#i know people have always gatekept everything forever and its legitimately not that big of a deal. i don't think the people joking about-- | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

spushii · 11 months

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i just think at the end of the day you can be as bitchy and petty and gatekeepy as you want on the internet about what should and shouldnt constitute a Battle Jacket, but when you see someone at the grocery store wearing an old vest with some safety pins in it and an iron-on patch and some patches sewn on they obviously drew themselves with fabric marker, you're gonna smile at them at tell them it looks sick, because it looks sick

#i know people have always gatekept everything forever and its legitimately not that big of a deal. i don't think the people joking about--#--emo band patches and hot topic buttons and 'punks respect pronouns' shit need to Look Deep Within Themselves and recognize the harm--#--they're doing #because i also don't think there's anything wrong with poking fun at people sometimes and i think the most valuable thing a person can do--#--for themselves is learn how not to care about comments like that #but idk. it feels so different when you're seeing someone in the real world (especially in an unexpected place!) expressing--#--a taste in things similar to yours.#even if you find the way they do it kinda cheesy. it's just such an immediate connection you're making with another person in the world

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