Would you prefer Tiki as 'mainstream' or 'underground'? - General Tiki

GT Geeky Tiki Member Las vegas Joined: Oct 15, 2002 Posts: 533	GT Geeky Tiki Posted posted on Thu, Jan 13, 2005 10:52 AM I vote mainstream. Tiki was a mainstream things to begin with. people with beehive hairdo's, shirts and ties, even sports jackets could go out for an evening in a Tiki resturaunt and bar. There was no underground! A bunch of white middle class males wearing Aloha shirts as they BBQ did not require the blessing of Tiki Nobles for legitimacy. This conversion of Tiki to underground religion is bad juju - it leads to Tiki Nobilty and that loser "I'm more Tiki than you" kind of thinking that is absolutely, resolutely, NOT Tiki. Tiki is just a part of a well adjusted lifestyle, it is not a substitute for the lack of vitality in other life spheres. Some of these Tiki as validation people act like the soup guy on Seinfeld: "No Tiki for you!" I say, "Tiki for anybody!"

I vote mainstream.

Tiki was a mainstream things to begin with. people with beehive hairdo's, shirts and ties, even sports jackets could go out for an evening in a Tiki resturaunt and bar.

There was no underground!

A bunch of white middle class males wearing Aloha shirts as they BBQ did not require the blessing of Tiki Nobles for legitimacy.

This conversion of Tiki to underground religion is bad juju - it leads to Tiki Nobilty and that loser "I'm more Tiki than you" kind of thinking that is absolutely, resolutely, NOT Tiki.

Tiki is just a part of a well adjusted lifestyle, it is not a substitute for the lack of vitality in other life spheres.

Some of these Tiki as validation people act like the soup guy on Seinfeld: "No Tiki for you!"

I say, "Tiki for anybody!"

Post #135302 by Geeky Tiki on Thu, Jan 13, 2005 10:52 AM