why? lets break down the word. indiefag originates from two places. the 'indie' part is from 'indie' culture or individual culture. basically a bunch of kids who want to be different. sure. the 'fag' connotation comes from the popular internet site 4chan where you get a label, always ending in fag. some examples are 'britfag' for british citizens, ausfag if you're from australia, drawfag if you like drawing, and fagfag if you're gay. 4chan is notorious for it's anonymity. individual and anon together? WTF.
but sure. they're being called indiefags for the very reason just described, as on 4chan they would be called indiefag. how that came mainstream, I will never know. truth is, indiefaggotry is now a trend. wearing tight jeans, bowling shoes and a flanno with ray bans is commonplace, and there are just as many 'indie' kids as emos or goths. it's lost its speciality and its no longer new. people even claim themselves as indie.
I've read a blog where the description was 'we like being alternative and being existentialist'. being existentialist. that's the biggest gross exaggeration ever, and I bet they don't even know what it means. the way its phrased even, 'we like being existentialist' suggests they have no idea what they are talking about, just like the label. that annoys me. destroys the point. another point of self-identification lost in the mass media and current trends.
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