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 4 months ago by FlyingSquid@lemmy.world to [deleted]
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abbiistabbii@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 months ago
MehBlah@lemmy.world 4 months 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 4 months 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 4 months ago
Truly a horrific fate.
some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 4 months ago
I’m extremely proud of my niece for being a metal kid.
Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 4 months 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 4 months 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 4 months 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 4 months ago
Given how political punk was right from the start, I wouldn’t call it “just a music movement”.
Honytawk@lemmy.zip 4 months ago
It also has a big Anarchy vibe.
Going against the norm, which the norm doesn’t like.
HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 4 months 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 4 months ago
Don’t forget about the Satanic Panic, which would be an awesome band name if it’s not already.
Honytawk@lemmy.zip 4 months ago
People don’t turn punk overnight. It has been a long time coming. You just didn’t notice it.
ummthatguy@lemmy.world 4 months ago
postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 4 months ago
We required high levels of conformity to win the coming nuclear war.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 4 months ago
No punks in the Wolverines!
Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Oh man a version of Wolverines set in a city where punks fight the Russians would be awesome
Peppycito@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
This picture looks like the basis for 1/4 of the Kids In The Hall’s skits.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 4 months ago
I feel like Bruce McCulloch had a closet full of flannel shirts with the arms cut off.
proper@lemmy.world 4 months ago
fire fire fire, fire on my BRAIN
user1234@lemmynsfw.com 4 months ago
The Nelsons sounds like a kick ass punk band.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 4 months ago
rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world 4 months ago
I assume anyone who owned that poster had a favorite Nelson twin.
user1234@lemmynsfw.com 4 months ago
I tried to forget about them
MeatPilot@lemmy.world 4 months 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 4 months ago
YouTube has several copies of this, here’s one:
Jakdracula@lemmy.world 4 months ago
That’s Bernie Kopell, aka Siegfried.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 4 months ago
I think of him as Doc from The Love Boat, but that works too.
LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Oh, I thought it was the dad from ALF.
Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 4 months ago
My favorite role was Baron von Butcher.
Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 4 months 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 4 months ago
ack. i thought it was max wright
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 4 months 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 4 months ago
Wait what?! Which??
rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world 4 months ago
That kid’s moments away from flipping off Spock on a bus.
suction@lemmy.world 4 months ago
not “we”, only the squares among us.
niktemadur@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Starring… a de-aged Brad Douriff, in the role of a lifetime!
the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
And “ring around the collar”
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 4 months ago
*Gasp!*
RecluseRamble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 months ago
I’d take them with me to the yearly punk rock festival. Duh.
ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 4 months 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 4 months ago
I want to be stereotyped. I want to be classified.
Sausage_Mahoney@lemmy.world 4 months ago
See kids, what we have here is a top notch descendents reference. Often overlooked, but never unappreciated
Thunderwolf@lemmy.world 4 months ago
I want a suburban home. I want to be a clone
sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip 4 months ago
The individual desires judgement. Without that desire, the cohesion of groups is impossible, and so is civilization.
dessimbelackis@lemmy.world 4 months ago
All good man, nobody’s gonna kink shame
Sanctus@lemmy.world 4 months 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.