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>I'm probably a bit more ambivalent but certainly gets my respect for its impact.
I get that ambivalence. For those that love prog rock, the punk scene basically set up its death with the new wave as the cherry on top of the cake for its definitive loss of relevancy. Everything went onto the simplistic route.

>The main threat for it is it getting too strongly tied to a era or single type of person , which with the as of right now death of us classifying decades so sharply and media being so fragmented that it's hard for single treads to have as much impact has lowered that for right now.
but that has happened to everything, not only this scenes or several subcultures. Internet has combined and reunited everything in just two clicks. It´s practically almost impossible not to get influenced by other unrelated things that add another layer to that tread. If you follow a tread these days, it´s because you accept that circle just the way it is. Following that generic tread 100% is entirely up to one self fault and not from anybody else. Call them purists or whatever but you have already said it.

>I didn't promise, merely affirm that I would try to do the same
yeah, with that detail in mind, one cannot feel bad and it´s certainly better this way. If I promised that we were to reach almost 4k posts over here, I would have probably got tired and see that objective with laziness and apathy. However, I haven´t felt forced about doing anything, so that way to move forward comes from my will instead.


>Social media in its worst form has not only lowered the quality of discourse, but maybe in the newer generations, the ability to even think beyond the tweets and likes.
reading this has made me somewhat uncomfortable. Pretty scary to think that. I mean, it´s better than the analphabet era from the past, but that´ direction doesn´t lead us to a much better place.

>So maybe an edgy fic, in all its angst, is at least an expression of something more whining and victimhood.
Agreed. I would almost define it as the personal diary of the 21st century just that it´s publicly available for those who are interested. At least, you show up emotions and that you aren´t made of stone or high tech.