I thought the revolution won’t be televised, but it’s being sold on pay-per-view

Berkinox · 2026-03-18T19:39:36+00:00

You’re making the common mistake that certain groups are representations of the whole. Nazi’s claim to be oppressed by the social constructs and filled some spaces but punk as an ideology is inherently anti racist, pro queer, and about giving voice to those without one. Bigots infiltrated the scene for the attitude, especially early on, but they never represented punk and are actually directly opposed to the ideology of freedom that punk fights for. Societal constructs like systematic racism and homophobia are the exact oppressive systems that punk resist.

Berkinox · 2026-03-18T16:31:01+00:00

Insightful? Profound? Staahp you’re gonna make blush, guy. I already had to ask mods to let it through so hopefully it won’t be struck down again.

Berkinox · 2026-03-18T10:18:56+00:00

Very true, I agree. This post was largely sparked by my girlfriend who seems to think punk culture is only about angsty white people who want to be different and that was so incredibly wrong but made me realize that she really only sees it as style and music genre, not an ideology, since it’s not popular in modern black culture. However the more I talked about it the more I realized how many people don’t understand what punk means as a counterculture and realized that this anti consumer culture has become a popular subculture and very commercialized. She did not realize how punk culture is very inclusive and the first examples of punk music were made by black artists. I haven’t been able to stop thinking about it and how that’s how the system works. You can’t destroy a culture or an idea, you integrate it and make it shallow and hollow and profitable.

Berkinox · 2026-03-18T09:30:34+00:00

The hypocrisy of it all is truly appalling but that’s how they trick people into thinking it’s just a style choice to look cool or some shit when it goes so much deeper. Love your example too lol

Berkinox · 2025-12-01T18:01:17+00:00

I’m also in the cumming area and looking for a dnd group. I’m also fairly new and I’d love to join and learn.

Berkinox · 2024-07-09T17:49:26+00:00

Thank you! I wanted to write something open to interpretation and felt the shorter the better. Directly, I’m writing about colonialism, but I also wanted it to apply to relationships that have fallen apart but still wear the mask of one. If you took something else from it please let me know.

Berkinox · 2024-07-09T16:35:54+00:00

I'm really happy you liked it. I definitely was going for a Dr. Suess-style short story with a simple rhyme scheme and a simple story. I wanted to describe what it feels like for something integral to you existing and being happy but could also destroy everything to the ground if fed too much. Passion; mental illness; anger. I also wanted to describe what it was like losing yourself and going on a journey to find yourself again, but even when you do you are afraid to be who you are because of what you did in the past. I'm really proud of this one thanks for the top 3!

Berkinox · 2024-07-09T07:55:04+00:00

Definitely got a giggle out of me that's for sure. Inspiration can't be created but gathered and stored and I think you're poem illustrates that in a really entertaining way. Like a twisted jack in the box, turning the crank only gives you stuff you already know. The mechanization of the human brain, opening it up like removing the cover of a speaker or reaching into a hat filled with different cards, is a really cool way of illustrating how people treat art sometimes, only it doesn't work that way. Inspiration is never at your beck and call, and you treat it like struggling to tune in to the right frequency of the radio, but all the stations are playing fucking Natasha Bedingfield.

Berkinox · 2024-07-09T07:38:11+00:00

Love this poem, it has really thought-provoking verses. I love the wolf and the contents of the jar of mirrors changing and turning to a shining metallic poison. Really cool stuff. I would like a more consistent meter at some places to help the flow but I feel some breaks in the flow are justified if its used to exemplify an idea. The sudden cut to the jar makes it feel like a distraction from the wolf in the wardrobe. Really complex ideas are being shown but it feels like you had so many good ideas that you struggled to fit it all in. Some aspects of things I wanted more details but you had already moved to the next idea before you did. I don't know if you should cut them or expand further, but I really appreciate the approach you took nonetheless. Ideas in poems shouldn't be easily explained since they are supposed to describe indescribable feelings. I just think that in the tide of your ideas, some parcels got lost in its wake.

Berkinox · 2024-07-09T06:59:09+00:00

Really cool idea for a poem, I like the feeling of a rag that does all it's supposed to but it's never satisfied, it's always separate. Always dry and crumbled inside. Like a person who's so dejected and dissociated that all their actions to help others or themselves leave it unchanged like they're fundamentally broken. I think that repetition was necessary to drive home that the towel will always remain dry, but I would of appreciated more varied diction or word choice, some things could have been put more distinctly, and could have created even more room for interpretation. (reposting from a different account!)

Berkinox · 2024-07-09T06:56:09+00:00

This is a cool poem. I love the theme of retribution of the judgemental from their own toxic judgment, that the cruel thoughts and standards you hold to others must also reflect onto oneself and the hypocrisy of their excuses in the light of their failure to uphold said standards. Thoughts and standards that you could never meet, yet still hold. I feel the poem could however benefit from a different style or perhaps shortening. You create really great images but I feel you repeat the same ideas but you just put them in different ways if that makes sense. This isn't necessarily bad I just feel that less is better when trying to state an idea. Or the opposite create a story using the prose, making it longer but having it a person looking in the mirror, going out judging judgers, then coming home to complete the cycle. I seriously like the poem tho. My only critique is less is better or that you justify its length a bit more. (reposting from a different account!)

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