Pretty self explanatory question. I'm curious though how many dreaded folks out there did it for superficial reasons. Which is not necessarily a bad thing, if you like a style you like a style, and you can pursue what you wish. It's not a bad thing to be an imitation crab. What is some of your reasoning beyond style? Does it have to do with the subculture? A way of life? Something or other. Just really curious about this one. By the way, I don't have dreads and don't ever plan on it. I had one real good friend with em, and I definitely think they look beyond awesome on some folks.
Well the reason i'm going to dread my hair isn't for superficial vain reasons. For one, I happen to know that alot of people don't find dreadlocks attractive. I just know that they attract the 'down to earth' people you're refering to like myself, that I get along so well with. I also happen to find them beautiful, despite the pressure my family will put on me once I do have them. It's about being yourself, doing what you love, and not letting others sway your opinions and self expression, and I appreciate it as a form of art. I know that may seem silly to many 'art? it's dreadlocks' but it takes works to maintain them properly, and alot of people do many groovy things with them.
I am trying to grow dreads, and the main reason I want them is that I just think their cool. The idea of just letting your hair grow and letting it do what it wants to naturally is very appealing to me. And I also enjoy nature.
i've found them to be douchebags mostly *edit- to answer the question, i've spent most of my life in the woods away from people, growing food and literally living outside and my hair has always been tangled. i dont feel comfortable with beautiful shiny hair. it just doesn't fit my particular idiom and brushing it or sitting down for a haircut makes me feel like a tool.
Hm. Yeah I'm not saying as an umbrella that they all are. I guess just a lot of the one's I've met. Not that there hasn't been douche bags. Like at a Disco Biscuits concert a dread girl with her silly damn swinging around toys she was flailing 'em in the pit (in lafayette square) hitting me with them. Like, if you're going to do that, find an open space outside the pit you fucking dipshit. Oh and you. lol. You're just a jackass though as far as I can tell.
Jah Marley came to me in a vision. He said "Damn girl if you don't get dreads one day soon a cat will lay a furball in your tummy and you will die trying to purge it" So I did. I was saved.
1) They look awesome 2) They are awesome to have 3) People think you are awesome 4) My whole "OH NO must be clean much be neat mUST BE UPTIGHT" has totally disappeared. 5) They look awesome
http://www.hipforums.com/newforums/showthread.php?t=392518&f=209 I got them to because i figured i smoke weed and i like bob marley so might as well have dreadlocks
Years ago I got jumped by a group of hoodlum kids at a playplace in mcdonalds. After hours of titty twisters and wedgies, they stuffed me at the bottom of the ball pit. It seemed like a bottomless hole. Through all my painfull despair I realized there was a hefty unconsious woman left to die in this filth. I flipped her over to give her mouth to mouth and to my suprise it's miss fuckin Cleo. Never in my wildest dreams would I think I would be giving mouth to mouth to miss Cleo. I had so many questions for her. She came to and told me as a reward for saving her life she would grant me 15 min of her time fa free! So obviously I hit her with some questions about the future of my wealth, health n love life. But then, then I asked, how's my hurr gonna be lookin when I grow up. She responded with a, "oooh baby, you's gonna haves you some beautiful locks!" so I simply did not choose to. I'm just doing what miss Cleo set out for me.
Just Started My Day........ First Cup Of...:coffee:....Turned On My Puuuter.........Brought Up Hip Forums.........And This Is The First Post I Read........ Gunna Be A Looooooong And Complicated Day Methinks..... Cheers Glen.
Locks kind of found me... I was in Peru vacationing with family. I knew that my sister, who was meeting us later in the trip, had them already (although I had no idea what hers would look like) and I had always thought it they would be interesting to rock. Walking around downtown Lima a guy was yelling at me that he could give me 'dreadloks.' Anyways, my sister showed up with the start of some beautiful natural locks... all camouflaged by undreaded hair and shit... and she let me know that it's as simple as keeping your hair clean and not combing (I already would go for about a week without using shampoo anyways, unless it was lacrosse season when I would get real dirty ). I went for it shortly after. So I would say that I wanted locks mostly because it was something to do. Along the way they've taught me a lot about multiple parts of my personality and they have brought me to this foolish place where I can while away my overcast/winter city boredom and chat with some excellent folk. :cheers2:
