#basicness

[trind-de]

Some friendly reminders to keep by the bed 🕯 (at Setúbal) Ig: Basicpeach.me

[lot-of-history]

▷ Lisboa ✌ #Basicness ◁ (em Lisbon, Portugal)

[itsall18thcenturytome]

Classy Pineapple Shorts

Yesterday, I bought a pair of shorts with pineapples on them from what I would call a fairly classy and nice establishment, although I would like to note that I got them for 50% off. 

I was struck once again by this peculiar fruit and its impact on the 18th century. When I say its impact on the 18th century, however, I mostly was interested in the impact that century had on our 21st culture and, in this instance, fashion. We discussed in class about a month or so ago, how the pineapple has become a little tacky within our modern culture. Well, I would like to upgrade that descriptor with a new modifier, basic. Compiling from a few different definitions on Urban Dictionary, basic is a slang term defined as: “an adjective used to describe any person, place, activity involving obscenely obvious behavior, dress, action; unsophisticated; transparent motives.” 

To be basic isn’t quite on the same level as being tacky, but it does come from the same base understanding that an item, in this case a print of pineapples, has been overdone to a certain point. It lacks originality and novelty. It is tired. I think this explains why people in the 18th century love pineapples so much, while we look at them as tacky. They no longer have that air of exoticism, newness, and exclusively. Instead, they are everywhere, overdone, and tired. They are truly basic. 

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part 2 coworkers talking about last halloween one coworker says she painted her face like a day of the dead sugar skull other coworker says “oh for that like dio…mo…whatever” first coworker says “yeah I don’t like celebrate that or whatever, I just did it bcuz…” me, too quiet to combat ignorance and stuck because I already took my break, turns up music on headphones

[bigbadboopy]

OH MY GOD!

The Wikipedia snafu -- I consider it to be a snafu -- is an Incubus joke!

The lead singer of Incubus is Brandon Boyd--

Some basic asshole who still likes Incubus (I like their old stuff) trolled on Wikipedia, and is being a basic asshole!