Listen, if I had a kid who turned punk I’d be glad because as subcultures go punk is pretty based.
This is what we used to worry about in the 80s. This and global thermonuclear war.
Submitted 1 year ago by FlyingSquid@lemmy.world to [deleted]
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abbiistabbii@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 year ago
MehBlah@lemmy.world 1 year ago
My daughter went punk then goth and then several other things I never bothered to look up. She is now a school teacher who only occasionally has bright florescent hair.
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 1 year ago
As a Texas resident with a few friends in who are professional teachers… oof. I’m so sorry to hear this story has a sad ending.
abbiistabbii@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 year ago
Truly a horrific fate.
some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 1 year ago
I’m extremely proud of my niece for being a metal kid.
Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 1 year ago
If my kid spiked their hair and started living in a collective and spending their days doing direct action and mutual aid I’d be so fucking proud.
ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
Rap has it’s roots in punk because They were the only clubs that allowed them to perform at the time
altima_neo@lemmy.zip 1 year ago
As a kid, I didnt really understand “punk”. Based of how media portrayed them, they were always a gang, always looking to start trouble and destroy things, get into fights, commit crimes, all the bad shit people didnt like. Then as an adult, I come to find it was just a music movement, like hiphop and rock. So what the fuck? And then it turns out punk music was pretty cool, too.
scrion@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Given how political punk was right from the start, I wouldn’t call it “just a music movement”.
Honytawk@lemmy.zip 1 year ago
It also has a big Anarchy vibe.
Going against the norm, which the norm doesn’t like.
HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 1 year ago
like anything it had its influences and influenced others. Had its pure true believers and posers. To me true punk folks you would know when you slammed dance with them and it was fun and although a bit scary you felt safe.
Kalkaline@leminal.space 1 year ago
Don’t forget about the Satanic Panic, which would be an awesome band name if it’s not already.
Honytawk@lemmy.zip 1 year ago
People don’t turn punk overnight. It has been a long time coming. You just didn’t notice it.
ummthatguy@lemmy.world 1 year ago
postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 1 year ago
We required high levels of conformity to win the coming nuclear war.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 year ago
No punks in the Wolverines!
Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Oh man a version of Wolverines set in a city where punks fight the Russians would be awesome
Peppycito@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
This picture looks like the basis for 1/4 of the Kids In The Hall’s skits.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I feel like Bruce McCulloch had a closet full of flannel shirts with the arms cut off.
proper@lemmy.world 1 year ago
fire fire fire, fire on my BRAIN
user1234@lemmynsfw.com 1 year ago
The Nelsons sounds like a kick ass punk band.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 year ago
rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I assume anyone who owned that poster had a favorite Nelson twin.
user1234@lemmynsfw.com 1 year ago
I tried to forget about them
MeatPilot@lemmy.world 1 year ago
The Nelson’s are about to find out…
That their son used an entire bottle of Elmer’s glue and now sleeps face down to keep that mohawk standing up. They’ll spend time understanding his interests because they love him very much.
Rolando@lemmy.world 1 year ago
YouTube has several copies of this, here’s one:
Jakdracula@lemmy.world 1 year ago
That’s Bernie Kopell, aka Siegfried.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I think of him as Doc from The Love Boat, but that works too.
LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Oh, I thought it was the dad from ALF.
Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 1 year ago
My favorite role was Baron von Butcher.
Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Did some Googling and found he was in a sketch in a 1994 episode of Saturday Night Live that was a TNG / Love boat crossover.
But I can’t find a clip on YouTube!
Ten Forward needs this!
originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 1 year ago
ack. i thought it was max wright
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Excuse me, but would the star of 101 episodes of ALF and 15 episodes of Misfits of Science sink this low?
Don’t answer that.
imPastaSyndrome@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Wait what?! Which??
rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world 1 year ago
That kid’s moments away from flipping off Spock on a bus.
suction@lemmy.world 1 year ago
not “we”, only the squares among us.
niktemadur@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Starring… a de-aged Brad Douriff, in the role of a lifetime!
the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
And “ring around the collar”
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 year ago
*Gasp!*
RecluseRamble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
I’d take them with me to the yearly punk rock festival. Duh.
ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Our parents and their parents all tried to conform to a type of idyllic family stereotype that was never attainable. Family members were ignored and ostracized for behaving outside that stereotype. Excuses like “it’s a fad” started specifically because of the need to explain away the behavior without allowing any follow up questions.
It took a long time but we are finally able to embrace our differences and recognize what’s actually normal. Conservatives are still fighting to live that unattainable lifestyle and mad at everyone else cause they can’t.
Omega_Man@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I want to be stereotyped. I want to be classified.
Sausage_Mahoney@lemmy.world 1 year ago
See kids, what we have here is a top notch descendents reference. Often overlooked, but never unappreciated
Thunderwolf@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I want a suburban home. I want to be a clone
sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip 1 year ago
The individual desires judgement. Without that desire, the cohesion of groups is impossible, and so is civilization.
dessimbelackis@lemmy.world 1 year ago
All good man, nobody’s gonna kink shame
Sanctus@lemmy.world 1 year ago
And could you imagine what that does to you mentally? Trying to square the circle? I’d imagine people that subscribe to that ideal have vastly higher domestic abuse rates. As long as they aren’t murdering small animals and hurting other people, your kids and family are growing fine.