kibi is proposing that being soft and kind and gentle and caring is the new counterculture. i'm way past my bedtime so i'm gonna leave you all to contemplate how that contrasts with punk, rock, metal, etc.; but perhaps is accurate?? hmmmm
@shel There's a *lot* of metal and punk that is not-so-secretly kind/gentle/caring. Metalheads cuddling and loving their pet cats. Stopping a set mid-show if they can see someone having a rough time in the moshpit to get everyone to help them out. Standing up against misogyny and abuse; we're not afraid to throw some creep out if they're groping women, for example. A lot of lyrical content around how society is collapsing around us, but with a call-to-arms that we can fix it.
@kithop @shel can confirm, the one time i was foolish enough to wear my glasses to a metal show i had a band stop mid-show so that the rest of the pit could help me look for them
everybody stopped instantly and started looking around, someone found them and gave them back to me, and they helped me get back to my friends outside the pit before anything started up again
i've seen people help each other up the instant they start to fall, immediately create paths for anyone who wants to get out, give each other water, etc etc. i've been to a fair amount of alt/rock shows and none of them compare to metal in terms of looking out for the people around you