Friday, December 4, 2009

i used to work here a pretext to talk about juggalos


This is will
I used to work at Hot Topic in the Willowgrove mall with him and many other fun people. why did i bring this up? well i found this site. and this one, And it reminded me how thankfull i was that I never worked at Neshaminy mall or King of Prussia. because you know, our Juggalo exposure was fairly low. I mean we would get the shirts in, but they wouldn't sell. the most that would happen was the occasional juggalo would come in, fuck up the pile in a poor attempt to steal it, and then leave. and the funny thing, we had a disproportionate amound of 2x and above shirts compared to normal sizes, which from what I gather seems to ring true within the context of the juggalo subculture.
I am so fucking glad that I never got sucked into all that. Now im gonna come clean here, I wore Tripp pants in high school, and listened to disturbed and System of a Down (among other things) but I never EVER listened to ICP. And i think that saved me. See during High school I was still trying to find my place, and while some of the people i would accosiate with during lunch were juggalos, I never got caught up in that, just hung out ate lunch and listened to them talk about how much weed they smoked over the weekend, and how badass they thought they were. And where are they now? I imagine they are still living in that area, sitting around watching wrestling and getting high talking about how unfair their parents are. And oh how i thank everything that i never got stuck there. (sorry if this is a bit hard to read I know im jumping from idea to idea.)
The one thing I always wondered is why they didn't move to Philly? It seems like they would have a great time living in some shitty apartment somewhere doing the same things they have always done. being around a larger group of people like them...but i guess that would mean they have to grow up. I guess there is something about the suburbs that they like. maybe its the fact that they think they are still shocking people walking around painted like clowns, or that they are somehow too cool for school (seeing as how they still hang out outside sometimes despite graduating years ago). But I really think its just the fact that they have no ambition. They want to be outcasts and they want other people to like them for it, and the only place that could happen is in the suburbs, In their safe little high school bubble. pretty much the point of this is I'm glad i never delved too far into that area, and the idea that It could have happened makes me thank god i Lived my life the way I did.

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