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iuliuscurt

It's not 1977. Punk is a broad spectrum, even broader influence at this point. Real punks today don't dress like "fashion magazine punk" and the real punk culture is that everyone should be free to do whatever the fluff they want. Is this guy doing it for the likes? Probably. Do you dislike likes? Probably not. Adolescents be adolescents and grumpy old people be grumpy old people I guess.


thatguyned

Side note, if anyone knows where I can get those pants if they aren't like $500 let me know. I reckon i could pull'em off.


Jilaire

The couple of parts I can read are the Disturbed and Filth portions, and both are from t shirts. Looks like he cut up shirts and sewed them onto some lace up pants.


thatguyned

I mean if he did that I am super impressed, but I know they sell stuff like this (although I've never seen something this patched). Back iny hay-day youth I would peruse the odd goth/punk store.


Tricky-Sympathy

https://www.etsy.com/listing/974579701/custom-punk-rock-goth-emo-metal-cyber


Just_NickM

I’m with you. If anything, this kid is keeping punk alive and new. If you try to gate-keep Punk you become Authority and Establishment and thus automatically disqualify yourself from Punk.


weeaboojoness

This


WadeEffingWilson

> "Posers were people who looked like punks, _but they did it for fashion_. And they were fools..." - Stevo, SLC Punk Feel free to choke on the irony of using that movie to quote from, too.


Just_NickM

I’m with you. If anything, this kid is keeping punk alive and new. If you try to gate-keep Punk you become Authority and Establishment and thus automatically disqualify yourself from Punk.


TheIncandenza

It's fashion punk presented via the most popular social media using the most conformist editing. Yeah, being punk means different things to many people but to me even the fact that they film themselves at all means that this is not real punk. I've seen normcore people more punk than this.


Artificial_Anasazi

if all punk means nowadays is you can do whatever the "fluff" you want that proves its dead


FilthyTerrible

Nope. It's dead. That all reads like cope.


mrjmassacre

He’s channeling his inner Machine Gun Kelly


Accomplished-One1110

MGK after the drugs


jazzer81

It's weird that the softest white boy I can think of calls himself "machine gun"


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jazzer81

I mean... He is pretty bad.


11thLayerOfHair

This is one of the all time best scenes in cartoon


Dazzling-Nerve-4157

My thoughts exactly


TrumpsPissSoakedWig

Or Jojo Siwa


EverGlow89

We stopped saying "poser" and then MGK happened.


Addie0o

Why not just welcome him to the scene? Kids are gonna be kids.


mrboomtastic3

Being a punk influencer is as opposite as it gets.


Slow_Control_867

I kinda disagree, the punk mentality should necessitate spreading the same mindset until everyone is on the same page. I dunno if this video is doing that, but punk needs to adapt to the times. Social media is fucked up but that's the way Gen z communicates and it's a powerful thing. -drunk old punk


scartol

Yeah I mean there have always been punks interested in being seen and getting their look just right. Doesn’t necessarily mean this guy is or is not “real” punk.


TrumpsPissSoakedWig

Well we can all agree that the music is very punk, lol.


Silversolverteal

I agree!


VoceDiDio

You're saying we should all conform to his (or your?) idea of punk? That's the opposite of punk, no question about it.


ManofManyHills

That is not at all what he said.


VoceDiDio

Not at all? Not even a little bit? "...spreading the same mindset until everyone is on the same page....", "adapt to the times"! Sounds a lot like what I said he said, but what do I know?


ManofManyHills

He doesn't say he is the author of the mindset. He specifically said he doesn't claim what the kid is represents the mindset. Only that punk is a mindset and should be spread. However people personally subscribe to it and recognize it in others is enough. So it literally isn't anything like what you said.


VoceDiDio

I'm flummoxed. Are you reading a different comment? He said "I disagree" to someone saying "punk influencer" is an oxymoron, and proceeded to tell us that we need punk influencers to get us all on the same page. What could be less punk than all being on the same page? Agree to disagree I guess. 🤷‍♂️


ManofManyHills

An influencer is just a modern day content creator. Saying we shouldnt have punk content creators because it might influence someon3 is like saying we shouldn't have punk music because someone might sing along. No social movement exists in a vacuum. It is an exchange of symbols and ideals that become collectively agreed upon. The nature of punk is a mindset of anti consumerism and nonconformity. Someone isn't not punk for not adopting the symbols so long as it is from an individual desire to do so and not a capitulation to social pressure. So long as the message of noncomformity is maintained the symbols and ideas can and should be spread in ways that adapt to modern communication mediums. If punk became about furries and unicorns as a means of establishing noncomformity that would still be punk.


VoceDiDio

I'm going to skip past the nonsensical first sentence. Before the Internet, the only "content creators" were authors, musicians, movie makers, etc. If you're going to conflate what those people do with what "influencers" do, then we're not even speaking the same language. But after that... You said it for me. Punk is anti-consumer. Influencers are the face of modern consumerism. I'll add: Punk is anti-conformism. If you're doing exactly what someone else is doing, you ain't punk. (See below for more on this!) Influencers are, by definition, attempting (for money) to influence others to behave as they do. It's gross, and it's 100% capitalist/consumerist/conformist garbage. (That doesn't mean I don't watch it. I just know what I'm swimming in.) Also here's an interesting wrinkle to the discussion I just saw earlier (despite it being years old.) Check it out: https://www.technologyreview.com/2019/02/28/136854/the-hipster-effect-why-anti-conformists-always-end-up-looking-the-same


ManofManyHills

You do bring up a good point that "influencers" in their most common form are as consumerist as they get. As far as my first sentence you say in nonsensical. It's pretty straightforward. Influencers are how social trends propagate in the modern context. If that's unintelligible to you, perhaps we are speaking a different language. I do disagree than any act of social media influencing is inherently pro consumerism. You can be anti consumerist while using the material of consumerism to advance your objectives. Even the OG punks had to do something to make a living. Keep in mind that a lowercase influencer just means to influence. And any art that is performative is influential by definition. It influences you to think dance and shape your view of the world. I'll clarify that I, nor the original commenter I was or championing what the guy in the video was doing. We were only saying that to reach modern audiences you need to do so using modern channels.


TrumpsPissSoakedWig

I love the punk music he added. Is that Minor Threat?


unevaknou

Respect! You're right <3


Vastlymoist666

Yeah but he's playing dress up. He ain't doing nothing


Available_Agency_117

I don't think there's anything punk about proselytizing.


idleat1100

Yeah man, I kinda agree too. I’m an older punker, and yeah these kids are doing their thing, but I gotta say, I like the style. Looks cool as shit. Makes me a bit nostalgic.


sushisection

i dont know, his fit is pretty awesome.


Flaky_Floor_6390

[I didn't sell out, son. I bought in.](https://youtu.be/5aNiBktcSvQ?si=erVIzNhlNX1laiP0)


VoceDiDio

Those two words cancel each other out.


thebearofwisdom

I just.. I feel like we can’t judge kids on shit with social media like this. Social media didn’t exist when my mother was a punk, and it didn’t even exist yet when I was. Now it does, it’s the thing all kids have. So I don’t judge em on it, we should be grateful we didn’t have it to record everything dumb WE did. I could talk all day about how punk clothing didn’t start in music, they grew together, and what being a “punk” was, was never JUST the green mohawk/safety pin through the nose style. Punk fashion has always changed and developed. I mean hell, adults gave me shit as a teenager, I’m not gunna give them shit for doing the same shit I did.


TexehCtpaxa

For as long as there’s been punk styles or any counter-culture trends, there’s always been posers.


[deleted]

The fact that there is a punk "uniform" tells you that it's always been posers.


nocrazyshet

Used to hang out with a group of "punks" we all dressed in the uniform. I moved away for a while, grew my hair out and stopped spending as much time obsessing over clothes. Just simplified my wardrobe really, couldn't be arsed with the DIY stuff. Immediately was condemned, teased and somewhat outcast. "We're non-conformist, but you can only join if you're non-conformist in the same way we are." so dumb.


CsmIOI

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ChipMaker3000

All subcultures are just glorified cosplay.


sammerguy76

It's easier than coming up with an original concept or system of belief.


pulseout

"We've got a counter-culture you can buy off a shelf. If you're losing your identity try somebody else!" - Billy Talent


poopinapoopfartboot

Came here to say that punk has always been this


Couch-Bro

How do you know this dude is a poser. He might be about that life.


TexehCtpaxa

Bc he’s literally posing.


TrumpsPissSoakedWig

Nah dude, he's twerking to punk music. Very punk rock, indeed.


telas_muff

Punk started in fashion. So there is that.


iuliuscurt

That's indeed easy to forget, especially for the ones that didn't live those times (me included)


LordBroccoli69

Tumor is actually a cool guy I’ve spoken with him. He made everything himself


humanoid_incognito

This is what punk always was. That’s why ppl started hardcore in the early 80’s


iuliuscurt

The stillborn. I'll start a band


EuphTah

Puts on sunglasses They’re gone by the next shot less than a second later They do not reappear for the rest of the video Cool fashion tho!


MaxTheRealSlayer

He clearly absorbed them, you're just not punk enough for that to happen with your sunglasses!


EvenMoreSpiders

He's having fun and doesn't give a fuck about what others think of that, seems pretty punk to me.


GeoffreyDuPonce

Na I like that guys style. But the whole aspect of flaunting it on socials isn’t in the punk ethos.


Ok_Angle665

Yes, Punks are very serious about following these ‘punk rules’ xD


GeoffreyDuPonce

Ahh you’re just jaded because of the what the corporate machine shat out.


[deleted]

Man I hope he continues to be himself, this rocks, I mean punks


little-asskickerr

Yall gatekeeping a kid LMAO


mgquantitysquared

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tinylittlegnome

He looks cool. Like that one "anarchist" character in a 00s skateboarding game Don't care if anyone says he's not a real punk, this dude looks cool af


jordyjordy1111

‘I don’t care how others perceive me’


Silversolverteal

I just don't care and I do whatever the fuck I want... "


Cuttewfish_Asparagus

And then his mom called him down for chicken nuggies


blasphem0usx

Oh man he has patches from so many bands i started listening to in high school on his pants.


terrificallytom

Very expensive punk isn’t punk.


braamdepace

I mean how expensive could it be the entire outfit was only like 1 square yard of material…


zombiepupp

Not sure if it’s true or not but what I gather from other comments he made it himself instead of buying it which is a pretty big part of punk.


terrificallytom

If so then big props


Popular-Net6706

He's only one Taco Bell run away from regretting the belts!


DirectionNo1947

Elementary school flashbacks lol


Moonkittehhh

Guitar hero character


DigitialWitness

This is a caricature of punk.


Environmental-Film-5

The slap strap really had me dying of laughter


Ordinary_Truck7182

Sonya Blade Wins


murrayforthree

Eh you see a few of these in east Berlin.


Empty_Air_1076

Like da pant where you get em


Neidan1

Bet he’s popular on Grinder.


AzPsychonaut

As a 90s gutter punk kid….I mean it may not be my flavor of “punk”. But if keeping with tradition he looks like he is doing exactly what he wants. Regardless of societal “norms” or what the “real” punks say. Pretty punk to me….


AWAXEEinc

Twink core


AzPsychonaut

If you’re clowning this kid because of his digs trying to prove how he isn’t “punk”. Or how you were the “real punks”, you missed the point.


mandoaz1971

Glad to see that Thompson twin is doing well tho👍


Sea-Spray-9882

These kids today with their hair and their music


etsprout

And people say the scene kids died….this tells me otherwise.


ChillBetty

That tummy twerk was just the ticket


DirectionNo1947

Someone should at least teach him how to punch


Sicparvismagneto

Die a punk or live long enough to become a poser Edit: No SLC punk fans here i guess…


Drink_Drugger

The pants (minus the shoelace at the crotch) and yellow belt are a pretty killer combo. They lost me after that. You do you though boo!


moosealley5000

Ready to ride out with the mad max crew but they rejected him


Videris

Maybe this has entered the realm of MetaPunk. What is more punk than annoying the gatekeepers of what punk is? /s But seriously, just looks like harmless fashion cringe or cosplay that can be easily ignored.


[deleted]

It wouldn’t be cringey to me if he didn’t act the way he does lmao


iceymoo

The problem is mot punk being dead, it’s OP and others like them not realizing that they are squares


rarelyhasfreetime227

Had me scared in the beginning. I thought I was in the wrong punk sub again


AFantasticClue

He looks like a fighting game character so I automatically like it


skinMARKdraws

This reminds of how Asians dress in “goth.”


rxtunes

Yes indeed


__T0MMY__

It's cringe and the person's priorities aren't in the right place but it is punk to be fair If you can look at Jello Biafra and Billie Joe Armstrong: they're both punk, just different flavors, styles, and generations James Hetfield Vs Oliver Sykes Hell, let's even call Bob Dylan alongside Jonathan Hùlten for folk music


ur_mom393

just let people wear what they want lol who cares let them have fun


actin_spicious

Punk has always been people pretending they don't care how they look after spending 6 hours getting ready every morning.


UpsetBlackout

Cyberpunk npc type fit


abelgim1

I don’t know much, but I do know that this isn’t punk, and nor is it in the metaphorical way he thinks it is.


bub-yes

Kids got a neat style. Punk police isn’t happy in the comments though I guess. Gatekeeping losers lol.


your_nude_peach

Honestly I want these pants and a belt, how are these called?


Fine-Scientist3813

I fuck with the fit. it's very... of it's time, I suppose. the personality I could do without.


DysfunctionalPeasant

Ppl should really watch SLC punk


Weak-West2149

This guy wants to go to jail so bad.


gabygabpineda

Ngl this fit is fire.


i_hate_zombyss

I could draw him ngl😭


DataOwn5050

Bro looks like the dudes whose asses you kick in a side scrolling beat-em-up


Zociety_

Always the toothpicks


Important-Risk-6554

I think Eminem needs to come end MGKs kid


[deleted]

Can than thank MGK for these ones 🤣😂 that dude hits a mosh pit he’s going flying like a Dixie cup.


steelersfan1069

Ngl he’s just cringe. His fit kinda hard and he ain’t hurting nobody. If you don’t think people being punk in the 70s was also cringe you’re fooling yourself.


Fickle_Care_3817

Machin3 gun smellly


floralstamps

Cope OP


Aggravating-Stay-320

Mgk sure is cool


Unfortun8-8897

Rocking the converse codpiece I see


the_ninja1001

Seems pretty punk to me


averagegamer9595

Is that a fuckin ratchet strap?!? 💀


ParticularVegetable4

But do you pay taxes?


banebdjed

Clowning on someone’s self expression because you don’t like how they do it… I guess you’re right punk is dead.


Heart_Throb_

The punkest thing you can ever do is wear whatever tf you want and not care that people think you’re posing cause we are all a bunch of gd posers anyways. 🤘


Automatic-Leave7191

So much irony


dangflo

It transformed into gender identity


RustyHypocrite

This was the "punk" that all the other punks hated on, lol.


tightpantsdance69

Punk is anarchy, This is being complicit.


mdoktor

You're listening to the wrong genre of music to be dressing like that


Alive_Nobody_Home

Machine gun Kelly in high school?


DamoneMcFly

The part where you put the hat on was so swaggy !!


Parkrangingstoicbro

He’s a young kid trying to stand out, who cares And punks been dead


Spbeamcannon

I’d play his fighting game character.


AlexAustinRG

Looks like stage 1 enemy from streets of rage


ConfidenceSad8340

I think he ate, honestly


Craig-Sherr

Don't hate the fit but he just the embodiment of cringe


Krispy_kris91829

Man, I remember the punk kids who lived in a shack all summer. Reeking of BO greasy hair dyed with Kool-Aid, lol. This is not punk.


803735

This is just cringe


kittyboy_xoxo

If he wasnt such a poser the look would be kinda cool


MPTakesManhattan

Love this!


FYDPhoenix

The worst part of this video is how garbage the boot match cut attempt was


prophet_spiegel

He just looks like a NPC from double dragon you can beat up.


[deleted]

Stop giving idiots attention.


MSA784

I bet this kid doesn’t even know half of those bands on his pants or what the song are about.


Prestigious-Panda-50

Yeah and I'd bet at some point you were there too. And that's coming from a kid that did this same kinda shit back in 88-89. A lot of kids start out this way, most grow up a little and realize putting all that shit on is kinda exhausting and mostly unnecessary. If ya dig deeper into who those bands are and what those songs are about (to the band, the crowd, and you) you can find the person that you want to be in there. Leave the gatekeeping to MAXIMUMROCKANDROLL. They've been the industry leader since I was in grade school.


bub-yes

What an obnoxiously unimportant thing to assume. Do you feel better about yourself? You’re the king punk, you win. This kid got epically owned.


MSA784

Assumption is correct. I work with a bunch of kids who don’t even know who nirvana, Rolling Stones or sublime are but still rock the shirt. Let alone Conflict, Filth, Doom, etc… King of punk not at all. Did I dress like this. Not at all. Did I listen to these bands, yes, every single one of them. Did I know people that dressed like this 100%, did I break their chops about it 100%. Did I wear patches in my clothing, yes but not like a walking billboard. Would I have a 40oz with this kid if he were of age and talk music 100%, and you best bet.. I’d break his chops.


DameyJames

A lot of subcultures are just aesthetics now.


mgquantitysquared

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punktilend

This kids got a lot of money.


connorgrs

Very breedable


luvmuchine56

This guy is a million times cooler than OP


wetwilly969

Not sure what to label it. Any ideas?


TheRxBandito

Poser.


a_k_a_tsuki

mhm . yeah.


phat_Norbert

Damn the best 🥦-style I have seen.


furryjunkwulf

The irony is extreme


LaDamaRoja

Hot Topic threw up on him


Ok-Abbreviations9584

He hates his parents


yeahyeahiknow2

How embarrassing. This is def something that he will think about at night in 10 years


RobertRoyal82

Hot topic


RobotRapacity

This is what we call in my day, a poser.


Gotterdamerrung

Poser.


bub-yes

Loser


Hour-Ad-3635

GG Allen would shit in his mouth and force him to swallow for calling himself punk.


wowowow28

If he didn’t show himself shirtless I’d have been convinced that that is a woman


zillabirdblue

Ok then.


scholarbrad74

I feel so old… I saw that wasted youth tour in Santa Barbara


Old-Nebula3281

Proud parents !


Athlete-Extreme

Looks like he’s dressed for a cage match


BrandinoSwift

Is he going to wrestlemania this weekend??


C__Wayne__G

I mean SLC Punk got to the core of this years ago. Punk really and truly is dead and is merely fashion these days


Queasy_Reindeer3697

How cringe is this from scale 1-10, 1000000!!!


ilikenovels

Ngl if he wasn't so cringe he would be extremely hot


jacero100

You need some pouch briefs or a bulge enhancer pad to justify those pants. Are you a trans man?


mgquantitysquared

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jacero100

Oh I was just being supportive by suggesting he pack his pants better. The laced pouch only looks good if it’s full. Ever seen a superhero with tiny penis syndrome?


justiceg1017

dead and in the grave 😂🤙🏼