Being called a poser at 5 in the morning after a night out DJing is just not the vibes guys

So they blocked me, but yinz need to see this shit lmao. I cut out their name cause we arent here to promote hate. But yeah okay. Lets take a look at that last message.

How much effort I put into replying? My guy there was no effort. Not a single one of those questions required me to put more than a half an ounce of thought into it. But also I did respond because 1) I genuinely wanted to know what drew them to that conclusion. 2. I mean. Evidently they wanted attention if they sent a DM. And it took all of 3 minutes and no skin off my back to do so 🤷

And okay. Ask myself the same questions:

1. Do I feel better now? Not particularly cause I didnt feel bad to begin with. Though, I do think this whole conversation is comical. And I genuinely dont take anything seriously, especially when someone blocks me after one message.

2. Im genuinely curious what brought you to this conclusion? Yeah. Nope. Still curious. I’ve had people tell me my music taste is shit but like. Still no idea over here. Not that I’ll take any answer to heart. I like who I am, I just wanna know what they dont lol

3. How much of a loser do you have to be? Well. I didnt start the conversation. I was just responding to the person coming into my DMs shots firing. Soooooo. Tbh. Im not the loser here for giving you the attention you wanted, but also not letting you straight up bully me in my own inbox. You are for blocking me the minute I gave you a response you didnt like 😂

So now the question: why did I post this to finish responding? Well that one is easy. I’ve prided this blog on being a source for people to learn and grow with punk culture. And I think this is a great example of a way to deal with internet assholes who wanna call you a poser. Just dont take them seriously and make them feel out done. The end.

I hate when I say things like "oh I want an ipod classic but with bluetooth so I can use wireless headphones" and some peanut comes in and replies with "so a smartphone with spotify?" No. I want a 160GB+ rectangular monstrosity where I can download every version of every song I want to it and it does nothing except play music and I don't need a data connection and don't have to pay a subscription to not have ads and don't have popups suggesting terrible AI playlists all over the menus.

Gimme the clicky wheel and song titles like "My Chemical Romance- The Black Parade- Blood (Bonus Track)- secret track- album rip- high quality"

Tangara is an open source iPod clone, which includes bluetooth:

Don't listen to people who tell you your diy project looks shit, even if they're telling the truth that's the devil talking

Do you live in Massachusetts? Are you looking for some direct action to take? Guess what our shitty state house just did!

It’s passed in the house and going to the state senate as far as I can tell and it seems like they just snuck it in there because ???. So it’s time to harass your state senator and rep. You can find them here: https://malegislature.gov/Search/FindMyLegislator

Call them, email them, send them letters, protest outside their doors, whatever. Let them know this will not stand here

Yo, fuck this shit. We cannot let them do this. We must remain a safe haven for those in need.

Link to article: https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/09/metro/massachusetts-house-opposite-sex-teams-transgender-athletes/

Amendment and bill number: Amendment #81 to H4005

"Where do you see yourself in 10 years?"

At a concert, hopefully

googling shit like "why do i feel bad after hanging out with my friends" and all of the answers are either "you need better friends" (i don't; my friends are wonderful) or "your social battery is drained, you need to rest and regain your energy levels" (i don't; i've got tons of energy, it's just manifesting as over-the-top neurotic mania). why is this even happening. it's like some stupid toll i have to pay as a punishment for enjoying myself too much

I actually, genuinely think social event aftercare would fix me. I need someone to put me to bed and say "you were fun today and no one hated you"

#theres a thing called 'larp drop' thats essentially this#esp since when having a great time you might be more inclined to disregard your limits and ignore discomfort#(and forget to eat/drink if its larp whoops)#and then once you have a moment to yourself it all comes crashing in#source: once forgot to eat at larp and had a sobbing fit in my car that ended the instant i bit into a chicken nugget - @queerfarmgremlin

this is also true of festivals, conventions, pride parades, concerts, and any situation where you have a lot of fun with other people!

one of the more bleak things to acknowledge is that if you pirate literally all of your music and then set aside a spotify subscription's worth of money each month to spend on a single pay-what-you-want album, it would almost immediately amount to you supporting those musicians more than streaming does

pirating all of your music and then buying a hat or something four times a year still makes you pull significantly ahead of the person who streams thousands of songs every year. it's not really a fair or good system for anyone

What a good post to reblog on bandcamp friday. Remember that any money you spend on albums on bandcamp today goes 100% to the artist.

I saw a lot of people reblogging this with my addition two days ago and now I'm afraid some of them might have thought it was bandcamp friday that day lol. So for anyone with post timestamps turned off: I made that addition on Friday March 7th 2025. Bandcamp fridays always fall on the first friday of the month (when they do them) so the next one should fall on April 4th

The next Bandcamp Friday is on May 2nd, 2025! You can use this page to check how long until the next one :3

The remaining ones this year are:

don’t tell social media if you went to protests or not(especially if you didn’t), don’t give cops an easy way to track down protesters. punk life advice

Hmm. How do I say this?

Not everything has to be punk. Okay? Not everything has to be punk.

I mean that’s nothing new that I’m saying here, a lot of other people have been saying it. Like “you can have a jacket with patches without it being a punk jacket” this is true! Not everything has to be punk.

Some things can just be an act of resistance, or kindness.

Picture this, if you will:

A group of stereotypical punk kids walk into a Walmart, covertly steal things like toiletries, clothing, stuffed animals, pet supplies, blankets, etc. They then drive to the local shelter and donate those things to people in need while sticking it to the large corporations.

That’s pretty punk, right?

Now imagine someone in clothes from Forever 21 (RIP) going around and shoplifting things they want.

Is that punk?

Imagine putting together a show of local punk bands who are volunteering to play because it’s going to be a charity show, and they’re taking the proceeds from ticket sales, button sales, sticker sales, and patch sales and they’re going to donate it to an organization.

Pretty punk, don’t you think?

Now, a church organizes a bake sale and the proceeds go to that same organization.

You see where I’m going here?

What’s the difference between these things? Is it the aesthetic? The intention? Who is really to say.

In my opinion, which, might I remind you, really isn’t worth all that much, we put too many things that can just be called “an act of kindness” or “an act of resistance” into the “man this is so punk!” pile. It doesn’t need to be there.

On that note, not EVERYTHING you do has to be punk. You can set up a bake sale or steal shit you want without it being “punk”. You’re allowed to be multifaceted. And I don’t think there’s some specific quota on “how much punk stuff you do” to call yourself punk. I sure as hell don’t think I’m making MY quota if that’s the case.

You can just do things to do things without it being part of an aesthetic or idealism or whatever. It’s okay. I promise.

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i don't understand this economy when nursing homes are so expensive they bankrupt our grandparents but nursing home aides need to use food banks.

daycare is so expensive it eats up one parent's entire paycheck and yet daycare providers only make $10/hr and need second jobs.

college costs hundreds of thousands of dollars and puts students into debt for life and yet we have thousands of professors living in their cars.

everything we need is astronomically expensive and yet almost none of the money we pay is going towards the people actually doing the work and providing the services.

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"without modifying" how dare you insult the hard work of our landlords

Hi everyone!

We think our blog got terminated overnight, but we’re back now! That being said, we’ve made a BACKUP blog, @polyampunk

If you’d like to go follow that one JUST IN CASE we would feel good about that :’)