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RE: Would you wear "the mark of the beast" on your T-shirt?
April 9, 2017 at 2:41 pm
Looks like a half-baked bio-hazard symbol. But I really saw a 6 and two 9's. And all sorts of people would come up and ask what the 699 symbol was for. They would make bad "69" jokes. No thanks.
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RE: Would you wear "the mark of the beast" on your T-shirt?
April 9, 2017 at 3:21 pm
So I guess a lot of folks in this thread seem to think they are not guilty of pride?
You don't find your clothes to be a form of ornamentation?
I don't know if I would necessarily choose to have this in my wardrobe but you guys are acting like this is such an in-your-face design and it is really not. Your average rock or heavy metal fan wears shirts far more "offensive" or in-your-face than this.
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RE: Would you wear "the mark of the beast" on your T-shirt?
April 9, 2017 at 3:33 pm
(April 9, 2017 at 3:21 pm)AceBoogie Wrote: So I guess a lot of folks in this thread seem to think they are not guilty of pride?
You don't find your clothes to be a form of ornamentation?
I simply wear clothes to cover the sexiness that is me. Keeps the men-folk from losing their goddamned minds.
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RE: Would you wear "the mark of the beast" on your T-shirt?
April 9, 2017 at 3:35 pm
(April 9, 2017 at 3:21 pm)AceBoogie Wrote: I don't know if I would necessarily choose to have this in my wardrobe but you guys are acting like this is such an in-your-face design and it is really not. Your average rock or heavy metal fan wears shirts far more "offensive" or in-your-face than this.
True, but the thing is that with band shirts what you're communicating is your support of the musicians and by wearing a shirt with just a 'satanic' symbol, well, it may come across as trying to be 'edgy'. I don't really care what people wear personally, but I can understand why it could seem gimmicky to some.
To be honest though, I don't think many people would recognize this symbol at all. First time I've ever seen it and I recall having a whole lecture on 'bad' symbols back in the day (and now I sound old :|).
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RE: Would you wear "the mark of the beast" on your T-shirt?
April 9, 2017 at 3:54 pm
(April 9, 2017 at 3:35 pm)Longhorn Wrote: True, but the thing is that with band shirts what you're communicating is your support of the musicians and by wearing a shirt with just a 'satanic' symbol, well, it may come across as trying to be 'edgy'. I don't really care what people wear personally, but I can understand why it could seem gimmicky to some.
To be honest though, I don't think many people would recognize this symbol at all. First time I've ever seen it and I recall having a whole lecture on 'bad' symbols back in the day (and now I sound old :|). Some people would argue that heavy metal itself is an attempt at being edgy. You ever read some heavy metal lyrics? Some of that shit tries so hard to be edgy that I cringe just listening to it.
I don't buy that someone wearing a motley crue t shirt with the depiction of demons on the front is simply innocently "supporting the band" and isn't at all aware of how those images come across to other people.
All clothing is a form of ornamentation. Unless of course your walk around in tattered rags that do just enough to cover your naked body.
I get where you guys are coming from but it's a little off the mark. All clothing is a statement of some sort. Even if that statement is saying, "I'm a normal, boring person who only wears solid colors with no graphics or designs."
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It is the air and light of every heart – builder of every home, kindler of every fire on every hearth. It was the first to dream of immortality. It fills the world with melody – for music is the voice of love.
Love is the magician, the enchanter, that changes worthless things to Joy, and makes royal kings and queens of common clay. It is the perfume of that wondrous flower, the heart, and without that sacred passion, that divine swoon, we are less than beasts; but with it, earth is heaven, and we are gods.” - Robert. G. Ingersoll
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RE: Would you wear "the mark of the beast" on your T-shirt?
April 9, 2017 at 4:00 pm
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(April 9, 2017 at 3:54 pm)AceBoogie Wrote: (April 9, 2017 at 3:35 pm)Longhorn Wrote: True, but the thing is that with band shirts what you're communicating is your support of the musicians and by wearing a shirt with just a 'satanic' symbol, well, it may come across as trying to be 'edgy'. I don't really care what people wear personally, but I can understand why it could seem gimmicky to some.
To be honest though, I don't think many people would recognize this symbol at all. First time I've ever seen it and I recall having a whole lecture on 'bad' symbols back in the day (and now I sound old :|). Some people would argue that heavy metal itself is an attempt at being edgy. You ever read some heavy metal lyrics? Some of that shit tries so hard to be edgy that I cringe just listening to it.
I don't buy that someone wearing a motley crue t shirt with the depiction of demons on the front is simply innocently "supporting the band" and isn't at all aware of how those images come across to other people.
All clothing is a form of ornamentation. Unless of course your walk around in tattered rags that do just enough to cover your naked body.
I get where you guys are coming from but it's a little off the mark. All clothing is a statement of some sort. Even if that statement is saying, "I'm a normal, boring person who only wears solid colors with no graphics or designs."
Your example is Mötley Crüe? Lol. Yeah, Posers.
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RE: Would you wear "the mark of the beast" on your T-shirt?
April 9, 2017 at 4:09 pm
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This thread needs some inoffensive music to lighten the mood
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
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RE: Would you wear "the mark of the beast" on your T-shirt?
April 9, 2017 at 4:11 pm
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(April 9, 2017 at 4:00 pm)Alex K Wrote: Your example is Mötley Crüe? Lol. Yeah, Posers.
lol I don't listen to metal of any kind.
Could have mentioned something like gororoth or white chapel but I was going for a mainstream example
edit: interestingly enough a lot of people who see my tattoos think I'm some sort of metal head but I'm certainly not at all
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It is the air and light of every heart – builder of every home, kindler of every fire on every hearth. It was the first to dream of immortality. It fills the world with melody – for music is the voice of love.
Love is the magician, the enchanter, that changes worthless things to Joy, and makes royal kings and queens of common clay. It is the perfume of that wondrous flower, the heart, and without that sacred passion, that divine swoon, we are less than beasts; but with it, earth is heaven, and we are gods.” - Robert. G. Ingersoll
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RE: Would you wear "the mark of the beast" on your T-shirt?
April 9, 2017 at 4:32 pm
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(April 9, 2017 at 4:11 pm)AceBoogie Wrote: (April 9, 2017 at 4:00 pm)Alex K Wrote: Your example is Mötley Crüe? Lol. Yeah, Posers.
lol I don't listen to metal of any kind.
Pity! Not even when it's the soothing voice of a pretty woman singing?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPlVbLpuEhI
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RE: Would you wear "the mark of the beast" on your T-shirt?
April 9, 2017 at 4:34 pm
(April 9, 2017 at 4:32 pm)Alex K Wrote: (April 9, 2017 at 4:11 pm)AceBoogie Wrote: lol I don't listen to metal of any kind.
Pity! Not even when it's the soothing voice of a pretty woman singing?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1gXFNNoLcE
Nope, not even then, lol.
I'm big into Led Zeppelin. Even bigger into Pink Floyd. Rolling Stones are cool, I can even get into a little Skynard. I guess I like some SOAD stuff... that's probably metal, right? That's the heaviest stuff I'm into, though.
“Love is the only bow on Life’s dark cloud. It is the morning and the evening star. It shines upon the babe, and sheds its radiance on the quiet tomb. It is the mother of art, inspirer of poet, patriot and philosopher.
It is the air and light of every heart – builder of every home, kindler of every fire on every hearth. It was the first to dream of immortality. It fills the world with melody – for music is the voice of love.
Love is the magician, the enchanter, that changes worthless things to Joy, and makes royal kings and queens of common clay. It is the perfume of that wondrous flower, the heart, and without that sacred passion, that divine swoon, we are less than beasts; but with it, earth is heaven, and we are gods.” - Robert. G. Ingersoll
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