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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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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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that's a pre-nomrcore idea—that there's a *real* nascar fan. Normcore is a real phenomenon but not something consciously practiced
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I think that's weasling out. Nice and Pomo to pretend there are no "real" nascar fans, but there are. Wishful relativism.
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yes but that generation of exclusivism will die out. A tribe's existence relies on clear edges. Culture/internet makes edges fuzzy.
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There's a reason black hipsters are rare :) But I'll let it go...time for my normal bedtime.
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