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the "normcore" idea got conflated with another term they coined, "acting basic".
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It didn't "get conflated." There is overlap because normal people do act basic. So blending in normcore style ends up basic
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"normcore represents a fluidity of identity… a willingness to forgo a consistent individuality in order to embrace acceptance"...
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Non-fashionable people don't *like* ironic appropriation, so it's an unstable condition that leads to paradox.

