sketerpot comments on New Year's Predictions Thread - Less Wrong

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Comment author: sketerpot 02 January 2010 06:42:30AM *  5 points [-]

So it's possible that, if we had a really huge, dense, wired city with excellent transportation, we would find a significant subculture of steampunk furries, or vampire gothic lolita hip-hop dance squads? Actually, this sounds like a lot like Tokyo.

And I expect that the next generation of hipsters will find a way to be irritatingly disdainful of a thousand cultures at once.

It's easy, really. Practice this phrase: "Man, what weirdos." You just have to selectively overlook the weirdness of your own subculture while recognizing and stigmatizing it in others. It's an elegant approach.