![]() Posers are those who don't bring anything new to the table, have any new ideas, or put themselves out there but sit back as passive bystanders criticizing and judging the ones who are trying to do something original. This is combined with their overall outlook, attitude, and philosophy about their own uniqueness and individuality and how much courage they have to express that without concern for social praise or monetary gain. The degree to which someone might be considered a poser vs being authentic is directly proportional to the ratio between how much one creates to how much one consumes. A smaller number of humans are more sensitive to it than others, and even fewer speak out in an effort to wake people up to being "real". This commitment to authenticity stems from more of a cultural ideal that all humans can be authentic and to be inauthentic and uncritically endorse dominant mainstream ideologies is something we've just accepted but goes against every human being on an essential level. ![]() Punks thus forged a construction of authenticity that distinguished "real" from "fake" by virtue of an attributed sentiment which, as an example, might manifest in an acute rejection of consumerism and materialism. Generally, it is a term used to describe as the antithesis of "authenticity". But here are the common themes - again, these are not my words, it's a summary of the consensus of my samples. So what were the common themes of people's conceptions of poser-ism? Well, it's complex. It invokes a lot of opinions and emotions. In the process of interviewing a multitude of individuals who fit in with the punk subculture, the word "poser" came up frequently. I'll talk about it more at a different time, but basically. ![]() I'm working on a book called the Punk Philosophy. given the nature of being a Green Day fan, this community is one that has had to examine this concept from time to time. I've had a few interesting conversations over the last day via PM over the concept of "poser". ![]()
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