the commodification of punk signals that gen z is, unfortunately, more interested in aesthetics rather than truly engaging with the world around them. you're supposed to thrift your bag and gather pins by supporting local bands, art collectives, or making them yourself
Watching a Diners Drive Ins and Dives from 2008 and it’s a completely different world. A bacon cheeseburger was braggadociosly only $4.75. I looked up the website and that burger is $17 today.
The Flavortown you were raised to live in no longer exists.