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This is what started getting me into MCR at the very, very late date of 2017. I heard the line “everybody wants to save the world but no one wants to die” at work totally out of context and went “holy shit, is this about the protests?”
Spoiler alert, it is not. It’s from 2010. And “Teenagers,” which might as well be the anthem of the Parkland kids, is from 2006.
These bands knew what was up and they were PISSED about it, and that’s why their stuff still rings so true.
I think this "cringing" about many of those bands is in many cases directly coming from the internalization of the reactions (grand)parents, teachers and others who were somehow not affected (or didn't think themselves to be affected) by the problems these bands sung about, gave us.
Like KoRn for example deals a lot with the topics abusive parents, bullying and even rape (no not as a glorification, but from the victims perspective, since the singer himself was abused as a child)
And then there are people who are like "lol, KoRn is stupid numetal for angry kids." or "such edgy rebels".
These bands were never bad, they were right about a lot of things and rebelling against exactly what's wrong with the world.
But yeah, I think that's the REASON why they were seen as cringe in mainstream; questioning and criticising the status quo
Throwback to when my junior high best friend hated Rage Against The Machine because, and I quote, "They're just whiny and annoying"
Like, my dude. "Fuck you i wont do what you tell me" wasn't about not wanting to do chores or homework or some shit. RATM regularly writes about the horrific things that the United States government does.
Another element of the "cringe" is that for many of us, these bands were the soundtrack of puberty, when we were feeling new things and they were dialed up to eleven ALL THE TIME and we were convinced that no one had ever felt that way before and no one could ever understand.
And then you grow up, and you realize that it was mostly all silly shit that you were acting like the world was ending over, and you FEEL silly.
But you know what? KIDS DESERVE AN EMOTIONAL OUTLET. For many of us, we latched onto this music because it was the only way we felt SEEN, and there is value in that. Humans need validation, and music is an incredibly powerful source of it, for better or for worse.
So when you listen to these bands again as an adult, instead of thinking, "lol I was such a dumb kid back then," try looking for the reasons the ADULTS who created that music did so—think about the adult experiences that created all that anger, all that sadness, and be a little kinder to your adult self who still needs validation too.
SKATUNE NETWORK AND BEARS IN TREES HOLY SHIT
I might be a little biased but I’m honestly starting to believe that there’s no purer form of love than the defensive spite you see from biologists that have devoted their life to the study of a maligned or misunderstood species. For example:
The hyena biologist that arranged for Disney animators to come sketch captive hyenas for The Lion King film (Laurence Frank) was so incensed when the animals were depicted as villains in the movie that he later included boycotting the film on a list of ways the average person could help hyena conservation.
Though it’s commonly known that Charles Darwin’s distaste for parasitic wasps played a role in his development of evolution theory (since he felt no loving God would create animals with such a disturbing life cycle), the biologists who study these wasps find it an unfair characterization. When they were tasked with coming up with a common name for the family of parasitic wasps (Ichneumonidae) that old Charles so disliked, they proposed the name “Darwin Wasps” to spite the famous naturalist who had insulted their beloved family of insects.
Parasitologist Tommy Leung was so frustrated with the way people write about parasites to evoke horror and gore that he started writing a Parasite of the Day blog, that specifically avoids inflammatory or unsettling language to describe them. He also illustrates different species in colorful anime art on Twitter in a series called Parasite Monster Girls—which he calls his “love letter to parasites.”
I guess I’m just saying that if you’re a biologist studying an unpopular species and you have a little bit of a chip on your shoulder about it you can always count on me to be in your corner if you want to get a little petty with the public!
Beau and Yasha both telling each other it’s okay if after their date, they aren’t into it and want to go their separate ways like they aren’t both already madly in love with each other is peak disaster lesbian behavior
thinking abt that specific type of intimacy from being in someone’s bedroom for the first time, & you’re poking around their items, & they’re reclined backwards on their bed telling you all the little stories while they follow you around the room with their eyes, & you feel it
the LAPD is having a town hall and getting fucking eviscerated
Screammm “have you considered being good at your jobs?” Loooool
malcom x’s speeches are on spotify if y’all wanna take a listen
i ESPECIALLY recommend his white liberals speech if you’re a uh *cough* white liberal