What Does it Mean if a Woman is Called a "Basic"?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is basic:

This, and part of the key here is that they are all dressed the same, together, and posing for this photo. Like if they weren't all dressed alike but one or two looked like this I wouldn't really think anything of it.

Just dressing or doing something mainstream or mid is not basic. People who are basic are SO PROUD of their choices. There's this element of "Look at me!" when they are just doing something thousands of people do on Instagram everyday.

Basic people lack self awareness or humility. But you can't even concede "well, it's true they are very stylish" or whatever.

They're just... basic.

Basic is just like not original. So someone who is stylish versus someone who can be the stylist.

Like a basic dude who likes footbal versus the football player. It’s meant to be bad to say well yes they look good but they aren’t anything special.

What’s funny about this picture is these are influencers who are all now in their late 30s and blend in everywhere. I use to follow a few of them and lost their names but laugh everyone has their old pictures readily available.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have said this and mean it as an insult. To me it's someone who follows trends but can't even be bothered to identity my the trends that speak to them personally, or to keep up with the latest trends. Instead a basic person will just adopt the most accessible trends from like 2 years ago and then make them their whole personality.

So like today it would be wearing prairie dresses, wearing hair long and wavy (ideally battled with those heatless rollers), carrying a Stanley cup, and referring to everything as an era (this is my baking on a Saturday night era, this is my making a big deal out if my birthday era).

It's like someone whose persona has been focus grouped by Instagram influencers from Utah.

Very few people are truly basic. It requires a very specific level of insecurity and lack of creativity, usually convinced with plenty of disposable income and too much time in her hands.

Haha, this is exactly it. I'm pretty sure their home is modern farmhouse, also. Basic decorating, LOL

[Anonymous]

Basic = the reason Yankee candle stores exist

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is basic:

The thing is, you can do it with any subculture. A kid hanging out in St.Marks Place in NYC will look plenty alternative against this crowd, but grab enough of them and you’ll see how only a few are truly original.

No you actually can't. Some groups really emphasize homogeneity and dressing and looking the same. But many do not. There are actually plenty of groups of women who do not all dress alike and who could never take a photo like this.

It's not about being alternative. I have a friend who mostly wears comfy separates from LL Bean -- she is not "alternative" or "original" or "fashionable" and doesn't aspire to it. But she's not basic either. She does not dress to conform with an ideal put forth by influencers or enforced via dress codes on girls weekends or at bachelorette parties. She just wears what she wants. I also have some friends who are very into fashion but they don't all dress the same -- the dress differently from each other and none of them would ever wear head to toe trends like this.

Being basic involves believing that there is a "right" way to dress and that you need to fall in line with certain trends. "We're all wearing infinity scarves" or "we're over skinny jeans -- now we all wear high waisted flares." It's just "on Wednesdays we wear pink" but for adults and done with no sense of irony or an understanding of how dumb it is. Basic.

[Anonymous]

A basic woman does not have a penis.

[Anonymous]

Honestly, calling other women basic because you are insecure and need to put others down is very sad to come across in public. I always feel sad and embarrassed for those people who lack the emotional intelligence to be aware of how they are transparently broadcasting their poor self-esteem.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Honestly, calling other women basic because you are insecure and need to put others down is very sad to come across in public. I always feel sad and embarrassed for those people who lack the emotional intelligence to be aware of how they are transparently broadcasting their poor self-esteem.

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