Ski Mask Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 its like some kind of horrible scene kid mutation happening in chile. http://www.newsweek.com/id/124098 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQEUoyNiSws TEEN TRENDS Rebels Without Cause Chile's disaffected 'Pokemones' don't care much about politics. They're too busy having sex. By Ashley Steinberg | Newsweek Web Exclusive Mar 18, 2008 | Updated: 12:59 p.m. ET Mar 18, 2008 The teens call their public orgies ponceo. On a typical Friday afternoon in the Chilean capital of Santiago, hundreds gather in a leafy urban park for a few hours of sexual experimentation. Surrounded by passing strollers, they trade partners multiple times—mostly engaging in anonymous rounds of oral sex. When the party is over, no contact information is exchanged. Same-gender interactions are commonplace, as the lines between hetero- and homosexuality are blurred, partly by the alcohol and drugs consumed, but also by shifting social mores held by Chilean youth, in contrast to their conservative parents. "Ponceo is about having fun," says Natalia Fernandez, a 15-year-old with pink hair and a pierced chin. "This time I had seven partners." Fernandez, like many others in the park, is wearing an anime T-shirt. Drawing inspiration from Japanese anime culture, the teens refer to themselves as "Pokemones." Their behavior, though, doesn't quite resemble that of the cartoon characters that once obsessed young TV watchers around the world. "It's shameless," says Gina Mazzini Aliste, a middle-aged woman in the park that day. "They act like ponceo is a competitive sport." Not surprisingly, the Pokemones have become the subject of a national debate in the media, as the conservative Catholic society grapples with this new affront to its traditional values. In a country where abortion is banned and divorce was legalized only a few years ago, and where the specter of Augusto Pinochet's authoritarian regime still hovers over political discourse, the Pokemones are at once radical and inevitable. Radical because they are shocking Chilean society to its core. Inevitable because they are darlings of a booming neoliberal economy, which has provided them with all the material accoutrements necessary to be Pokemones. Yet along with sexual rebellion, these teens are also defined by their consumerism, a characteristic that neatly conforms to Chile's free-market ideals. Indeed, the Pokemones are outfitted with the latest clothing and technological gadgets. Their look is androgynous and exaggerated: clad in low-slung, tight-fitting jeans, both boys and girls wear multiple piercings, dyed and waxed hair, and thick black eyeliner. They have their own Web sites, even their own slang, but what does it really mean to be a Pokemon? Curiously, the teenagers do not seem to hold any particular convictions about their identity in a political or sexual sense. Instead, their movement is mostly about image. "It's basically a fashion thing," says Raul Barra, a tall 19-year-old with piercings down the sides of his nose. "A Pokemon has a certain style and does ponceo." Despite the group's controversial implications for identity and sexuality in the 21st century, there is virtually no discussion of a common cause at gatherings or on their Web sites and blogs. The Pokemones do not have a political creed, preferring apathy to engagement. Yet their existence as a movement is fundamentally political because of the contrast it marks vis-à-vis the dictatorship, under which freedoms were violently suppressed. "I guess we don't really think about politics or anything," says Valentina Espinosa, a petite 16-year-old whose teased platinum hair adds about six inches to her tiny stature. "We're not for anything, but we're not against anything, either—well, except our parents getting mad at us for being Pokemones." Sociologists have labeled the Pokemones an "urban tribe," a term they have also applied to hippies, punks, and goths. But unlike those that came before it, this is the first "urban tribe" here born in the Internet age. As such, communication technology is key—Pokemones have hundreds of contacts on instant-messaging programs, and they regularly upload videos and photos to sites like YouTube and Fotolog. But despite the expanded capacity for communication, theirs may be the first movement in which debate about its goals is noticeably absent. Page 1/3 (see the newsweek link for the rest) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seph Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 1st! and /no aids please! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earmuffs Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 so you are moving to chile now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ski Mask Posted March 21, 2008 Author Share Posted March 21, 2008 can we get an auto ban on 1sters, and free posters?? please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CALIgula Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 1st! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harvey Wallbanger Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 I wish we had shit like that when I was in high school. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seph Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 hahaha, i was reading, so i edited after i was done.. and that was the first time i did that shit..:lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q666 Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 not so sure about that dude, imagine the std's we have here and then multiply it by 1000 i heard they have super cancer in chile Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ski Mask Posted March 21, 2008 Author Share Posted March 21, 2008 so you are moving to chile now? maybe. do you think I can pass myself off as a skinny chilean emo kid? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bojangles Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 Diseases. Gotta' catch 'em all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seph Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 Also, yea if someone were to have a disease that shit would be spread throughout those kids in no time, I thought Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GEEB Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 that snorlax ass bitch at the top is definetly a trash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ski Mask Posted March 21, 2008 Author Share Posted March 21, 2008 what no "my pokemans, let me show you them" yet? I'm diaspointed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seph Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 HOMOS Gotta' FUCK 'em all! I thought this shit would be related to pokemon or someshit.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twinky the kid Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 HOLY FUCKING SHIT! IM SO MOVING TO CHILE!!!!! ZOMG!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ski Mask Posted March 21, 2008 Author Share Posted March 21, 2008 EMO vs. Pokemones http://www.fotolog.com/em0_vs_p0kemon/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twinky the kid Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 ^that is fucking stupid. id fuck emo broads over pokemones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seph Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 Scenesters FTW! http://www.wikihow.com/Be-a-Scene-Kid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spruce Lee Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 ^to my untrained eye the look pretty much the same Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hayabusa Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 woah times sure are changing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GEEB Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 i suppose the diffrence is when scensters know how to use the black and white mode on thier cameras, where as pokemonas are to stupid and syphilis brain riddled to figure out the black and white mode. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seph Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 ^^^ hahahahaha, great response, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seph Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 ^that is fucking stupid. id fuck emo broads over pokemones. NO YOU DONT, TRUST ME, dont fuck with these people... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
decoded Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 ummmmmmm.... misty and ash gettin it on. on the beach..... thats all i pictured. and it was wrong of me to do so. :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ski Mask Posted March 21, 2008 Author Share Posted March 21, 2008 Scenesters FTW! http://www.wikihow.com/Be-a-Scene-Kid http://www.yourscenesucks.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yuki Nagato Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 Yo, what the fuck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bojangles Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 Yo, what the fuck. Yo, whores. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOOGLE? Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abracadabra Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 anyone hating on this is a retard. black out posse approves of public group sex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OLSE Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 that shit flys in chile where are their parents at!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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