"Buy your way into metal"

[Nihilist News Network (NNN)]

A $20 metal t-shirt, black jeans (also $20), and the $300 fully-configured scene camouflage jacket at the right will make anyone think you're a diehard. You can literally buy your way into metal, and not ever "get it": understand the spirit, the lifestyle, the music itself. To you, it's just sonic wallpaper or another amusement while you stumble through life.

Buy your way into metal

[beyond_godlike]

They've had denim jackets with punk patches in places like walmart for years. I've seen a lot of people wearing them having no idea what any of the bands on their jackets were. I guess this had to happen eventually.