Soft Grunge

A pejorative but accurate term that typically describes the average teenage tumblr or blogger user that doesn't see themselves as hipster. By using pop culture and surface references to grunge in music, fashion, and imagery they seek to appear as unique and interesting as possible (although the effectiveness of this is debatable).

Usually the content they post is stolen with all reference of the original author removed in order to promote themselves. Subject matter typically falls somewhere between artsy and trashy.

human: Hey I didn't know you listened to Soundgarden?
tumblr kid: What?
human: It's on your T-shirt?
tumblr: oh right...
human: I get it your a soft grunge kid and therefore are just in it for the aesthetic.

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