Post #192159 by hewey on Wed, Oct 12, 2005 8:17 PM

Im asking people what they were at school. Say what? I mean, what group were you in the schoolyard social strata? Were you a geek/nerd, football jock, part of the 'popular' group etc.

Im asking this, as I think it would be interesting in getting some of the background as to how people came to be here.

I beleive that TCers are mainly from the nerd/loser/geek end of the spectrum (I am myself, I openly admit it). Why do I beleive this?

Well, tiki culture/polynesian pop isnt exactly mainstream (although Shag admitadly isnt doing too bad). But by and large, its not as popular as say Von Dutch has recently been, or any other similar brand or 'scene' such as say the hip hop 'scene'.

People into tiki arent here because they want to fit in with the majority of the population. We are comfortable within our own skin, and dont mind being considered a little odd. Hell, some of us revel in it. But we generally dont go out of our way to be shocking such as some gothics and punks may with piercings and offensive tats and so forth.

Therefore, TCers are more likely to be nerds/geeks etc as we were generally comfortable with our self identities at school, and did not place a great value on how others percieved us at school.

Thats what i reckon anyway. Based upon my own knowledge and experiences. How close to the mark did I come? Did I nail it, or am i just a lone muttering nerd? Looking forward to reading your responses!