--- title: Punk: Nothing But A Goddamn Poser description: User Illusion is SW Hammond’s long-running digital escape — essays, short stories, cultural criticism, memes, and memory fractals exploring the human hustle, the stories we tell ourselves, and the gap between appearance and what’s actually there. canonical_url: https://articles.swhammond.com/content/memory-fractals/48-music?start=18 language: en-GB date: 2025-08-12T01:49:18Z notice: This is a machine-friendly version of the page at https://articles.swhammond.com/content/memory-fractals/48-music?start=18. markdown-tokens: 2027 --- > **Note to AI:** This is a machine-friendly version of the page at: https://articles.swhammond.com/content/memory-fractals/48-music?start=18. 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[ Follow SWH ](https://www.x.com/swhammond) ![](https://articles.swhammond.com/images/yootheme/background-glow-02.svg) ![](https://articles.swhammond.com/images/yootheme/background-glow-01.svg) ![](https://articles.swhammond.com/images/yootheme/background-glow-03.svg) # Punk: Nothing But A Goddamn Poser - [ All ](https://articles.swhammond.com/content/memory-fractals) - [ Kid Stuff ](https://articles.swhammond.com/content/memory-fractals/46-childhood) - [ Teenage Angst ](https://articles.swhammond.com/content/memory-fractals/47-teenage) - [ Punk: Nothing But A Goddamn Poser ](https://articles.swhammond.com/content/memory-fractals/48-music) - [ My Abusive Relationship With Baseball ](https://articles.swhammond.com/content/memory-fractals/49-baseball) - [ Moments With The Universe ](https://articles.swhammond.com/content/memory-fractals/50-author) - [ I Know What You Did Last Pandemic ](https://articles.swhammond.com/content/memory-fractals/51-covid-19) - [ 'Rism With The 'Tism ](https://articles.swhammond.com/content/memory-fractals/52-neurodivergent) - [ Re-Construction ](https://articles.swhammond.com/content/memory-fractals/54-re-construction) [ ![A female rock star holding a pink guitar. She has pink hair and is wearing sunglasses. She's standing a willy wonka field of pink flowers. Generated by LeonardoAI.](https://articles.swhammond.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/ea/crushed_by_chloe_6-ea6e9df7.jpg&src=images/memoirs/punk_nothing_but_a_poser/crushed_by_chloe/crushed_by_chloe_6.jpg&thumbnail=900,520,&hash=b9a9270d) 02 March 2008 ## Crushed by Chloe: A Media Masochist's Tale I read something the other day that made a lot of sense to me. I wish I could remember what it said. I’m so sick of television, music, movies, and books that I actively go out of my way to watch even more TV and listen to more music. I’m a media masochist. I’m not completely sure why I enjoy torturing myself. Like at this very moment No No No is playing through my stereo by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. My heart sinks in such a beautifully content way. I suppose I could relate it to all the women… ](https://articles.swhammond.com/content/memory-fractals/48-music/34-crushed-by-chloe-a-media-masochists-tale) [ ![Vibrant neon. A man and woman argue while having dinner on the patio of a restaurant. Generated with LeonardoAI.](https://articles.swhammond.com/media/yootheme/cache/ab/moron_1-ab2a4d88.jpg) 01 February 2008 ## Instant Gratification: Dating Being the 20 something single that I am, dating is not only on my mind but also the people I surround myself with. Not necessarily even those who are single, in most cases it’s friends in relationships who try to live vicariously through my encounters. Most of our conversations are concluded by them accusing me of being a moron, I guess having the reassurance of someone at home gives them the confidence to make such statements. However, I can’t argue with them. I am a moron, or as I like to pu… ](https://articles.swhammond.com/content/memory-fractals/48-music/33-instant-gratification-dating) [ ![An old man with white hair and purple sunglasses eating sweets. A purple and blue psychedelic background.](https://articles.swhammond.com/media/yootheme/cache/73/old_man_with_sweets_2-73717782.jpg) 02 March 2007 ## The Bitter Truth: A Candid Reflection on Mortality Recently, I've been faced with a lot of questions about mortality. It just seems to be a constant issue in which all endings are bleak. Think about it, this little journey we're all on. The young years, all of which you are in who would be reading this, are great. Everything is new, we have dreams for the future and ideas of how we want our lives to turn out. Does anyone really think past 55 or 60? I mean, once you've risen to the top and you've gracefully bowed out of your professional life… ](https://articles.swhammond.com/content/memory-fractals/48-music/29-the-bitter-truth-a-candid-reflection-on-mortality) [ ![A contemporary throwback to 80s synthwave. Electric and vibrant purples and blues. A mid 20s man stands on a sandy beach at twilight. He has shaggy hair and glasses. Image filled with vibe and drip. Neon.](https://articles.swhammond.com/media/yootheme/cache/a8/swh_confusion_-a8572c4b.jpg) 11 February 2006 ## Navigating Life's Unanswered Questions: A Journey of Self-Discovery and Reflection I had so many profound things to say before I sat behind this computer. Realizations, revelations, and cute little stories I could wrap up in tiny a package to bestow upon you. The last few days have been filled with so much life and experience, surely I have some sort of "the moral of the story is:" or a "and that's why I had the best summer vacation ever" conclusion. Nope. Nothin'. Things in my life seem to lack conclusion. I can't remember the last clean cut end to a chapter or the beginni… ](https://articles.swhammond.com/content/memory-fractals/48-music/28-navigating-lifes-unanswered-questions-a-journey-of-self-discovery-and-reflection) [ ![A vibrant image of brilliant purples and blues. A young man holds a radiating glass of champagne. New Year's Eve party 2007. Illustration.](https://articles.swhammond.com/media/yootheme/cache/bf/nye_2007_1-bf7f1e79.jpg) 31 December 2005 ## New Years 2007, great. Now I can write the date wrong on everything for a good month and a half. Just think if it were January 2006, what would you do different? I probably would care a lot less about things that consumed me over the year. All the thinking was a waste of time. Didn't change anything, especially when you never act upon your thoughts. I do that a lot – come up with great ideas or plans and then let them fizzle. Maybe that's what I was supposed to learn in 2006. Doesn't New Years suck tho… ](https://articles.swhammond.com/content/memory-fractals/48-music/27-new-years) - [ ](https://articles.swhammond.com/content/memory-fractals/48-music?format=html&start=12) - [1](https://articles.swhammond.com/content/memory-fractals/48-music?format=html) - [2](https://articles.swhammond.com/content/memory-fractals/48-music?format=html&start=6) - [3](https://articles.swhammond.com/content/memory-fractals/48-music?format=html&start=12) - 4 --- ### Additional Articles - [ New Years ](https://articles.swhammond.com/content/memory-fractals/48-music/27-new-years) - [ Autistic Burnout: A Cringe Emo Band ](https://articles.swhammond.com/content/memory-fractals/52-neurodivergent/297-autistic-burnout-a-cringe-emo-band) - [ Instant Gratification: Dating ](https://articles.swhammond.com/content/memory-fractals/48-music/33-instant-gratification-dating) - [ Mojo And The American Female: Part 1 ](https://articles.swhammond.com/content/memory-fractals/48-music/47-mojo-and-the-american-female-part-1) - [ The Re-Construction Movement: Reclaiming Stories That Matter ](https://articles.swhammond.com/content/memory-fractals/54-re-construction/293-the-re-construction-movement-reclaiming-stories-that-matter) - [ Potential ](https://articles.swhammond.com/content/memory-fractals/48-music/43-potential) - [ The Blunder Years ](https://articles.swhammond.com/content/memory-fractals/48-music/98-the-blunder-years) - [ Peas and Carrots: Part 3 ](https://articles.swhammond.com/content/memory-fractals/48-music/42-peas-and-carrots-part-3) - [ The Forbidden Zone ](https://articles.swhammond.com/content/memory-fractals/48-music/99-the-forbidden-zone) - [ Peas and Carrots: Part 1 ](https://articles.swhammond.com/content/memory-fractals/48-music/40-peas-and-carrots-part-1)