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Anything threatening to be a subculture is commodified before it can walk (2014)

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Re: Anything threatening to be a subculture is commodified before it can walk (2014)

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Not really in the style of degenerate drinking. Bud light can’t put out an ad of people beer bonging in a public park. They have to look upstanding, grilling in the backyard of a private home, not overindulging. Likewise with creme brule torch companies; they can’t advertise on grounds for drug use.

but like, they sell the commodities that that subculture relies on, and while im sure the Whipped Cream Canister Companies (home kitchen use only) etc would rather come out and advertize normally, commerce is still happening

With that logic everything one might do is also commoditized by virtue of someone making it and selling it. That isn’t really the case. You can use for your inputs plenty of precursor designed for other use. Miracle grow certainly isn’t in the home bomb making business even if fertilizer is a potential input. Vodka is not made for molotov cocktails. 3d printers aren’t made for ghost gun manufacturing.

Re: Anything threatening to be a subculture is commodified before it can walk (2014)

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Not sure how mainstream furries are. Sure, they have conventions and whatnot but do you expect to see one on a box of cereal anytime soon? Probably not.

I... assume this is a joke? https://cereal.fandom.com/wiki/Chip_the_Wolf

Do you mean Chip the Wolf is actually a human who wears a wolf costume? Because he looks like a cartoon character to me, so he doesn't qualify as a "furry" in my mind.

Re: Anything threatening to be a subculture is commodified before it can walk (2014)

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I... assume this is a joke? https://cereal.fandom.com/wiki/Chip_the_Wolf

I think the charitable interpretation is that parent-poster meant it like how cereal boxes have featured famous athletes, as opposed to brand mascots. For example, Frosted Flakes has "Tony the Tiger", but he is widely understood to be a fictional tiger, rather than an endorsement by a real human who got famous for wearing a tiger-suit.

Yes, exactly.
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