the tumblr t-shirt selling class and it’s consequences
i hope whichever bangladeshi’s getting paid pennies on the dollar to screen print “transsexuals need to get meaner” tees for your redbubble shop is enjoying the nuances of your 70s gay culture aesthetic obsession
saw a post comparing MCR to grateful dead in that they have cultivated a loyal fanbase and endless hype by making each concert a totally unique show.
anyway thinking about how instead of getting all worked up about phones and people having the nerve to share their concert experience online after paying a thousand dollars for it .
MCR lean into it by making each show a special experience and creating endless mystery and excitement about the drumhead and the symbolic outfits and setlist and the ongoing story arc of their band instead of shitting their pants and crying because someone who paid a thousand dollars to see them wants to make an instagram post
the most disorienting thing thats ever happened to me was when a linguistics major stopped in the middle of our conversation, looked me in the eye, and said, “you have a very interesting vernacular. were you on tumblr in 2014?” and i had to just stand there and process that one for a good ten seconds
