hi everyone... I'm from Texas and there's only druggies and scum punks where I'm from so I thought I'd see what's up on here. Hope to meet some cool people =)
Hello! I'm a little socially anxious myself, so don't take this next bit as an insult, please. Is it just me, or are there a lot of socially anxious and/or misanthrope punks? Maybe crust just started as a ploy to keep people away (and upwind) from oneself. It was either that or an Agent Orange reference. Slim comedic pickings for SAD.
Yeah I'm pretty sure punk is attractive for social rejects since it has a pretty anti social attitude.
Makes sense. Shit, I could've made some kind of evolutionary comparision between spikes and porcupines.
I think many, many people in the modern land of consumer capitalism have eaten up the message that the highest expression of humanity is to sell your labor off so that you can have a bunch of crap. People like us- people who have become disenfranchised with the vapidity of mainstream society- often have difficulty relating to the bulk of our cultures, so we can become a bit anti-social.
Yeah, a vicious cycle of sorts. You cannot relate, so you don't associate, your social skills go unused/developed, emotion issues from isolation develop, lack of skills and emotional problem hinder further association, even amongst one's peers. There's a chart about this somewhere. I could not find it on wikipedia, though.
Personally, I don't generally have much issue socializing with people who are somewhat similar to me. I've been fortunate enough to have quite a few friends who "get" me, but I could see this creating social issues for people who were not so blessed.