I personally think cringe culture killed any form of counterculture

So, I was watching one of my favorite films by one of my favorite directors, about one of my favorite bands ever—I was watching Oliver Stone’s The Doors.

Now, if you haven’t seen this movie, or heard The Doors’ music, or don’t even know who Oliver Stone or Jim Morrison was… what are you doing? Seriously—get off this website for a second, watch the movie, listen to some Doors music, and then come back.

But anyway, I noticed something: Jim Morrison would probably be called “cringe” nowadays, and that honestly saddens me. The reason I say that is because it feels like you’re not allowed to have an original, different, or just plain weird thought anymore. You’re not allowed to be edgy. You’re not allowed to be cutting-edge. Everything feels so… uniform.

Like, what—are we really heading back to the ’50s now?

I mean, I’ll say this: it seems like there are two factors at play. One is this overwhelming political correctness. And don’t get me wrong—I am bisexual. I hate that word, because it puts me in a box, but yes, that’s the label. Still, I don’t like how it feels like you can’t say anything, joke around, or even explore deeper thoughts without backlash.

And on the other end of the spectrum, you’ve got “cringe culture,” which just… ruins things, honestly. It basically says that if you don’t fit yourself into a neat little box, you’re somehow not normal.

But what the hell even is normal? And why do we want to be that, anyway?

So yeah—tell me what you think in the comments.