I always thought that Punks would be the first subculture to embrace Bitcoin, because, you know, fuck the system and all that.
Oh boy, was I wrong.
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I think maybe Punks aren't what they once were.
punk's dead.
what happened to punk and so on btw?
Not those punksβ¦ π
It's logical to think that way, but Bitcoin transcends subcultures and targets the flaws of the entire financial system. π
I would have thought that too. Bitcoin attracts those with a need to know and an open enough mind to see a bright future. That said, bitcoin is more punk rock than most punk rock
Yeah this exactly. I think most visible punks are basically extreme leftists, or they age into it.
In any case, punks not dead. DIY, roll your own, be a node, and yeah, make tapes π
I still can't get over rage against the machine telling their audience to obey and get the vaccine
"Fuck you I won't do what you tell me" my ass
I somehow still have hope...
I do embrace Bitcoin. So at least one punk does. π€
Punks are not homogenous group. Some don't care pretty much about anything, just the music.
punk here too, first skate punk, then cyberpunk, then cypherpunk lol, idk what he's talking about
ok, maybe technically i was "cybergoth" during the 2006-2010 period, same same, goths are just sad punks
i'm not doxxing myself but i if you ever meet me in person you won't miss my labret and ear piercing scars and i'll gross you out with my septum piercing as well, using a clean toothpick
Omg, brings back memories. When I was like 14, I pierced my eyebrow (with a sawing needle) and maneged to rip out the ring with my sweater 6 times before I finally admitted that it's a stupid idea π
i tried to pierce my own septum first with a 14 gauge needle... i went into mild shock, then a pro did it a bit later and i didn't even feel it
i never wanted eyebrows, i knew they would get knocked out, i was paranoid about getting in a fight
some years later i tried to get industrials... those things refused to heal, eventually gave up and the fucker still itches to this day
My first 6 piercings were ears. In the pub. Disinfected by a cigarette lighter. With something like this. I wore them for a couple of months until I could afford real earnings. good times π
yep, most of my ear holes were done like that, it was almost a sport... with silver rings also, those hinged type, that was before i got into stainless steel
You're my guy! Obviously growing up in late 90s in eastern/central Europe was same everywhere
yeah, body piercing became really popular in the mid 90s
the only one i really liked was the septum though, ears, labrets, nostrils, meh
if i cared enough i'd get a nice titanium 14 gauge segment for my nose, but i just dgaf anymore
maybe just seen too many pink hairs with septums that it has turned me right off it, don't want people thinking i'm a stupid commie or something
Sawing needles are the worst... π
circa 1995 i upgraded to surgical needles... preferably 14 gauge, 16s are too skinny, 14 is the goldilocks gauge, looks the best, fits the best
yeah, when i first tried to pierce my own septum i used a 12ga needle... too thick... put me into shock, i was on my back legs resting on the chair i sat on while trying to do it
when the professional dude did it, he used a 16 and i didn't feel it... aside from my ears the only ones that are still wide open
yeah, i don't recommend using needles with serrated blades
damn you, i want my titanium segment ring in my septum again
https://www.amazon.es/-/pt/dp/B07VQDG9ZD/ref=sr_1_6
super discreet 8mm diameter 14 gauge, my preferred exact thing, gonna get three in case the segment falls into a drain or something
ohshit it is hinged even...
i actually lost my previous one because i was in prison
also btw nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyv9kh2uewd9hj7qgwwaehxw309ahx7uewd3hkctcqyzrrxpems4na49adzx07mkt3v92252pjxn9m055d2yca4grh688h5up299h i know what your name means
bad guy out of Blade comics... one of the best bad guys of all time
Yep, that's the guy.
Funny part is, that I've got it misspelled because I just started with English and it's something between English and Czech π
I mean way back ... it's been decades since
yeah, the cyrillic is Π΄ΡΠΊΠΎΠ½
haha, and you are from czech... i swear my father's family has roots in the east... in the 18th century the dutch made a law everyone had to have a last name, and my great great great great Opa chose "vennik" which is russian for a bundle of sticks used as a sweeper, still in use today by the dutch street sweepers (and ironically, can be called a "faggot" which was a favourite insult from my australian child day prison fellow inmates)
small world ...
i don't have any hard evidence about my hypothesis but there is pretty much only one language with the word Vennik in it... there is close and similar ones in Ukraine as well, one meaning "wreath" and the other meaning "brandy brewer"
being that my opa was a hospital orderly and so was my dad, i'm betting that my father's line is a line of cleaners
also, i am distantly related to Mihail Lermontov... via a side branch way back in my mother's line
(scottish guy, famous poet, emigrated to russia)
Vennik is not a czech word, though ...
no, i meant Russian... i'm pretty sure it's russian
i had a gf back in 2003 who was half czech... honey golden hair, the most adorable cheeks and sharp as a whip, oh yeah, and she had a warrior's physique, as a masseuse she could nearly rip your shoulders out
yes, the double N is not part of it, but that's not a common construct in russian, yes, it exists, but no it's not that common
in dutch, however, the phonetic rules state that you have to double a consonant to "close" a syllable, and there is other similar rules about doubling vowels to indicate an accent or long vowel form
many people in the netherlands adopted "funny" names, one i encountered while i lived there was "diepenbrook" - brook means "pants" and "diepen" is the adjective meaning "deep" ... there is NO way the originator of that name was not having a laff at the dutch government with that one back in the 1700s
my opa did quite a bit of research and wrote a little leaflet about the history of the family name and the conclusion was he had no evidence about where it came from exactly, and the scuttlebutt in the family was that there was a connection to some kind of disgrace involving dutch aristocracy and the Buys (like Boise) family
also, i wouldn't be surprised if it is not in fact from russia today russia but it is even possible it's Russene, the landless ethnic group found across northern serbia and romania, their form of russian is archaic russian, not revised like the modern russian as so many governments did all across europe "standardising" the languages
found a better one, anodised black is better https://www.amazon.es/-/pt/gp/product/B07KK9CP5Q/ref=ewc_pr_img_1
Same with CCC
you are just baiting people, half of nostr is former punks, if you care to look closely at their high res photos you'll see 10 year piercing holes and labret holes and nose piercing holes
most of us grow up out of the silly hairstyles and dirty clothes but i for one still like to wear nice combat pants and offensive t-shirts
i grew up in the punk scene. does that count? π
Well, well, well, the mere fact that Antifa now fights FOR the government should have worked as a sign π