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Is there even such a thing as
"mainstream" anymore? I mean it used to
be the case that everybody watched the
same nightly news and listened to the
same radio station. And
"counterculture" was growing your hair
long and listening to rock and roll.
Now the duality of mainstream vs.
counterculture seems as quaint as the
idea that there are only two genders or
only two sexes. Kids don't listen to
rock & roll to rebel, they listen to
soundcloud emo rap, or whatever, and if
the niche sound that speaks directly to
them doesn't exist, they can invent it
and upload it for the world to hear
with little more than a cheap laptop.
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At the other end of the LONG TAIL of
the internet is a metaphorical infosec
furry, and because of them there are as
many small STREAMS and countercultures
as there are individual people.