So I was going to call this post “Stupid Hawaiians,” but that might allude to some racial stereotype that could land us in some “hot water, brah.” Instead, I called it “Stupid things Hawaiians Do” because these are two pictures that I took today that, well, I think give you guys a small glimpse of some of said stupid things. Click on them to make them bigger.
This first picture is some graffiti that’s outside my work that is a good example of local “gangsters” in Hawaii. Now, I deal with a lot of these kids on a daily basis, and they claim Bloods and Crips and whatever else, and it’s all retarded, because really, they have no clue other than that bloods are red and crips are blue. Often we’ll have members of these rival gangs at the same time, and after a day or so they’re best of friends…. stupid. But the graffiti is horrible. First of all, it’s in green, and not artistic at all. Secondly, the D is awful, has no inner “d-hole,” and even kind of looks like a P. Then there’s the I, which overlaps the D/P thing in a completely third-grade bubble-letter way, and is also in front of the R that is on it’s other side. It’s all wrong. Then you have again a third-grade looking T Y, and moving to line 2 is the most pathetic attempt at an S I’ve ever seen. It looks like a bad Greek E. The same artistic ability continues through the rest of the word. These clowns think this is graffiti? No, LA graffiti is often times almost pleasant to look at – there’s actually a lot of artistic ability sometimes, and colors, and well-drawn, shaded, and 3D-ified icons and characters. This, like the whole mentality of the wannabes out here is a “piece” alright… a piece of shit.
This next one, if you can read it, says, “Doin the Dirrty Dirrty” on the back window of this truck (in pink). I know things like this are very prevalent throughout the states, too, and I’m sure all of you will agree that seemingly arbitrary sayings is pretty damn lame. What is this, the new “Soldier Boy” type dance? Cause, I mean, the Soldier Boy is the new Macarena, which at one time was the new hokey-pokey, and we all know how cool those are to do now in your favorite club. Or is the “Dirrty Dirrty” sex? If you want to get that point across, just right “Fucking” on your window and I’ll be sure to come along and write under it “Idiot” when I see it parked at Wal Mart. I was fired up for this one because not two minutes before I spotted a “In Memory of” sticker with a couple names that completely filled up a whole back window. Stupid, I tells ya. Idiots.
And please, if you guys got any good ones, send em in. Stupidness knows no bounds.
Ok I’m a bit late on this but I am getting very annoyed by this rock. I have lived here all my 28 years and times have really changed… for the worse. As I type this one of my neighbors is blasting his car radio of hawaiian music. The next track is Two Person Party by Three Plus. Not that its a bad song, but do you really have to blast it out of your car SO EVERYONE in the neighborhood can hear? I guess you can’t afford a $35 ipod shuffle but you can afford $400 worth of car audio, let alone thousands more to make your car louder than your music.
Haha, that is a VERY good point. I’ve lived here for about 4 years now, and I agree – that song isn’t too bad, but when I hear it and other Hawaiian songs 80 times a day when I myself don’t even turn on a radio, that’s a problem.
I understand having pride in one’s culture, and I’m all for that. But when you take it too far and act in ways that reinforce negative stereotypes, well then you’re just making all of your culture look bad. Especially when you have so much pride you believe yours is the absolute best, which is common out here. In that case, to me you’re no better than that bastard Adolph Hitler. I say that because there are plenty of people out here that don’t like Asians, or Caucasians or whatever simply because they’re not Hawaiian, or part Hawaiian, or part whatever-the-fuck-tiny-island-I’ve-never-heard-of. To me, that’s no different than say, hating black people just because they’re black, or Jews because they’re Jews. In fact, at my work a kid told me he punched his brother because his brother called him “haole boy.” If that’s not ass-backward and blatantly racist, I don’t know what is.
I know that’s a little off-topic, but it’s all to show the idiocy that is so rampant here in Hawaii.
Totally! To me, Hawaiian music is JUST LIKE Country music. Whinning about a love gone stale and doing remakes of oldies. Anyway as I was driving home today I saw on a truck a sticker that said, “I’m a Hustler.” I remember what you posted about “Doing the Dirrrttyy” or whatever it was. I thought to myself, “just say you rob people.” HAHA
I put on my facebook lastnight, “Its 11:30pm and there are still kids playing outside. What great parenting we have in the 808 state!” This might sound mean, *oh wait nevermind* but majority of these kids are Hawaiian in my neighborhood and they just do whatever they want! I’m not only going to bash on Hawaiians but all polynesian culture is horrible. If you ever go to a bar, who are the people that always gets kicked out? Hmmm. I should stop before someone googles my name and shoots me.
Aya, I like you. You seem like one of the rare and intelligent ones out here. If you ever see one of us out, be sure to say what’s up.
Oh, and about the bars, I made the mistake of going to a Samoan bar in Kalihi one time (it was with a Samoan friend who always goes there, plus I was already tossed) but between all the fights I got out there and did some electric slide, to see what would happen. Turns out they joined in, until another fight broke out, haha.
Getting out of the way of that one sort of felt like Indiana Jones, but running from two boulders.
LOL well geesh, I guess you wouldn’t really know how things will be unless you get in there huh? Anyway, happy 4th of July. I was awoken at 9am this morning by the rumblings of firecrackers.. and then again at 10:30 and it hasn’t stopped since. Why oh why do hawaii people insist on poppping firecrackers in the morning??? hehehe