Gen Z Subcultures

I'm a zoomer and I think most cultures are just various degrees of shills and sheep. The products may change, but they will purchase/support whatever's new and then forget about it when something new comes up. They also think liking stuff from before the 21st century is for retards unless our modern reboot culture uses it. At which point they are "longtime fans. No I don't care about the predecessors/orignal. Why's it matter, boomer."
That brings up another interesting thought: On the whole, Zoomers don’t really seem to have the concept of “selling out” to the degree that Gen X and older Millenials did. Not only do people not care about obvious cash grab attempts anymore, they harbor actual contempt for the fans who don't like them.

We complain a lot about consoomers here at KF, but there really is this strange situation these days where fandom is a huge part of one's identity, yet at the same time, the core foundations of that fandom are almost disposable. Is this what happens when everything you've ever known is a reboot of a reboot?

For reference, a lot of my gamer friends love the whole esports and GAMER products they keep pushing and think it's normal to pay for day 1 dlc. The idea of trying stuff from before gaming was fucked never occurs to them unless it's Nintendo related. Another example I can think of is someone started a DnD club at my high school because of Stranger Things and when I asked they said they don't even play and just watch critical role instead.
Watching other people do things used to be limited to professional athletics. Now it's become an almost bigger hobby than actually doing them yourself.
 
Watching other people do things used to be limited to professional athletics. Now it's become an almost bigger hobby than actually doing them yourself.
This is an interesting topic that is brought up many times and applied in many different ways, such as studies showing that telling someone you're going to start working out can provide as much satisfaction as actually going and working out. You'll feel like you've done something even though you haven't at all. This is also true in the case of watching someone else take on a task and meet their goal. You will feel as if you were personally invested and therefore receive satisfaction when the goal is achieved.

It is called vicarious goal satiation.
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Study and experiments on vicarious goal satiation (unfortunately you have to buy the book as a PDF from this website):

Further reading:
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It's something very threatening to youth today and is something we should be far more aware of. There's a reason kids grow up never wanting to work hard. The mediums kids view content through these days can give this sort of effect in the span of minutes to seconds for hours at a time, over and over and over.
 
millennials have way cooler celebrities/subcultures than we do. i think we just need to stop being internet addicted schizos and get social lives tbh
In terms of musical culture at least, their most talented celebrities that would've gone on to become icons are all dead, all they have left are shitty, corporate owned Jew pushed artists like Megan Thee Stallion and DaBaby, and aging holdovers from the late 2000s that should've stopped being relevant circa 2013.
 
I'm not opposed to streamers, or those who want to get a job streaming, but people who try to emulate these hipster e celeb streamers are really barking up the wrong tree.

Hipster like DSP?
 
In terms of musical culture at least, their most talented celebrities that would've gone on to become icons are all dead, all they have left are shitty, corporate owned Jew pushed artists like Megan Thee Stallion and DaBaby, and aging holdovers from the late 2000s that should've stopped being relevant circa 2013.
cringe comment and dababy and megan are also millennials.

i meant that the only good celebs we have are billie eilish and olivia rodrigo
 
Do nerds even exist as a subculture anymore? I'm late millenial and it seems that ever since Big Bang Theory and MCU 'nerd' is the new normal.
There’s actual nerds and then there’s whatever you’re talking about. I don’t think most of the Marvel movie appreciators even self-identify as nerds, they’re usually soulless normalfaggots. But nerd doesn’t mean much anymore anyways. Is a dude building rocket ships for NASA who solves math problems for fun really in the same club as a sped who just likes fantasy tabletop games and comic books? Both would be called nerds even though they’re nothing alike.
 
Does anyone else feel like they don't fit neatly into any one of them? Like I play HoI4 but I'm not racist, I don't fit in with the trad-Cath crowd because I'm still somewhat of a shitposter, and I don't fit into the shitposters because I have standards. I think that things aren't so black and white and people can be a part of multiple subcultures at the same time.
 
Does anyone else feel like they don't fit neatly into any one of them? Like I play HoI4 but I'm not racist, I don't fit in with the trad-Cath crowd because I'm still somewhat of a shitposter, and I don't fit into the shitposters because I have standards. I think that things aren't so black and white and people can be a part of multiple subcultures at the same time.
this post screams "hello fellow zoomers"

none of those are gen z subcultures lol, more like fat millennial/gen x ones.
 
My favorite subculture for Zoomers is calling each other faggots while we play dnd.
 
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this post screams "hello fellow zoomers"

none of those are gen z subcultures lol, more like fat millennial/gen x ones.
Yeah I'll admit I do be like that sometimes. I guess what I'm getting at is the fact that these boundaries tend to be fluid. Usually you are able to tell "hey this guy is goth" based off how he dresses but with these interest based subcultures it's harder.
 
Yeah I'll admit I do be like that sometimes. I guess what I'm getting at is the fact that these boundaries tend to be fluid. Usually you are able to tell "hey this guy is goth" based off how he dresses but with these interest based subcultures it's harder.
i personally think the "🌌aesthetic🌌 ♡♡☆☆" culture is dumb, i dress and listen to different types of music however i want, whenever i want.

i think the unoriginal social media "core" styles are more prominent amongst a minority of younger gen z's who are obsessed with tik tok and social shut-ins
 
i personally think the "🌌aesthetic🌌 ♡♡☆☆" culture is dumb, i dress and listen to different types of music however i want, whenever i want.

i think the unoriginal social media "core" styles are more prominent amongst a minority of younger gen z's who are obsessed with tik tok and social shut-ins
Finally someone fucking said it.

Either way my “aesthetic” would be me in a loin clothes with shaved eyebrows and an enlarged forehead. Going around robbing food stores with a big ass club, getting all the bitches obviously. Then using my feet to lunge back to my cave.
 
Finally someone fucking said it.

Either way my “aesthetic” would be me in a loin clothes with shaved eyebrows and an enlarged forehead. Going around robbing food stores with a big ass club, getting all the bitches obviously. Then using my feet to lunge back to my cave.
i think it'd be kind of interesting to have a thread about people who live their whole lives dedicated to one aesthetic and throw away all their other clothes and music lol.
 
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