This is fascinating because I've totally become a mainlander, although in high school and young adulthood I flirted with many island cultures, and everything ab

This is fascinating because I've totally become a mainlander, although in high school and young adulthood I flirted with many island cultures, and everything about this post reminds me of some of my mid-90s irc days and socializing with all manner of gamers, goths, freaks and phreaks. These days I had sort of been feeling like there are no more islands because of The Internet and all culture is available to everyone at all times. But maybe this is just part of passively slipping into the mainstream and not recognizing how the subcultures are thriving without me.