1Dude
The word “dude” originally referred to an extremely well-dressed male from the East Coast and was slang for cowboys who catered to such city-slickers on “dude ranches”, or guest ranches. In the 1960s and 70s, it evolved to its current usage starting out with surfer culture.
2. Ganguro is a fashion trend among young Japanese women that started in the mid-1990s. It is a style used to rebel against the 'traditional beauty' of pale skin with dark hair, rather than an imitation of Western culture.
3. “Jizz” is a common term used in bird watching that describes a bird’s overall appearance based on shape, posture, flying style, and other habitual movements.
4. The “California Route” to the summit of Mt Fitz Roy in Patagonia was first climbed in 1968 by five American hippies who called themselves “The Fun Hogs.” One of them later founded Patagonia (originally called Chouinard, his last name), and another founded The North Face (in 1964).
5. Even though t-shirts were created around 1904, they were never considered to be outerwear until World War 2 when soldiers were seen in pictures wearing their undershirts with combat pants, leading to the Greaser style in the 50s and later having images printed on them.
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6Gangster Subculture
Peppa Pig has been blocked from an online video channel in China after it became associated with the “gangster” subculture.
7. There is a biker gang from Arizona who help keep child abuse victims safe while the child’s abuser is prosecuted, including guarding their houses at night if a person is not yet in jail and attending court with the child, shielding them so they don't have to look at their abuser.
8. Chrese Evans, Stalin’s granddaughter is a punk hippie Buddhist who runs an antique shop in Portland.
9. All of the characters in 'Scooby Doo' was based on character in the 50s TV show ‘The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis.’ Shaggy was originally a beatnik, then a hippy. Legendary DJ Casey Kasem originally balked at voicing a hippie but grew to love the character as Shaggy evolved through the series.
10. The trend of sagging jeans below your waist in hip-hop culture began in jails when prisoners were detained without a belt for fear they might use it to commit suicide, or kill a fellow inmate.
11Disneyland
There is an annual festival for goths at Disneyland. It’s called “Bats Day at the Fun Park.”
12. The Juggalo subculture is split between violent and non-violent factions. Some members of the Juggalos street gang even look down on non-criminal Juggalos, considering them to be weak, and criminal Juggalo gangs have committed attacks on non-gang-related Juggalos.
13. The best-selling German novels of all time involve a Native American fighting together with a German cowboy in the Wild West. This created a subculture of tens of thousands of Germans that, to this day, call each other by names such as “White Wolf”, dress in animal fur, and live in teepees.
14. Botswana has a vibrant Cowboy Metalhead scene. Heavy metal is combined therewith traditional African musical styles to create a unique type of music.
15. Volkswagen Type 2 van, known for being associated with Hippies, was made for over 60 years and its production lasted until December 2013.
16Nudism Founder
Heinrich Pudor, the founder of modern nudism was such a Nazi that he got arrested for accusing Hitler of not being Nazi enough.
17. The Wiccan religion is less than 100 years old and was released to the public in 1954 by Gerald Gardner. When someone reveals to their family that they are Wiccan it is known as “coming out of the broom closet.”
18. Scandinavia was the site of an unusually violent gang war between the Hells Angels and another outlaw biker gang in the 1990s, with gang members using stolen military weapons such as grenades and anti-tank rockets to attack each other's clubhouses and bars.
19. Otaku is a Japanese term for people with consuming interests, particularly in anime and manga. Osama Bin Laden was a fan of Japanese Otaku culture with a collection of games including Final Fantasy VII, Dragon Ball Z, and Erotic Games.
20. There is a subculture of people called “Otherkin” who believe they are non-human and identify themselves as fairies, androids, aliens, plants, and even cartoon characters.
21Itasha
“Itasha” is a subculture in Japan that is focused on anime prints on cars. Itasha (痛車, Itasha) literally means “painful car” as they are considered painful to look at.
22. Raggare is a subculture found in Northern Europe (mostly Sweden) that celebrates classic American car culture and often uses imagery like the confederate flag.
23. In 2013, a photographer recorded seventeen seconds of footage of an elusive night parrot, a Lazarus species that hadn't been spotted in nearly a century. A bird expert called it “the bird-watching equivalent of finding Elvis flipping burgers in an outback roadhouse.”
24. “Skinheads” originated in the United Kingdom around the 1960s and were not associated with racism, but were a working class outsider subculture that incorporated elements of mod fashion and black Jamaican music. It wasn’t until the 90's when disaffected, Neo-Nazi youths in eastern Europe adopted the style.
25. The iconic “Make Love, Not War” anti-Vietnam war poster was created by Wilfred Weisser a globe-trotting hippie from Germany, living in San Francisco in the mid-1960s. He then disappeared and has never collected a single cent in copyright royalties.
