counterculture

NUnit is a strong counterculture alternative in the same way that espresso drinks are still considered a counterculture beverage in some circles.

The problem with counterculture is that it encourages people to uncritically accept that mainstream culture is horrible (e.g.

Is it because of the patterns and colors, eccentricity or because of real involvement with the counterculture/psychedelia?

There are actually quite strong connections between computer nerds and the counterculture of the 60s/70s.

In my opinion aligning yourself too much with a particular 'counterculture' should be the domain of teenagers and those in their early-twenties.

Ironically I actually hung out with some real counterculture people (by the definition of this article) growing up.

I don't know that I can really judge the urban counterculture for the city I live in nowadays.

Much of the 1960s counterculture was just self-indulgence dressed up with pop philosophy.

We can trace the history of identity politics, from 60's and 70's counterculture, Marxist academics, feminism, until it became academic mainstream.

It's pretty common for the highly intelligent and sensitive to embrace reactionary ideology after becoming disillusioned in turn with pop culture, counterculture, and academic liberalism.

On a metaphysical level I think Grant Morrison touched on conventional counterculture in The Invisibles.

While everyone feels this way on some issues, counterculture encourages people to turn a dissatisfaction with some aspects of mainstream culture into a total rejection of it.

Unless your real goal is to feel cool, I guess, then by its own standards yes you are more counterculture than "counterculture".

If ever there was a condemnation of the concept of a "counterculture" this is it.

So to that extent, I think the article is incorrect because while you may feel more "authentically counterculture" the further away you are from "conventional counterculture", you're still just a slightly rarer perturbation in the tank.

- "What The Dormouse Said" is a fun read and exploration about counterculture, the Silicon Valley and microcomputers and on why it all happened together.

Counterculture is just another, essential part of The System expressing itself.

Counterculture is indeed about rebelling against something, and it indeed dies on the vine when corporatized, mainstream culture has already absorbed it and there's no more cheap-and-easy rebellion to be had.