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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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worth a read. It's much more interesting than a Larry David-esque idea of "normal" — dazeddigital.com/artsandculture
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but normcore is about non-ironic, sincere appropriation. The barriers to that sincerity are more than hipster-ish irony...
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irony doesn't preclude sincerity. So long as there's double-coding: they're aware of choices in a way actual norms aren't
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a freedom to embrace and appropriate identities with full sincerity and authenticity. No irony
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you *really* think a Brooklyn hipster can wear Nascar gear the way an actual nascar fan can?
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it's whole cultural set of norms that reward sticking to a single identity and committing to well defined tribes

