Word: slackerly
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...what's the story? Has the myth of the slacker generation finally rubbed off on our youth? Many explanations are being bandied around, like a sense of powerlessness, or "senioritis" ? simple excitement at the thought of actually making it to college. The most convincing, at least in terms of the lack of political enthusiasm, is the fact that the '90s are not the '60s ? there are no burning political issues these days. As for what the researchers gently term a "disengagement with studies," perhaps, unlike in Clinton's freshman year, there's too much inhaling going...
...VOLKSWAGEN: "SUNDAY AFTERNOON" Most car ads talk about the car or the life-style of its owner. VW's infectious spot does neither. Instead, it shows two slacker twentysomethings cruising aimlessly around a desolate stretch of Los Angeles in their VW Golf to the monotonous ditty Da Da Da. They retrieve an abandoned chair from the street, only to discard it minutes later after detecting its stench, then drive off, leaving viewers with this message about the car: "It fits your life or the complete lack thereof." The spot breathed new life into its sound-track song, a 1982 release...
Thanks to Simon & Schuster, ignorance of MTV trivia never again has to be a road block on the highway of coolness. Finally, the appearance of being the kind of slacker who watches six hours of MTV a day, as well as an expertise on campy 70s music can be had for under $60. A set of new books in the spirit of music television delve into three crucial series, which capture the essence of MTV cool...
...quick to point out that just because you're a slacker doesn't necessarily mean you're "lying in bed for six days with nothing but a six-pack of Yoo-Hoos and some potato chips...
...premeditative, calculated, intentional slacker-with-a-plan like I am, then it's go-go-go," Lot says, explaining his less-than-stark schedule...