“That’s so Mainstream”

Should we hate what’s popular?

The Mainstream

“Considered normal, and having or

using ideas, beliefs, etc. that are

accepted by most people.”

-Cambridge Dictionaries online

The Mainstream

A gigantic brainwashing cover that the media and the government uses

to blindly mislead people into all going the same way. Mainstream

should die. I hate people nowadays because they are all the same: Same

trend, same bland as pigshit personalities, and

same predjudice. Rap is known for influencing

mainstream. So is Hip-Hop.

Mainstream should die

- Urban Dictionary

Why do People hate the mainstream?

Does following what is ‘considered

normal and accepted by most people’,

mean you share the ‘same bland as

pigshit personality’ as everyone else?

Or are these anti-mainstreamers all

just hipsters?

Hip Hop

● Emerged from the ghettos of

New York City

● became a voice for the ignored

● Corporations began to

capitalize on the movement

● Hip Hop was integrated into

mainstream culture

Subcultures

Pop culture is a continuous cycle of rebellion being mass consumed

and turned into profit

Non mainstream doesn't always mean good, mainstream doesn't always mean bad.

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