Don't mind me, just exploring different subcultures trying to find what's best for me. I never knew punks ranged from liberal to conservative, among others.

Which ideologies do you live by?

Edit: I get it, there is no knew music on this sub and all the new music gets three upvotes. No where in this post does it say we should not post new music on this sub too, if you are complaining about the lack of new music on this sub then I assume you are one of the people trying to post new music on this sub, if so there is no reason you can't post that new music on r/punk and r/music, it takes basically no extra effort. And if you are complaining about a lack of new music on this sub but you don't post any of that new music then you are just as much a part of the problem so stop complaining about it untill you actually do something.

I found out that my mom was super punk as a teen and now shes the complete opposite of a punk

I guess ideologies change

it is all a one way of thinking, if you try to suggest a different idea you get labelled as a conformist, a fascist or a middle-class good boy. When it was about confronting people that didn't agree with the punks and skins in different ways the only solution seemed to be violence, while generally in the media they are depicted as the subcultures of inclusiveness. it is a subculture for the truly lost youth,not in a good way, but in a destructive way. the only punks that weren't aggressive were the ones stoned 24/7. the subreddit r/punks obviously reflects the whole circle jerk mentality and it is toxic (for example by seeing the pictures of punk parents dressing their young children like degenerates is sad and they are not giving them the opportunity to grow out of the punk mentality). (I know my english is poor)

Toxic meaning toxic to the listener.

Possibly more than any other genres I can think of, punk rock and metal (especially black metal) are stereotyped as having lots of very talented musicians who hold taboo political views in the West (Communism, extreme individualism/anarchism, and fascism/Neo-Nazism, for instance) and a relatively small percentage of people who hold to centrist or mainstream left and right ideologies compared to other genres. Black metal has both National Socialist (ie Nazi) and Red/Anarchist wings, and stereotypical "punks" are often either far-right skinheads or far-left anarchists/antifa.

So, to fans of punk and black metal in particular, how do you handle the phenomenon of bands (or even entire subgenres) both being interesting to listen to and holding views that you find abhorrent, be they Burzum or Pussy Riot?

Just curious...

Did an artist or song make a difference in how you think politically? Change your views on the world? Engage your curiosity enough to pick up a book and research an idea?

For me, Pat the Bunny prompted me to pick up and read books by John Zerzan. I've always been a huge fan of Daniel Quinn, the author of Ishmael and his other great books. I really had no idea that Zerzan would have that similar feel and so I was quite surprised to find out there was a whole community of people out there that shared similar beliefs.

I've seen this alot from several punk fans. That Christianity requires obedience, and punk is about rebellion. That organized religion is automatically oppressive. What do you all have to say to that?

Seriously, wheres my bomb the music industry, against me, defiance ohio, and leftover crack of the 2010s-2020s?

Hey folks, my girlfriend is doing an essay for uni on DIY, feminism and punk values and how the three go together. We originally posted on r/punk but then we discovered this subreddit and realised we should definitely post here too. Feel free to only answer the questions you have opinions on, there is quite a few of them. We're both fascinated to read your answers, no matter how long or short they are.

Why in mainstream media/culture do we not hear much or anything about D.I.Y. Punk communities?

What are your thoughts on Punk scene being dominated by men? Is this still the case?

What are your thoughts on encouraging women into D.I.Y. Punk scene? Is it important?

What was your first contact with D.I.Y. ideology/community and how did you get involved?

How important is it for you to be a part of this D.I.Y. community?

Has it changed your lifestyle in any way?

What are positives of having this community within the society we live in today?

Why it is important to embrace female artists and good values in D.I.Y. Punk community?

Cheers friends :)

EDIT: Fucked up the formatting copying the text

The Cypherpunk movement does not have an exact date of birth. Its origins can be traced back to the mid-1970s with the US government’s publication of the Data Encryption Standard (DES) and Martin Hellman and Whitfield Diffie's pioneering study on public-key encryption.

Before this, cryptography as a technological field was extremely niche. It was only used by the military and intelligence agencies, and a huge amount of work in the field was classified.

In 1992, three friends Eric Hughes, Timothy May, and John Gilmore, convened for a meeting that would eventually give rise to the cypherpunk movement. The idea would be to try and create a digital version of cash, which like email, can be sent and received between people worldwide, without the need of any intermediaries.

I have been in cypherpunk movement for a while. Many Cypherpunks as we know, have evolved over time, some stuck to mathematical principles (e.g. key cryptographers like Hal Finney, John McAfee, and others like, Roger Ver) whereas, other well respected OGs were driven by human psychology (Max Keiser, etc.).

I want to, for the first time help viewers understand the true Cypherpunk movement and the human psychology at play, with Cryptocurrencies. I will let the data speak for itself, and you could be the judge. Nothing is made up and I will only give a projection of where we are heading, into the future.

Bitcoin

Bitcoin was presented to the world by Satoshi Nakamoto in the year 2009. It was initially only (gaming like) token. Its real-world value ($0.008) was only derived on exchanges in early 2010. Until the year 2012, it remained a true cypher-punk movement, where it was a peer-to-peer electronic cash, 0 fees, and people used it in droves. People were excited to see a new digital era emerging, it was gifted around for people to use, many were involved in Bitcoin mining, minting tokens, and it was the true belief that it was border less, censorship resistant cash, and it can never be traced. People knew this was the solution to the tyrannical government and financial breakdown of 2008. It was a true digital cash, no doubt - it was.

2009 - 2011

It was designed with the following goals in mind (in Cyperpunk movement):

• Peer-to-peer "currency" with "quick confirmations"
• Zero fees ($0.001)
• Uncensorable, borderless
• It was never Gold v.2.0 (it was cash for the people)
• Primary currency in dark web (for buying drugs, meds, guns, you name it). It was bad boys ca

I've been into punk rock for decades, and I philosophically believe that anarchism is the only morally just, and in practice I am left on virtually every issue and consider myself libertarian, but I admit that I'm not the most informed on the intricacies of the various political ideologies.

So my question is, why is libertarianism met with such hostility on this sub? How is small government and more personal freedom not 'punk'? Is it just because in America the Libertarian Party is full of assholes or is there something I'm missing?

Editing to summarize for anyone who might come across this later on: the reason for libertarianism being met with such hostility in the punk community largely stems from libertarianism being corrupted and co-oped, especially in America, by anarcho-capitalists and other right-wingers with various, unseemly motives. However, these corruptions of the idealogy are not inherent, and many in the punk community would agree that libertarianism as per it's definition of something along the lines of "seek to maximize autonomy and political freedom, emphasize free association, freedom of choice, individualism and voluntary association, and have a skepticism of authority and state power" fits very well in the punk culture

I watched the Adam McKay movie Don't Look Up recently and I wasn't expecting a lot of what the movie put on display.

So the movie as a whole is a critique on the different ways that western society participates in science denialism, with a clear in-your-face metaphor for climate change denialism in particular. It critiques society's lack of response in three spheres:

1. Politics

2. Popular media (news outlets and social media)

3. Private, for-profit market solutions to public welfare issues.

The text of the movie rarely comes out and says why that final one is so problematic unfortunately. It mostly criticizes for-profit billionaires for not submitting to peer-reviewed science. However, there is some subtext (really obvious "subtext") to critiques privatization and commodification directly.

A spoiler warning here in case you care about that sort of thing.

So early on in the movie, the main characters have an interaction with a military commander names "General Themes" (super subtle, I know). The interaction is one of the most laugh-out-loud portions of the movie and it is also used as a callback joke a few times later on. While it's entertaining, the name of this character suggests loudly that the scene is saying something much bigger about the overall message of the movie.

Here is the scene:
>!While the three main characters are stuck together waiting for a long time in the White House, General Themes goes to get them some food. He comes back and reports that "they charge an arm and a leg for this stuff" and asks for the characters to compensate him for the food. "$10 each ought to do it," he says, and he literally has one small bag of cheese crackers and a bottle of water for each character. This is laughable enough. He ends up getting $40 from the three main characters because he doesn't have change for a $20 bill. Later on he excuses himself and leaves the movie. Even later, one of the main characters goes out to find more food and retrieves water and cheese crackers from an employee kitchen. She asks a staffer how she can pay for the food and drink to which the staffer replies: "It's free... this is the White House."!<

So here is my take on the scene:
>!The character General Themes is a critique on commodification of resources which are necessary for human welfare and should be treated as human rights. The first thing that sprang to my mind was the CEO of Nestle arguing that water is not a human right and should be pr

When people are in their 20's they sometimes feel like they want to hold onto it and enjoy their "youth", because it's some sort of societal expectation that you need to do certain things and have certain experiences by a certain age.

Now I am not here to deliver a catlady "yasss queen" girlboss type message that getting older has no downside and you can do anything at any age. I will say though that at 30 I look back at my 20's and I am like holy shit I am really glad I am out of that shit.

I had my fun, I didn't do too much that was too crazy to derail my life, but I eeked out a small living and carved a little place for myself in the world. I took enough risks and got fucked up enough times that it felt like I had those experiences, but it probably pales in comparison to some peoples experiences or expectations that their 20's are supposed to be a constant non-stop party with no consequences somehow.

In my 20's I always felt pressure to have to have these experiences because your life ends at 30 or something. I also spent a lot of time going to school and didn't really devote a lot of time to pursuing art and music in the way that I wanted to in my 20's and at the time I felt like I kinda failed.

In retrospect though I am actually pretty happy I didn't do any art in my 20's that I tried to put out there into the world. My worldview was juvenile and shit, what I had to say felt deep at the time but in retrospect was pretentious BS. It was clever but not wise at all. If I had done that shit I probably would be embarrassed of it now. It might have helped me get laid a bit but it's not a big enough regret to keep me up at night at all.

I also care way less, I feel like this is somewhat universal and maybe somewhat personal to me, but in my 20's I felt like I was trying to get approval from the world somehow and had to be cool and hip and compete with people. At 30 I feel like I almost literally don't give a fuck at all. Like, I am not walking around in baggy sweats like a scumbag or anything, but I see the sort of juvenile one upman antics of music or art scenes and people posturing to be cool as kinda childish and effeminate (no dig against femininity or women/effeminate men, I just mean for men that want to be masculine it's pretty feminine to act that way, let's be real. If it's not your goal to be masculine that's totally cool too). It's sort of a feeling like I am confident in myself, and I know I am cool and don't need to prove it to anybody.

I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.

Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.

QUICK SUMMARY

Read below for a more thorough explanation, but in summation:

• The Lunarians inhabited a ‘Land of Gods’ atop the Red Line before Marijoa
• The Rise of the World Government & Celestial Dragons took place at the end of the Void Century 800 years ago
• According to Queen, the fall of the Lunarians is an event recorded in history
• The ‘Forgotten Kingdom’ defeated by the 20 Kings during the Void Century was completely erased
• The Lunarian’s reign must have happened more than 900 years ago
• The Current Calendar system is Kaienreki (海円暦 ) - The Age of the Sea Circle
• The prior Calendar system was Tenreki (天暦) – The Age of Heaven
• The epochal shift from the Age of Heaven to the Age of the Sea Circle occurred 1500 years ago; 600 years before the Void Century
• A monumental event must have occurred to mark this epochal shift
• ’The Age of Heaven’ describes the era in which a ‘Land of Gods’ inhabited the Red Wall
• ’The Age of the Sea Circle’ begins with the creation of the Grand Line
• Year Zero on the One Piece Calendar marks the fall of the Lunarians & Creation of the Grand Line

Introduction

When did the Lunarians rule the earth? This question may have been answered as far back as Alabasta and I’m going to explain why I believe their downfall may be one of the most important events in One Piece world history.

The mystery of King’s race has only deepened in the chapters since the name Lunarian was first mentioned. As the battles on Onigashima between Luffy’s two wings and Kaido’s calamities unfolded, information about King and the Lunarians was slowly revealed and though we have seen his true appearance and Zoro, at least in part, deduced the nature of this fiery powers, we may need to wait considerably longer to learn about their role in One Piece world history.

This post is intended to answer one simple, but important question – when did the Lunarians rule the On Piece world? Resolving this seemingly small detail may actually reveal quite a bit about the history of the One Piece world itself and the overarching conflict which will ultimately reach its climax when Luffy and the Straw Hats at last rediscover One Piece and turn the world upside down in the process.

I believe we already possess several clues which allow us to pinpoint when the downfall of the Lunarians occurred and that their destruction may be one of the most important and monumental events in One Piece world history which marks the start

Oh boy this has been in the works for a LONG time. This is an attempt at putting together all of the pieces of the puzzle that we've got since Thriller Bark up until now on Wano's true history. The goal of this theory is to explain why Wano is special, as hinted at by Kaido (one of many clues) and coming up with an answer as to how exactly Wano is tied to the Ancient Kingdom and what it actually means for Wano's borders to be opened; we'll also tackle Lady Toki's prophecy, Skypiea's history and how it is deeply tied to Wano.

I wanted to shout out this theory: I will borrow two specific cool points that I will mention in this post that I didn't come up with on my own and that helped me solidify the theory when I was researching if someone already came up with the idea, but you won't have to read it since I will be covering everything here.

Even among all the crazy long theories of mine, I truly believe that this deserves your time and patience, and deserves to be read until the very end. While I was writing it I kept finding connections that gave me the chills multiple times and I truly believe that this might be it.

I seriously humbly ask for your patience: I wish this theory of mine would be read by as many people as possible... so if you stick with me, all I can say is: thank you.

In the first part I bring up many points, but I'll neatly wrap them up later, so if you're not convinced at first, please wait a little longer! I will even tackle possible criticisms that come to mind when reading some of this stuff: again, a little patience is needed.

So without further ado, let's begin!

Wano is the Ancient Kingdom... well, what remains of it

Yep, you read that right. Hold your horses and give me the time to explain lol.

The first portion of the theory is this: Wano was charged of being the last stronghold of hope for the Ancient Kingdom civilisation. After the Ancient Kingdom lost and was destroyed, Wano became the land that is the literal "legacy" of the Ancient Kingdom, in other words, what remains of it. It sounds generic right now, and I am purposefully keeping it that way for now, but they achieved this in a way that I will explain later and I promise you, it will blow your mind (little spoiler: it involves the Continent Pullers). I figured it would be clearer for the reader to say what we are working towards in the beginning, so that every step becomes c

Four Knights of the Apocalypse is a few weeks away from its one year anniversary. It's been a long year but let's see how this sequel series held up during 2021 and what will await us for 2022.

Rather than Tristan, thus becoming a sort of Boruto-like sequel, Four Knights of the Apocalypse is more of a spinoff sequel, continuation of the same world and story but with new, unrelated characters. With Percival as our new protagonist, having no knowledge of Britannia, we follow him getting new friends, traveling around, meeting enemies, and seeing what the land is like, six years later. It wasn't a bad call using a new character for the sequel, especially given it starts in what is modern-day England, rather than Scotland, meaning Nakaba had to reintroduce Britannia for new and old readers. I loved seeing locations that weren't seen before in the previous series, the only location I could think of south of the Isle was Camelot, so it's refreshing seeing new villages, forests, and seeing familiar races. Nakaba is clearly taking his time to do world-building and I got to give the man credit for wanting to show more since we've seen only half of the main isle and yet to see its neighbor Ireland.

Besides the locational settings of Britannia now, Nakaba has established that not all is well peace wise. You'd think after facing two gods and a beast wanting to become a god, there would be peace. Nope! Right in the first like ten chapters Nakaba has shown that there is no peace in Britannia and seems like things are worse. Arthur Pendragon, the adorkable king of Camelot is now evil, he sees all other races, and those associated, as the cause of all suffering, and his knights agree with his new ideology. If you're a long time reader you desperately want to know what happened in the last six years since the last chapter of the "Seven Deadly Sins". Unlike in say Boruto where its been an era of peace with trouble on the rise, the tension in this series is firmly established with the threat of war hinting to be on the horizon.

Okay the setting has been improving, how is the plot? Well, so far pretty standard for a manga series; it's a journey for a quest type plot. Percival needs to get to his current end goal, making stops at new places, along the way making friends and fighting enemies. Unlike Seven Deadly Sins where they were trying to collect members of an already established group, Percival is forming a new group and the title's namesake, hasn't even forme

So my oldest kid had an interesting customer today that came into the westside shop they work at. Said the person had an iron cross tattoo and a Nazi deaths head pin on their jacket. I have seen some folks wearing Northern Guard/Northern Maiden gear here on the westside but none had overt Nazi symbols on them.

Is there really a bunch of people in our community who've bought into this rediculous, hateful ideology?

Is it common to make jackets that focus more on punk ideology rather than music? I’m currently making my own right now and wondered if anyone had some good inspo for jackets that lack band patches.

Do your worst!

Everyone, Out of all the gerlies that's left in the Elimination Game, Miss Lina Morgana is the most fit to be the crowned. She's our goth, anarchist, punk rock, emo Queen, I don't want to rag on the other queens that's left so instead of doing that I'll just tell you why we should crown her.

First off, she angers straight people. One notable example are dr*v*n mains, Dark Binding, she casts her Q wherever his ugly axedaggers are landing, which leads to them getting tilted by her iconic 10 second snare.

She has one of the best lane control and disengage tools. Her W, Tormented Shadow, is used to displace enemies, forcing them to change their movement and sometimes, miss their cs because they're too distracted.

And her E, Black Shield, is a spellshield that prevents cc and magic damage, truly an unbothered queen letting her or an ally walk up to clashes or escape them without the stress of thinking about getting their combo / macro being interrupted.

Last off, Her R, Ultimate; called Soul Shackles, this resonates the most with me as a closeted f*gg*t, whenever she casts this, she lets out all her anger from being in the shadows, molded in her bitterness of being an outcast to society from the results of their beliefs that are unjust and inhumane. She deals damage to enemies by having them feel the pain that she endured and are enduring, leading them to be stunned by the weight of how heavy a heart she carries with her.

In the actual lore, she uses her chains to shackle as punishment through justice of having them relive their hurtful ways, they go through a pain so severe sometimes their heart even stops for a moment. One example is that she has them live the pain of whoever they inflict cruelty on, she does this to teach them a lesson, after she does, they have a change of heart as they understand their actions more, why they did it, and how they can change from it.

For her lore, she grew up being twins with Kayle, with an Aspect Of Justice for a mother being too busy to take care of them, and a dad (idk I don't pay attention to men, sorry, he takes care of them in the middle of the rune wars ig). Out of the two sisters, Morgana grew to be the one that is sensible, growing empathetic towards other beings. How they grew to be angels were the product of their mother's, a sword split into two fell down as their wings grew from their shoulders; Kayle embraced this authoritarian calling as Morgana resented it, seeing it as a heartless way of deprec

https://patthebunny.bandcamp.com/album/ceschi-pat-the-bunny-split

"I recorded this album almost a year and a half ago with my old friends the DIY Bandits. (Releasing vinyl takes forever these days.) The lag time between recording and release is why some of these songs have already been put out on other albums, although these are different recordings of those songs with different instrumentation. It also explains some of the incongruity between the perspective represented by the songs I wrote for this album and the content of the album notes I am writing now.

The DIY Bandits were true rebels banging on the system when I met them 11 years ago, and they still are today. They were the first group of people to distribute my music, and that was sometimes a liability for them because I was an obnoxious drug addict/alcoholic teenager who made obnoxious music that a lot of people in the punk and radical political scenes really did not think was a good thing for the world. (In retrospect, I side with my detractors.) The DIY Bandits had my back anyway, even though they might have been more successful if they hadn't.

Years later, when I stole money from them to shoot heroin, they stood by me again, in a real way. They didn't say it was okay, so I could get away with it and do it again. They said they were angry, but they were willing to work on it. They said they didn't trust me anymore and they weren't sure if they could again. They said I needed to pay them back.

I got sober, and they were still mad, and we worked on it bit by bit, and over time I paid them back the money, and I still try to give them something extra whenever I can. You'd have to ask them if they trust me yet, six years into my sobriety. I don't know if they could answer. I don't know if there is an end result to a process like this.

Redemption stories are nice, but I think the reality is more like sweeping the floor. In our bare feet we notice that the floor is dirty, and then we can sweep the floor or not, but either way it will be a new situation tomorrow. We can't treat this as a problem; there is not a solution to it. But a clean floor is nice to walk on anyway, and someday we may even be able to sweep the floor because we respect the dignity of our feet and not because we are afraid of the dirt. Some days, that's why I sweep now.

While the Bandits are still true rebels banging on the system, I am not really one anymore. They treat me with kindness and generosity anyway, because as well a