What fringe cultures fascinate you the most?

[StateOfMind]

For me it has to be:

Harsh noise wall

Harsh noise wall - Wikipedia

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Korean poo wine healing

Bottoms up? The bizarre traditional Korean rice wine that uses human POO to 'heal' everything from broken bones to epilepsy

The making of Ttongsul, a Korean medicinal drink that has evolved over centuries but has almost died out, has been captured on video for the first time.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Otaku

Otaku - Wikipedia

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[lowlander]

Miami homeless lore

Myths Over Miami

To homeless children sleeping on the street, neon is as comforting as a night-light. Angels love colored light too. After nightfall in downtown Miami, they nibble on the NationsBank building -- always drenched in a green, pink, or golden glow. "They eat light so they can fly," eight-year-old...

www.miaminewtimes.com

 

[Futile]

Harsh noise wall

Harsh noise wall - Wikipedia

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That's just earrape tbh. I'm more of a fan of sorting algorithms

 

[waived]

The small and between the lines of high-class social behavior and its various subcultures.

 

[LooksAtMoonDog]

r/DataHoarders

I've got around 6.5TB of movies, games, music, & ebooks; but those are rookie numbers to some of these guys.

 

[catmom13]

Urine therapy community. There are people out there who age their urine and ingest them/rub them all over their body. It's the right amount of gross and horror. The facebook groups are fascinating.

 

[DocNo]

That's just earrape tbh. I'm more of a fan of sorting algorithms

i love that!

 

[StateOfMind]

Anyone familiar with the demo scene?

Demoscene - Wikipedia

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[SuicidallyCurious]

I was always fascinated with the RV fulltimers, especially those who did it with careers and even families.

Also: Jelqing

 

[sadbadpsychogirl]

anything gross, disturbing i am fascinated with like people who drink blood stuff like that

 

[LooksAtMoonDog]

anything gross, disturbing i am fascinated with like people who drink blood stuff like that

 

[KuriGohan&Kamehameha]

Miami homeless lore

Myths Over Miami

To homeless children sleeping on the street, neon is as comforting as a night-light. Angels love colored light too. After nightfall in downtown Miami, they nibble on the NationsBank building -- always drenched in a green, pink, or golden glow. "They eat light so they can fly," eight-year-old...

www.miaminewtimes.com

"I don't think any more that things happen for some great, good God plan, or for any reason," he says. "And I don't know if any angels are still fighting for us." He pauses and looks dreamily at the twilight sky above the day-care center.

"I do think a person can dream the moment of his death. Sometimes I dream that when I die soon, I'll be in some high, great place where people have time to conversate. And even if there's no God or Heaven, it won't be too bad for me to be there."


What a horrific world we live in that a 12 yr old is saying this..