well forgive me if i sound like i'm arguing just for the sake of it, cause that's not what i'm trying to do, but the point of this thread sort of relies on making generalizations. to me, anyway. so i don't want to default to a case by case basis. i want to see if we can make any general statements that will apply across the board.
so as to what you discussed earlier, if i'm interpreting you right, you mean that some people join in just to impress the existing members of the trend? this could be true yet i feel like it's questionable exactly why they want to impress that particular group, as opposed to a more mainstream group.
as social animals, it would seem more effective to try to impress the more mainstream group because there you're dealing with a larger number of people. so i think the fact that they are drawn to that group in the first place sort of reflects their alienation from other mainstream cultural trends.
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