WTF is Trailer Trash?

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  1. QueerPoet

    QueerPoet Senior Member

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    I like to do Google searches: everything from Emily Dickinson to Robert Pattinson. :) Recently, I decided to search trailer trash (because I overheard someone refer to a cute celebrity as such).

    I've come to the conclusion that the term is meant as an insult. Big time. But why? Is it a sin to live in a trailer? If so, then I am a sinner (I lived in a trailer for 2 years). And why does that make somebody trash? You spend money on rent and utilities (the same as an apartment dweller).

    In fact, I actually felt like I had more freedom living in a trailer. There was a beautiful pond with living ducks.... a mere 100 feet from my front door. And I didn't have to nod hello and goodbye at a security guard - every time I came home (as I do in my current high rise home). Yet I am told how lucky I am to have a downtown apartment? :confused:

    Anyway, my point is that stereotypes are a mistake. I've read, Blake, Milton, Shakespeare, Dickens, Dickinson, Whitman, Parker, Ginsberg, Plath, Capote, Williams, Cummings, Frost, Pound, Auden, Sexton, Paglia, etc. I've suffered college, and published 2 books. I've never abused drugs or alcohol. Hell, I don't even smoke. Yet I am forever trailer trash (for living in a trailer park)? I just don't get the connection. :confused:

    Also, I discovered a rather poetic image of a "trailer trash" dude (thanks to Google). Notice the ink on his body: Heaven on one side, Hell on the other. And the beautiful goldfish - rising up from the lower depths. It's a lovely image, and something more worthy of an artist, than trailer trash. I don't pretend to understand society. But if this exquisite dude represents trailer trash... then I proudly stand beside him. And gladly abandon my boring and predictable downtown life.

    QP

    P.S. Special shout out to Shale: Hey, can you somehow make the foto larger - to help me illustrate my point? I'd be very grateful. ;)
     
  2. enk

    enk Member

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    nipple rings.
    ouch ouch ouch ><

    Stereotypes. Maybe one day they won't exist?

    I do not enjoy them, though I must admit sometimes they can be accurate, and sometimes humorous (perhaps for someone with juvenile attributes like me), but I do not like the prospect of becoming stereotypical.

    Identity is very important.
    Genetically, you and I and every other human being are almost like clones, the thing which makes us different is our personalities.
     
  3. The Earth

    The Earth Om Tare Tutare Ture Svaha

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    its a derogatory term for an American
     
  4. Vanilla Gorilla

    Vanilla Gorilla Go Ape

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    How can you not have heard the term before?
     
  5. QueerPoet

    QueerPoet Senior Member

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    That would be nice. Hell, that would be very nice. :sunny:

    QP
     
  6. Justin_Hale

    Justin_Hale ( •_•)⌐■-■ ...(⌐■_■)

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    [​IMG]
    *laughing from my mansion
     
  7. QueerPoet

    QueerPoet Senior Member

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    So only Americans live in trailers?

    QP
     
  8. Invisible Soul

    Invisible Soul Burning Angel

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    Stereotypes not existing? I think hell will freeze over first... lol
     
  9. QueerPoet

    QueerPoet Senior Member

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    I don't watch television (on purpose). I am very selective in terms of what I read. I also select my friends in a cautious manner. So I guess I had no idea just how clueless I was about the clueless world? :confused:

    QP

    P.S. I always liked what Quentin Crisp had to say about society: We all are trash. If we got what we truly deserved - we'd starve.
     
  10. Invisible Soul

    Invisible Soul Burning Angel

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    Oh, Im well aware Im trash, there's never been a time I havent thought Im trash... :p I always tell myself I'll never find happiness simply because I am not deserving of it.

    I always thought "trailer trash" was a derogatory term for southern rednecks... ah well.. lol
     
  11. tanasi

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    Until you save enough to afford the title of "trailer trash", they call you a street person.
     
  12. QueerPoet

    QueerPoet Senior Member

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    I totally agree. And I have lived on the streets and in a trailer. Yet I think the negative label is totally bogus. A good person can be found in a humble place. And it's not just me. :sunny:

    QP
     
  13. QueerPoet

    QueerPoet Senior Member

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    Dang, that looks like an awesome place to live. Can I get on the waiting list? ;)

    QP
     
  14. jmt

    jmt Ezekiel 25:17

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    No space for you......meth lab taking up all the space! :(
     
  15. enk

    enk Member

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    Can I have a go at cheesy romance here?
    ready! here it goes:

    QP, you are trailer trash...
    but remember, one mans trash is another mans treasure ^^

    <3
     
  16. Justin_Hale

    Justin_Hale ( •_•)⌐■-■ ...(⌐■_■)

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    I have a guest trailer also. You're welcome anytime. :)


    That's in my other trailer, on my other property. :2thumbsup:
     
  17. QueerPoet

    QueerPoet Senior Member

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    Sweetheart, you ain't no trash! And it'll be a long while before you're gone with the wind! So you best just step on such thoughts: You is gonna find happiness! Because I can tell. You gotta trust me in these matters. Okay? :love:

    QP
     
  18. Justin_Hale

    Justin_Hale ( •_•)⌐■-■ ...(⌐■_■)

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    Oh, and ring me when you're at the airport, I'll send my car around for you.

    [​IMG]
     
  19. QueerPoet

    QueerPoet Senior Member

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    LOL. I'm all set for a John Waters script. Wanna do it together? :sunny:

    QP
     
  20. _zero_

    _zero_ Newbie

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    Yo mama. :D

    But seriously, to be trailer trash, you have to live in a trailer and act like a goddamn fucking idiot. :willy_nilly:
    :smash:
    :ack2:

    If this isn't you, then don't worry about it.
     

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