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[–]slushpilot 19 insightful - 8 fun19 insightful - 7 fun20 insightful - 8 fun -  (3 children)

Did the goth/emo craze of the early 00's not taught us anything?

Every. Single. Generation.

Bowie fans were androgynous aliens from mars... and got over it eventually. 18th century kids were scoffed at for the dandy/macaroni craze, too—you can still put a feather in your cap if you want to, but it don't mean shit.

[–]GreykittymommaMagical lady 💜 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I'm rolling over here.... feather in your cap indeed lmao!!

[–]MarkJeffersonTight defenses and we draw the line 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Oh, so that's what those words from Yankee Doodle mean...

[–]slushpilot 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yankee_Doodle

The term macaroni was used to describe a fashionable man who dressed and spoke in an outlandishly affected and effeminate manner.

In British conversation, the term "Yankee doodle dandy" implied unsophisticated misappropriation of upper-class fashion, as though simply sticking a feather in one's cap would transform the wearer into a noble. [...] the British were insinuating that the colonists were lower-class men who lacked masculinity, emphasizing that the American men were womanly.

By 1781, Yankee Doodle had turned from being an insult to being a song of national pride.

Punk rock, basically. Turning the other cheek as an act of subversion.