had been to the GP complaining about some physical symptoms she had (totally unrelated) and he had dismissed her off saying they were nothing to be worried about and that she didn't need further testing. She insisted to him that she have some to put her mind at ease, but he was adamant they were not needed and told her this and suggested it was just stress, at which point she jumped up and said: 'ah look at you, you big fool, sitting on the toilet with your trousers round your ankles'.

mad muffin

I am the one who intimidates.

Rough Sleeper

Everlong1 wrote: »

Alternatively, you could make up some painfully hip name for a band that doesn't exist and drop it into the conversation. "Oh yeah that Foetus Sandwich gig is going to be in all the Top 10 lists come Christmas."

Yeah, you're supposed to be pretending you're talking to a hipster, not standing in the smoking area of Fibbers chatting to fat bald bloke sporting a beard and a Cannibal Corpse hoodie.

I've never been intimidated by what someone else is wearing.

Although to be fair I've never met anyone wearing anything particularly terrifying, like flares or a kipper tie.

Fox_In_Socks

Candie wrote: »

I've never been intimidated by what someone else is wearing.

Although to be fair I've never met anyone wearing anything particularly terrifying, like flares or a kipper tie.

Huh.

http://ilere.com/images/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/anes-en-culottes.jpg

Fox_In_Socks

Fox_In_Socks wrote: »

Huh.

http://ilere.com/images/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/anes-en-culottes.jpg

No, donkey leggings aren't intimidating!

The Backwards Man

Candie wrote: »

I've never been intimidated by what someone else is wearing.

Although to be fair I've never met anyone wearing anything particularly terrifying, like flares or a kipper tie.

I have a tie very similar to this.

Fox_In_Socks

Candie wrote: »

No, donkey leggings aren't intimidating!

Assless!

Muise...

I've never been intimidated, but I have been awestruck by people. I think I wrote this on a thread about embarrassment: I proposed a piece for a fairly prestigious art exhibition, got accepted (YAY!) and went to the ligging wine launch thingy. Turned out the curator who had selected my proposal was a very handsome and accomplished chap. He shook my hand, looked at me with his beautiful eyes, and said "I was very taken with your idea." So I said "ah, yeah, I haven't done it yet."

(It's the arthouse version of "I carried a watermelon.")

Wulfie

What's a hipster ❔

The Backwards Man

Muise... wrote: »

I've never been intimidated, but I have been awestruck by people. I think I wrote this on a thread about embarrassment: I proposed a piece for a fairly prestigious art exhibition, got accepted (YAY!) and went to the ligging wine launch thingy. Turned out the curator who had selected my proposal was a very handsome and accomplished chap. He shook my hand, looked at me with his beautiful eyes, and said "I was very taken with your idea." So I said "ah, yeah, I haven't done it yet."

(It's the arthouse version of "I carried a watermelon.")

What's the culchie version of 'carrying a watermelon'?

The Backwards Man

Wulfie wrote: »

What's a hipster ❔

Trousers that show the crack of your bum.

Muise...

The Backwards Man wrote: »

What's the culchie version of 'carrying a watermelon'?

"Who's takin the horse to France?"

Fox_In_Socks

Fox_In_Socks wrote: »

Assless!

Assless on asses. You couldn't make it up!

eddie_hitler

whenever I meet a hipster , the only sentiment I feel is contempt

The Backwards Man

The Backwards Man wrote: »

I have a tie very similar to this.

I hope it was a Christmas present from your Granny. That's the only acceptable excuse

The Backwards Man

Candie wrote: »

I hope it was a Christmas present from your Granny. That's the only acceptable excuse

Yup, that's it, I got it from my Granny. As a present.

For Christmas.:)

zcorpian88

orangesoda wrote: »

Do you ever feel intimidated by others, e.g. a meeting or other social situation, i sometimes feel intimidated when talking to hipsters or men in suits, it's worse when it is a hipster in a suit. sometimes i feel that some people like myself haven't evolved in the right way to fit in properly in a city environment

Yeah I can relate to what you're saying, it's the reason why I like where I'm living and avoid anywhere too bustly, have bumped into hipsters and not suited folk but they may as well have been in a suit, because you know they are doing well for themselves once they open their mouth and they have that Trinity accent (Yes I believe they have their own accent, like yer man in your link)

A lot of them especially on a night out and have had a few drinks taken most just look for an argument and contradict and poke holes in whatever a lesser qualified person would have to say doesn't matter what the argument is really, they only do it because they want to abuse that fact, to make them feel better about themselves and get some ego boost/gratification from it.

A lot just don't know how to switch off and let a person say what they want to say without it turning into a debate like Prime Time or Questions & Answers or something. If I lived in a major city here in Ireland I'd probably crack up.

wil

The Backwards Man wrote: »

'What would Crocodile Dundee do?'

Marry a Polish girl 20 years younger than you.

How does that help

Stavros Murphy

No. I can crush three of them in one hand and am a large, rough, bogger navvy. Although the missus is a petite little thing and she can scare the crap out of me if the mood takes her, so, errm, maybe..

jprboy

Yes.

I get intimidated by the dirty pigeons, they love a bit of it

PizzamanIRL

I always feel intimidated when I'm being chased by someone with a knife. Kind of annoying.

OldNotWIse

Whats a hipster?

131spanner

Never intimidated, often amused :P

megaten

I feel intimidated by pretty much everyone unless I know them very well.

Ray Palmer

I find it funny to hear somebody say they are intimidated by hipsters. In many peoples' eyes I would be called a hipster. I have noticed people being intimidated by me and never knew why. On occasion people said they thought I'd be ultra cool and judge them.

I am a pretty liberal guy and try to let people be what they want as long as it doesn't negatively effect others. If you are big culchie I have no problem but if you bitch about being in Dublin I do have an issue.

I normally get hostility which I always assumed was insecurity, which would match up with the OP just a different reaction.

Ray Palmer

Ray Palmer wrote: »

If you are big culchie I have no problem but if you bitch about being in Dublin I do have an issue.

It's so cool that you have no problem with big culchies.

I'm not a culchie btw, just find that phrasing rather contemptuous.

thegreatgonzo

orangesoda wrote: »

Do you ever feel intimidated by others, sometimes i feel that some people like myself haven't evolved in the right way to fit in properly in a city environment

I used to get a few digs about being from the country when I lived in Dublin but it wouldn't intimidate me. I used to think how funny it would be if some people were put in an unfamiliar situation in the country and how freaked out they'd probably be.
I do get a bit intimidated in the work environment but that's because I don't have a lot of experience in some areas yet and I don't want to look incompetent. Generally the more I admire someone's ability the more I want to impress them. If I was working for some grumpy old charlatan I wouldn't care what they thought of me.

MonstaMash

OldNotWIse wrote: »

Whats a hipster?

:pac::pac::pac:

harry Bailey esq

hipsters in suits are just tossers to me so no on that count,sadly however the people that i dread meeting are my(extremely large)estranged family on my paternal side,each and every one of them are absolutely minted,and im now on the dole. And without any tact the first question im invariablely asked by everybody i meet is "what you doing with yourself like these days?" these are the situations i dread most. Funerals are the worst,i suffered a panic attack before my grandads burial.

Tombo2001

what I find intimidating.....

the guys you get in to fix stuff in your house and before hand they are all nice as pie, and it'll be done lovely, and you don't pay unless you are 100% satisfied...

and then they make a bollocgs of it, and you have to challenge them and its all "well i never said that and this and you said and I said and....."

Tombo2001

Ray Palmer wrote: »

I find it funny to hear somebody say they are intimidated by hipsters. In many peoples' eyes I would be called a hipster. I have noticed people being intimidated by me and never knew why. On occasion people said they thought I'd be ultra cool and judge them.

I am a pretty liberal guy and try to let people be what they want as long as it doesn't negatively effect others. If you are big culchie I have no problem but if you bitch about being in Dublin I do have an issue.

I normally get hostility which I always assumed was insecurity, which would match up with the OP just a different reaction.

I shouldnt laugh, but you seem incredibly proud of that fact.

maguic24

The Backwards Man wrote: »

I changed my mind, if I met this fella coming down the street at me I may be slightly disconcerted. :eek:

Christ on a bike in a neon green suit, look at yer man! :eek:

Ray Palmer

Candie wrote: »

It's so cool that you have no problem with big culchies.

I'm not a culchie btw, just find that phrasing rather contemptuous.

That's you reading meaning not intended. Many people consider the term "hipster" an insult too while others embrace it much like the term "culchie". I didn't mean any insult.

harry Bailey esq wrote: »

hipsters in suits are just tossers to me so .

an example of what people often think of the term hipster

Tombo2001 wrote: »

I shouldnt laugh, but you seem incredibly proud of that fact.

Again a strange interpretation but only on one sentence

I have been called many names due to my style over the years and all incorrect. Hipster is just a term some people would use if they saw me, at present! I wear what I like and won't be intimidated which is what you get as often as favorable comments. Usually people who know me realize I don't take my appearance seriously and willingly laugh at what I wear. I have always been like that.