Every generation thinks that they were the first to invent sex and every generation thinks they were the first to be punk. That is what makes both so special and personal. No matter who has done what before, early experiences with both are new and unique for all 'Discoverers'.
In my youth i remember thinking to put a safety pin in my hat, thinking to fix my worn out skate sneakers and boots with duct tape, and i could have sworn that my friends and i were the first to wear chain wallets. i now know that i/we were not the first to have done any of these things. The beauty was that punk had been so underground that each individual was able to discover it on their own. It wasn't marketed to you, it wasn't all over the TV, it wasn't in magazines. Despite being an infant during the first throws of the punk genre i was able to discover and define it for myself as i came of age.
The specifics of sex and sex acts are so taboo a topic in this country that they are not openly discussed. As we stumble into our own sexual awareness we experiment using trial and error to find our way around lovers. These exciting and personal discoveries make us feel as if we were the first to have ventured into these new territories. Again we were allowed to believe that we had created this all on our own.
We live in a world were it seems like there is nowhere you can go that someone hasn't been before, nothing you can do that someone hasn't done before, nothing you can say that someone hasn't said before. It's nice to know that future generations will get to discover sex for themselves and get to create their own punk movements. Even if they later realize that it may have been done before... (i'd still like to imagine that i was the first to wear safety pins and the first to have sex)
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