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 10 months ago by FlyingSquid@lemmy.world to [deleted]
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abbiistabbii@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 months ago
MehBlah@lemmy.world 10 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 10 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 10 months ago
Truly a horrific fate.
some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 10 months ago
I’m extremely proud of my niece for being a metal kid.
Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 10 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 10 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 10 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 10 months ago
Given how political punk was right from the start, I wouldn’t call it “just a music movement”.
Honytawk@lemmy.zip 10 months ago
It also has a big Anarchy vibe.
Going against the norm, which the norm doesn’t like.
HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 10 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 10 months ago
Don’t forget about the Satanic Panic, which would be an awesome band name if it’s not already.
Honytawk@lemmy.zip 10 months ago
People don’t turn punk overnight. It has been a long time coming. You just didn’t notice it.
ummthatguy@lemmy.world 10 months ago
postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 10 months ago
We required high levels of conformity to win the coming nuclear war.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 10 months ago
No punks in the Wolverines!
Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Oh man a version of Wolverines set in a city where punks fight the Russians would be awesome
Peppycito@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
This picture looks like the basis for 1/4 of the Kids In The Hall’s skits.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I feel like Bruce McCulloch had a closet full of flannel shirts with the arms cut off.
proper@lemmy.world 10 months ago
fire fire fire, fire on my BRAIN
user1234@lemmynsfw.com 10 months ago
The Nelsons sounds like a kick ass punk band.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 10 months ago
rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I assume anyone who owned that poster had a favorite Nelson twin.
user1234@lemmynsfw.com 10 months ago
I tried to forget about them
MeatPilot@lemmy.world 10 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 10 months ago
YouTube has several copies of this, here’s one:
Jakdracula@lemmy.world 10 months ago
That’s Bernie Kopell, aka Siegfried.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I think of him as Doc from The Love Boat, but that works too.
LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Oh, I thought it was the dad from ALF.
Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 10 months ago
My favorite role was Baron von Butcher.
Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 10 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 10 months ago
ack. i thought it was max wright
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 10 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 10 months ago
Wait what?! Which??
rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world 10 months ago
That kid’s moments away from flipping off Spock on a bus.
suction@lemmy.world 10 months ago
not “we”, only the squares among us.
niktemadur@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Starring… a de-aged Brad Douriff, in the role of a lifetime!
the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
And “ring around the collar”
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 10 months ago
*Gasp!*
RecluseRamble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 months ago
I’d take them with me to the yearly punk rock festival. Duh.
ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 10 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 10 months ago
I want to be stereotyped. I want to be classified.
Sausage_Mahoney@lemmy.world 10 months ago
See kids, what we have here is a top notch descendents reference. Often overlooked, but never unappreciated
Thunderwolf@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I want a suburban home. I want to be a clone
sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip 10 months ago
The individual desires judgement. Without that desire, the cohesion of groups is impossible, and so is civilization.
dessimbelackis@lemmy.world 10 months ago
All good man, nobody’s gonna kink shame
Sanctus@lemmy.world 10 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.