I'm hopelessly un-hip

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

I use proper punctuation, capitalization, spelling and grammar when chatting over instant-messenging.

Say the ways in which you're terminally un-hip.

[bridgit]

1. i've 'got' you beat by a country mile, i'm tragically un-hip...

:cry:

[qnr]

2. self-delete --- replied to wrong post n/t

[qnr]

3. I could care less which celebrity is gay, a scientologist, or * supporter.

Whether their acting/music/singing is good or bad (they're certainly doing better at their chosen field than I am in that field). Basically, I could care less about celebrities.

[Devra]

12. neither can I. I just don't understand the appeal

[BlueStateBlue]

21. I feel the same way

It always amazes me that the groupies haven't figured out yet that the celebrities are there to entertain US.

[PittPoliSci]

4. I do the same. n/t

[sendero]

5. I'm somewhat hip..

.... now that I'm too old for it to do me any good whatsoever :)

[Montauk6]

6. No piercings, no tats

I believe the only "reality TV" is C-SPAN (nothing sums up the real world more than the end of a speech when the audience is milling out of the banquet hall).

I've never tried pot, nor do I have the desire.

I prefer Rockports over Nikes.

My favorite "pump up the volume" moment is the instrumental break in Sinatra's "I've Got You Under My Skin."

I'm finding hip or cool, "with it," or "in," these days, to be a euphemism for self-consciously insecure copycat.

[LeftyMom]

7. If a band is less than 15 years old, I've probably never heard of them

Doubly sad since I'm 24. :blush:

[Chovexani]

33. ROFL!

Don't feel bad, I'm 24 and I'm the same way.

I don't think I've listened to FM radio since 1995.

[Canadian Socialist]

8. Thank you! I loathe this "text speak" or whatever it's called.

Even when I'm drunk (like, right now), I try so very hard to make sure my spelling and grammar are correct. I may not always succeed, but I give it a damn good shot. BTW, <heee see what I did there> I cringe when DUers point fingers at the FRers (or here in Canada, FDers) about their spelling, when I see so many more egregious examples right here. What was that old saying? "People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones".

[frogmarch]

9. I'm an isolationist

in that I don't like the idea of trying to alert residents (if there are any) of other planets of our existence. It's not something I'm obsessed about, but I'm right now watching a program related to this called "Naked Science" on the National Geographic channel, and it's making me do this: .

We have enough problems without inviting more. As far as trying to communicate with ET goes, I suggest that we Earthlings turn off the lights and pretend no one's home.

How's that for un-hip?

[swag]

10. I do not use smilies or smileys.

I occasionally use similes and metaphors.

[mvd]

11. Definitely not hip with clothing

I'm very casual.

Only semi-hip with music. Some people consider me a bit of a snob because I love this group (Avril, Michelle Branch, Hope 7, Fefe Dobson, The Like, The Veronicas, The Faders, Anna Nalick, etc.) and am not a fan of this group (Ashlee Simpson, Hilary Duff, Celine Dion, Mariah Carey, Christina Aguilera, boy bands (BSB & 'N Sync - I like The Click Five,) Lindsay Lohan (like some songs,) much of Britney, most of American Idol, etc.) But I'm open-minded enough to not be a full fledged music snob.

Also, I'm not a fan of the big music of the moment - hip-hop.

I'm not up with the acclaimed new TV shows and movies.

I'm much more liberal than the average. Seems it's hip to be "centrist" recently. I admit that this is an improvement!

[Devra]

13. I can not speak slang without people laughing.

and I can't curse without people being shocked that some one as *Innocent* looking as I said that.

[ashling]

14. well, I've got news for you,

messenging.
is not a word

Now, before I get my butt kicked for pointing that out like I did in another thread today (about use of "irregardless") let me issue this disclaimer:

It is not my intention to offend anyone in any way. If I have offered offense in any way, shape or form, or if my words can in any way be construed as "tactless" or antigonizing, I am truly sorry and hereby apologize for such offense.

sdditionally this post is meant only in a semi-humorous vein.

[frogmarch]

15. How un-hip of you

to point that out.

[ashling]

17. Yes, it is true

I am hopelessly UN-hip. As a matter of fact, I am probably un-hipper than the un-hippest DUer here. I am so unhip that I can't even think of a hip phrase to claim to not understand. The hippest word that I can think of is "groovy." In the event that anyone is forming an unhip club or coffee klatch (sp?) I think that I deserve an invitation at least, if not an officer's seat, unless, of course, asking might seem too hip.

:donut:

[qnr]

23. is "sdditionally" a word though? Just kidding n/t

[ashling]

30. That's what I get for editing

in a hurry
:shrug:

[Oeditpus Rex]

16. I love baseball

And I think the biggest problem with it is players wearing their pants cuffs at their ankles. :grr:

[NMMNG]

18. I dress like a dork

[erinlough]

19. Used to be hip

but now I get un-hipper every year.

[datasuspect]

22. i used to rock and roll all night

and party every day

then it was on weekends

then it was once a month

nowadays i can hardly find the time in which to get funky

[MrScorpio]

20. You have been hipper if you had did that spot for my show

It's all programmed with out you

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

25. Wah

Real life swamped us - especially her. Went down the memory hole. We suck. :(

[babylonsister]

24. I am tragic also. I go to

dictonary.com when I'm not sure. But on the other hand, I abhor being dumb for dumb's sake. People make mistakes, but for me, not intentionally. :)

[DanCa]

26. I always thought Mr. Feeny on Boy Meets world was cool.

He allways used proper puncutation capitalization spelling and grammer. Me personaly I am stuck in the eighties.

[El Fuego]

27. Me too.

I never leave out apostrophes in text messages, but I know people must think it's dumb to go through the trouble. I can't bring myself to type something incorrectly on purpose!

[Seabiscuit]

28. Unhip is my middle name.

I've been "over the hill" for 30 years.

[Monkey see Monkey Do]

29. I'm 26 and I've never owned a mobile phone

I also like my coffee as coffee and couldn't order a froppa-macca-superchino if you paid me.

[mr blur]

31. I don't have (and don't want) an iPod,

don't have a mobile phone, a games console or watch television. Hate sports. Can read without moving my lips. Never recognise the names of "celebrities" and don't care who they are.

[tenshi816]

32. I do the same thing, plus I also do it

when I send text messages on my mobile phone. "Text-speak" makes me crazy.

[billyskank]

34. We're so unhip, it's a wonder our bums don't fall off

With apologies to Douglas Adams. :)

[bunkerbuster1]

35. I assume that anyone who uses the acronym "LOL" is retarded

I don't know if that's unhip or not, but I just thought it'd be a good time to bring it up.

Oh, wait. I never IM anyone. Don't believe in it. I guess that makes me EXTREEEEEMLY unhip.

[name not needed]

36. LOL

[wildeyed]

38. ROFL!

:rofl:

[wildeyed]

37. I am so hopelessly un-hip

I don't even know how to instant message :cry: