There are people I have known for years, and I can’t figure out what kind of subculture they belong to. It makes me wonder are they surpressing certain things about themselves or is it truly possible that they don’t fit into ANY subculture. Furthermore, could these people be a subculture in itself?
Why do you use the term subculture so much? Why is it so important to you? Those who wear the uniform of a particular subculture tend to be either very insecure or followers. I just live. I don’t try to fit in with any sub-anything.
If you believe that everyone belongs to a socioeconomic class, that seems to be if not the same thing as subculture, at least a related concept.
Me? I ride motorcycles, but am not a “biker”. I ski, but am not defined by it. I like my college football (Damn you, Stanford! :mad: ) and Formula One, but don’t really know of any “subculture” around those things.
Maybe I’m just boring.
I would go so far as to say that not a single person who is close to me, friend or family, belongs to a subculture. Anyone else with me?
I’m sure there are people who I’ve encountered in my life who have a sub-culture but I can`t think of any.
There’s a term for this… Normal.
I believe the principle espoused in this XKCD strip (that human subcultures are nested fractally) also means there’s no top-- you can keep subdividing people into subcultures no matter how normal they get.
The push for individualism is in and of itself a cultural trait, in the US being individualistic is a very effective way to imply you are doing what others expect of you (being deemed weak and insecure enough to need a group is looked down on). In east asian societies being socially conformist is how they do it.
Personally, I have found most of the people I’ve usually been closest to have been intelligent, well educated people who were also various degrees of anti-social, mentally ill and psychologically troubled. I don’t know the name of the subculture for that.
Yeah. What’s a subculture: Mods? Rockers? Punks? Never gave it any thought or attention.
I was that guy in high school who got good marks, was moderately successful in gym class, sometimes smoked pot at lunch, always had a girlfriend, wore dress shirts and jeans, had long hair, and liked to party on weekends. Oh, and liked Kiss, The Beatles, The Cars and Supertramp.
I wonder what subculture I belonged to?
Mockers?
The people who do not belong to any subculture belong to the subculture of people who don’t belong to a subculture.
Paging Kurt Gödel…
I have no idea what you are talking about. I keep reading it, but I don’t get it. Just…regular people who are regular people? That’s…regular.
You seem to fit into the “bloke” sub culture…
They belong to a subculture called “grownups.” You probably haven’t heard of them, though. It’s a pretty underground scene.
If there are people who aren’t part of any subculture, what do all subcultures have in common that allows you to identify yourself outside them?
Of course a lot of people don’t consider themselves to have a subculture, but that could just be like how a lot of people don’t consider themselves to have an accent: from the perspective of an outsider, they do.
Buy a bloke a pint? 
Or two?
For some reason this reminds me of the salesperson in a store’s video game department who, when I asked him to get me a copy of Red Dead Redemption, made the mistake of asking me what other games my son would be interested in :mad:. Boy, was he sorry!
Maybe Diamonds02 just assumes people belong to certain subcultures based on her own misconceptions rather than any actual data.
I am a subculture of one.
The ‘cost’ of categorizing everyone, is a constant feeling of being categorized. (Judged!)
Life’s funny that way.
It is, however, definitely a juvenile trait that I’m pretty sure creative you can find a way to magnify into an attention seeking and amusing annoyance to others, if you just put your mind to it.
Few things are as rewarding as finding a new negative trait to pursue and embrace, well done!
Keep up the good work!
Sure, I’m with y… Hey, wait a minute!