Re:Do We Live in a Society Without a Counterculture?
by bglazer on Wednesday February 01, 2023 @04:49PM
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Being antisocial is not the same thing as being counterculture. There’s not really a flourishing of new ideas or material culture on 4chan, just a race to the bottom of taboo-breaking.
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Re:Do We Live in a Society Without a Counterculture?
by Natsu on Wednesday February 01, 2023 @05:34PM
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Re:Do We Live in a Society Without a Counterculture?
by bglazer on Wednesday February 01, 2023 @08:00PM
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That’s not an argument. If you think it’s not true you would need to provide a counterexample. What’s the 4chan equivalent of Jimi Hendrix or tie dye clothes?
Re:Do We Live in a Society Without a Counterculture?
by Natsu on Wednesday February 01, 2023 @11:47PM
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Greentext, Pepe and quite a few other things that they seem to have popularized come to mind.
Re:Do We Live in a Society Without a Counterculture?
by jbm on Wednesday February 01, 2023 @07:16PM
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Not a fan of 4chan, but almost all memes (the foundation of modern culture) seem to start there.
Re:Do We Live in a Society Without a Counterculture?
by Clubber on Wednesday February 01, 2023 @11:18PM
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>just a race to the bottom of taboo-breaking
You've basically described cultural art and music since at least the 1950s. Elvis dared to play black music and gyrate his hips. Madonna rolled around in a wedding dress talking about virgins. RAP broke a whole bunch of them. Cardi B sang about WAP. If a band just sings about relationship troubles and drugs like everyone else, their music / art probably isn't very remarkable.