In the comment section of a video I watched recently, many people were seemingly really offended by some guy wearing a t-shirt with 666 on it (hexbear.net)

submitted 1 week ago by doublepepperoni@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

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Are metalheads and goths just not a thing anymore? Why are all these young people reacting like religious grandmas from the 70s? I wore band shirts with upside down pentagrams and crosses all the time in high school. Edgy satanic imagery is about as subversive as skateboarding or pissing Calvin

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[-] doublepepperoni@hexbear.net 24 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Youth music-oriented subcultures kinda don't exist anymore. I think young people now orient subculture around which twitch streamer they enjoy. Rock music in general has also become far less culturally dominant.

chomsky-yes-honey

Actually maybe there are some geographical factors at play too. I feel like here in Finland I still see metal/goth/punk people of varying ages around. Hell, not too long ago I saw some high school or early 20s metal head dudes wearing black jnco pants with those stupid fucking straps which just about floored me because I remember people I knew wearing them nigh on 20 years ago and laughing at them when the straps got caught on shit constantly

I think Northern Europe has had a reputation for being a rock and metal holdout for decades already