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Help[Opinions] Re: Travis
in reply to a message by gigibee
What did I call it in the last post, tacky and thoughtless? I stand by that. It has a sleazy kind of feel to it to me, like an entitled middle-American teenage football player kind of thing.
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Excellent imagery.
You captured my distaste for certain names with that line:
It has a sleazy kind of feel to it to me, like an entitled middle-American teenage football player kind of thing.
So many names give off that vibe to me - Brayden/Braiden/Braden, Bryson, Jackson, etc.
I would probably feel somewhat similar to you if it wasn't for the fact that I went to school with an awesome one.
You captured my distaste for certain names with that line:
It has a sleazy kind of feel to it to me, like an entitled middle-American teenage football player kind of thing.
So many names give off that vibe to me - Brayden/Braiden/Braden, Bryson, Jackson, etc.
I would probably feel somewhat similar to you if it wasn't for the fact that I went to school with an awesome one.
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But I don't understand how "entitled" or "middle-American" or "teenage" or "football player" equal "sleazy". I could see someone saying Travis is sleazy if it makes them think of "prematurely aged" "drug-addicted" "porn addict".
This message was edited 2/3/2011, 3:13 PM
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It's what they do.
I'm going to attempt to explain. The entitled, middle-American students - especially wealthier ones - have this aura of doing whatever they want, however they want. It's terrible - I avoided the entitled brats far more than any other group. They were the most dangerous - because they don't feel like anything can touch them. It's sleazy in a different way.
I'm going to attempt to explain. The entitled, middle-American students - especially wealthier ones - have this aura of doing whatever they want, however they want. It's terrible - I avoided the entitled brats far more than any other group. They were the most dangerous - because they don't feel like anything can touch them. It's sleazy in a different way.
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I used to...
have a similar sense for Joel until I met one that was so nice and mild, it completely blew that image out of the water.
It helps me say what I dislike about a name if I can create a person to apply it to. :-D I think (I hope!) I can get it across better as "this guy" than as "these adjectives."
have a similar sense for Joel until I met one that was so nice and mild, it completely blew that image out of the water.
It helps me say what I dislike about a name if I can create a person to apply it to. :-D I think (I hope!) I can get it across better as "this guy" than as "these adjectives."
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