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Merging counter-cultures
Furthur
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I found myself thinking one day, that perhaps the drug culture and video game culture could work well together. The idea of some of my gamer friends embracing intoxicants brings up the idea of lan parties with bongs. I think that the two societies would mix well together once everyone got used to the other side.
If I'm off about this please tell me.
If I'm off about this please tell me.
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That too, but I thought that I should seize the moral high ground while the getting was good.
Drugs have a very large culture surrounding them. You may not be a cultured person for being a stoner, but to say there isn't a stoner culture is...well, wrong.
I'm not really sure what the OP is saying though. as much as the two cultures merge at some places, they diverge a great deal in other areas. music and drug culture intertwine a lot, almost too much for me.
Then there is Jon Stewart in Half Baked...Ever look at the stars...on WEED!!
I like the idea of cultures mixing. I figure it works for societies throughout history. I especially like the way sports has embraced various disciples for better performance, be it psychology or science.
I like games and all, but "gamer culture" fills me with rage.
I actually don't agree with this partially. Gaming is becoming more mainstream and less counter culture, but the illegal nature of drug use tends to keep it's counter-culture status. Most anything that goes against the laws of a society and the culture that surrounds it is considered counter-culture.
well, yeah
i mean, bonghits and videogames work great together
Anyway, here is my story about gaming and drug cultures. This one time, I was at a brawl tournament. And this guy comes up to me and says "Hey man do you know where I can find some weed?" And I thought he said Wii because it was loud. And I was like "What?" And then he said it again and I laughed at my mistake and told him no. Then he went and asked some more people.
Good story, right? It totally transcends cultures.
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BlueBlue: There is already a five hour Sailor Moon musical. Also multiple comic book musicals.
Actually I don't think I've ever even heard of a musical episode of an anime. I mean, maybe some people will sing a song but nothing "Once More With Feeling" - type.
o_O
Hell, there's an anime-style game that's a musical.
There is almost certainly a musical anime. I know there is a Phantom of the Opera anime out there.
But, that was all just an example of an odd-couple pairing of cultures that I thought might be featured here, instead of games/drugs.
I'm talking German-Hawaiian fusion cuisine, here.
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Actually I think I got my hopes up based off a misreading of the title. Like, this is merging "counter-culture" and I was thinking merging "very different cultures". Whoops.
But hey if you think of the name of that PotO anime, pm me or something because I am suddenly interested.
But illegal activity is not a social norm. The very definition of counter-culture is the the values and behavior of a group that run against the grain of the social mainstream. Most people are law abiding citizens, regardless of the millions that smoke weed or do whatever chemical is their particular vice. The majority of society do not pay women upfront with cash to have sex with them. Most people don't make a life of stealing and conning people.
You are right, so long as law has been around, there have been people breaking them. But those people are a definite minority who operates outside the social norm in accordance to their own values. This would make them a sub-culture or even a counter-culture.
Ahahahahahahahhaaha
I didn't realize.
Also, maybe we should get the movie culture, and the "people who cross the street" culture to get together, too. By which I mean I don't see these as really strong cultures. China has a culture. There's sort of an American culture. But gaming and drug culture? I guess you could say that because things like Electronics Gaming Monthly and High Times exist. But is there a furniture culture because of IKEA?
I don't know. My head is spinning. This all seems silly.
Nerima Daikon Bros
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zY6VtKJvC4c
Yeah, I'm sure your friends will love you for that.
Playing games while you're drunk or baked can be great, though.
But perhaps I should add, that for me, drug culture isn't just about doing drugs. Yes, they tend to be a focal point in activities, but other things are involved. Just as video games tend to be the focal point in gamer culture, but other things are there.
And then there's this
The question of "can we mix the cultures" still sounds ridiculous. Why? What grand 'culture' merging... Where were the cultures are diametric odds with each other? Like... let's merge peanut butter with jelly? Crips with bloods? Republicans and Democrats? It just sounds so silly. "Mergine Cultures: Why can't we get republicans and democrats to get a long? I know a lot of my republican friends, and a lot of democrat friends, and I was wondering..." Like, are you trying to start a brand new fad where Microsoft includes a mini pipe with every Xbox? "Marijuana! It's the new Bawls!"
I'm not even touching the idea they're counter-cultures. But.. what would that have to do with it? And...
uhhhhh
Dazed and confused...
You take that back.
I'm trying to think what the real question is here, in this thread. "Could pot make gamers a better people?"
"Could games be fun on weed?"
"Ever seen a twenty dollar bill on weed?"
No matter what, it was worded in an unnecessarily bizarre, convoluted, silly manner.
I think there's a difference between the type of nerd who will get drunk or get high and the kind who is self righteous about not doing those things.
The difference? The 1st group is probably going to be better with the whole 'I'm not socially inept' thing.
Seriously, I went into the video games club of my college, and I was thinking, how in gods name am I better at this human interaction thing than you guys? You're 3 FUCKING years older than me! Then I mentioned the TF2 drinking game (every time you get hit by a novice rocket, take a drink), and they got PISSED as hell.
Alcolol and pot are, when you're using them correctly, social lubricants. They teach you what works and what doesn't work in a social situation really fucking quickly.
But, I suppose I've been simply questioning the OP. Debating the question rather than answering.
No, I don't think we should "merge" the "cultures." They're fine as they are. Individuals, as a whole, will choose to do drugs, or play games. Should they mix the two, it doesn't represent any sort of 'cultural oneness.' Nor do I think that merging should be any sort of imperative.