>>229177>social media and the atomization of society killed subculture. Hardcore is dead. Emo is deadi mostly agree with the post, but i do think one notable exception is metal due to the sheer amount of gatekeeping & puritanism present in the scene, especially the more extreme forms like death metal and black metal. even then, from what ive seen, tiktok has fundamentally changed so much of the subculture similarly to how it changed "scene" and emo like
>>229215 said. a bunch of kids on tiktok wearing corpse paint, a mayhem shirt with a lifelover audio (keyed band doebeit) in the background and thinking theyre the shit before they move on to the next trendy thing in a month's time. im not some sort of diehard metal fan so im no expert on the topic thoughever
<i also think that the majority of subcultures have just moved online because its much easier to find likeminded people there than it is in your hometown or city where people who share a similar sense of humor, style, music taste and political views are hard to come by. additionally, its far less difficult to post soyjaks on an anonymous altchan in the comfort of your own home than it is to go outside in black skinny jeans and an MCR shirt where people are going to call you a faggot wherever you go and probably try to start a fight with you based purely on your clothing. (not that your average soyBVLL would ever get bullied if they wore a cobson shirt to school, however. they would be surrounded by foids upon entering the building and every male would kneel before his might)