kgdykes@watbun.UUCP (04/24/85)
> From: maa@ssc-bee.UUCP (Mark A Allyn) > Newsgroups: net.politics,net.singles,net.motss > Date: 22 Apr 85 15:00:15 GMT > > > I hear a lot of people talking about Yuppies in a general sense but rarely > > mentioning anything particular. It seems all we know about them is that > > they buy Volvos, vote in their own best interests, and l... > > The interesting thing is that Yuppies are generally spoken of disparagingly > > (on this net and elsewhere) but I never hear any Yuppies defending themselves. > > This leads... > I moved to a neighborhood in Seattle, Wa. which is said to be a 'Yuppie' > neighborhood. After living there only a few months, Iearned that the > neighborhood contained a high percentage of gays. > > In another setting the Boston, Mass, I observed the same phenomenon. > > Maybee yuppie means gay?????? > Hummm, around the "heavy duty" biker types in this town there is a tendency to think that Yuppies are gay (not that yuppie is a synonym, just that yuppies ARE...) In other words, if you dress "stylishly", drive non-american cars (note: bikers have a real hangup about non-american products) and go to chamber music (ie: culture) entertainment then by definition you are "queer". - Ken Dykes Software Development Group, U. of Waterloo Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. N2L 3G1 {clyde,utzoo}!watmath!watbun!kgdykes :-) The "real" questions is: :-} Are gays the ONLY people who know anything about style and culture...
brower@fortune.UUCP (Richard Brower) (04/30/85)
In article <14087@watmath.UUCP> kgdykes@watbun.UUCP writes: >:-) The "real" questions is: >:-} Are gays the ONLY people who know anything about style and culture... Not quite, but close. The rest of the world only lags about 10 years. -- Richard A. Brower Fortune Systems {ihnp4,ucbvax!amd,hpda,sri-unix,harpo}!fortune!brower
seifert@mako.UUCP (Snoopy) (05/01/85)
In article <5222@fortune.UUCP> brower@fortune.UUCP (Richard brower) writes: >In article <14087@watmath.UUCP> kgdykes@watbun.UUCP writes: >>:-) The "real" questions is: >>:-} Are gays the ONLY people who know anything about style and culture... > >Not quite, but close. The rest of the world only lags about 10 years. >-- >Richard A. Brower Fortune Systems >{ihnp4,ucbvax!amd,hpda,sri-unix,harpo}!fortune!brower True, but considering the amount of style and culture from the last ten years, it should only take us about 5 seconds to catch up! _____ |___| the Bugbustin' Beagle _|___|_ Snoopy \_____/ tektronix!mako!seifert \___/ ----- "When you're all alone, it's always 4 AM." -----
rrizzo@bbncca.ARPA (Ron Rizzo) (05/03/85)
5 seconds to catch up? Ooooooookay --- Go! (I've just started my stop watch). 1......2......3.......4.....5 -- time's up! Seifert! Seifert? Sei.........?