I am apparently cool now.

[dvandom]

About time.

(Explanation: while at Target, I overheard a bunch of what I'm guessing are college freshmen discussing an emo album. I made a comment that demonstrated I knew what emo was, which impressed them mightily. We parted ways. Shortly after, I passed them dissing Eberron, the D&D setting, and I pointed out that at least Warforged were cool. Now they were agog. I decided to give them my 'geek business card', and when I opened my wallet, one saw my Hot Topic frequent buyer card (which I've used exactly once so far). I was at that point proclaimed the only cool adult they'd ever met. Heh.)

Comments

[lurkerwithout.livejournal.com]

Dude, Hot Topic is soooo not "cool"...

[z4nd4r.livejournal.com]

I am sure it is if you are a 15 year old emo.

[dvandom.livejournal.com]

Well, they were more like 17-18, and they were dissing emo. They were simply impressed I knew what the heck they were talking about. :)

[dvandom.livejournal.com]

*I* know that, but these kids were clearly smack in the center of the Hot Topic demographic bullseye.

It probably also helped that I was wearing black jeans and a black hoodie.

[z-gryphon.livejournal.com]

Ah, the Unabomber look. That's very fashionable among the disgruntled youth nowadays... :)

[liabrown]

Can I have your autograph? :D

[1boringperson.livejournal.com]

You may be cool, but they also called you an adult. Who wants that? :-)

[dvandom.livejournal.com]

I have gray hair among the brown, fairly earned. I'll cop to "adult" in a purely biological sense. :)

[lameazoid.livejournal.com]

I've got one of those Hot Topic cards. I bougth maybe 40 dollars (4 stamps) worth of merchandais (Adult Swim action figures) but the guy stamped it like 8 times. We had done invintory at his store the night before and I think he liked us.

[jameel.livejournal.com]

They were obviously unwashed heathens if they were dissing Eberron. Did you apply unto them the brain worms?