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Re:"Anything threatening to be a subculture is commodified b... by grey-area on Monday February 03, 2025 @08:33AM (#42918036)
Reminds me of this from 1986 (The Dead Kennedys), talking about the co-option of the Punk counter-culture by the mainstream:

Punk's not dead; it just deserves to die.

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Re:"Anything threatening to be a subculture is commodified b... by 01100011 on Monday February 03, 2025 @11:08AM (#42919619)
Urban Struggle by The Vandals sort of brings up buying your way into a subculture.

Cake really nailed it with Rock-'n'-roll Lifestyle tho.

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Re:"Anything threatening to be a subculture is commodified b... by hluska on Monday February 03, 2025 @10:03AM (#42918844)
If anyone is interested, that song is called Chickenshit Conformist. It’s on Bedtime for Democracy.
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Re:"Anything threatening to be a subculture is commodified b... by sporkydistance on Monday February 03, 2025 @10:40AM (#42919271)
Yo rocky, watch me pull a massacre outta my pants...

aaaaa-gaaaain????

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Re:"Anything threatening to be a subculture is commodified b... by _DeadFred_ on Monday February 03, 2025 @12:45PM (#42920788)
You ready for a 2020s rehash of 1990s bro punk?
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