cultural innovation cannot occur under conditions of legibility by the mainstream culture since what is legible to it will be policed by it
therefore the first task of any subculture is achieving illegibility then reconciling it with maintaining critical mass of participation
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incidentally, neopronouns are the AK-47 of cultural illegibility — cheap, simple, reliable — and boy is the mainstream culture mad about it
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in conclusion, newfags can't triforce. thanks for listening to my TED talk
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