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>Berlin’s scene is actually not so underground and not so cool anymore as a result of tourism and immigration. In my experience, people who like things because
by snakeyjake 3y ago
>Berlin’s scene is actually not so underground and not so cool anymore as a result of tourism and immigration.
In my experience, people who like things because they are hidden and exclusive tend to be shitty, shallow, superficial people. Many, many, varied decades of life lived all over the world, and I've never witnessed a counterexample so I hesitate to make it an absolute.
Same goes for people who think they like things more than others because they liked them first.
- ferongr 3y agoOn the other hand, normies do ruin everything.
- snakeyjake 3y agoIn my experience, 100% of all people who use the word "normie" unironically are shitty, shallow, superficial people.
- mtizim 3y agoIf you stop squinting, you'll see that neither the average exclusive activity enthusiast, nor a person using "normie" unironically are shallow nor superficial. Maybe your experience can be explained by how you see these people, not by how these people actually are.
- Tainnor 3y agoLiving in Berlin and being into techno, clubbing and drugs is the most "normie" thing ever. Try being a rock or jazz fan - or even Schlager.
- lukan 3y ago"In my experience, people who like things because they are hidden" Sounds a bit like a strawmen. No one here said, they like something, because it is hidden. But hidden places are quite free and can cultivate a very different culture, than one that plays by all the legal rules. And where money took over everything. The best places I have been, were not listed in lonely planet. And I could not book them online. I had to find them.
- immibis 3y agoHow do you feel about Twitter vs Fediverse? People don't like Fediverse "because it's hidden", but they like it because of the qualities it has, many of which are influenced by it being hidden. If it was bigger and still had those qualities, that would be fine too.