This seems an idiosyncratic characterization to me. Bullying is driven by insecurity, though not necessarily jealousy. This seems quite separable from the gen

This seems an idiosyncratic characterization to me. Bullying is driven by insecurity, though not necessarily jealousy. This seems quite separable from the general arc of subgroup/subgenre identity which seems to follow a typical arc of from groundbreaking through "cool", to mass adoption, to "played out" as you put it. The article suggests "macaroni" was something beyond the predictable cyclic arc, in at least that it's impact was unusually strong and short lived.