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Just wondering what members here think of subcultures such as Punk, Rockabilly, Steampunk, Goth, Cosplay, Furry, etc.(because there are plenty more), and does, or has, anyone here participate(d) in such?

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This may or may not be a good thing (if it isn't a scam.)  Do we really want advanced alien lifeforms to realize how stupid we are and make it that much easier and more tempting to enslave us and become our alien overlords?  Or just annihilate us.

To start off, the tramatizing-

It's Raining Spiders In Brazil

I know they are beneficial and all, but...but...*shudder*

Do you have any stories and/or personal experiences concerning this topic?
I’ll start out with an experience a friend (who is a photographer) and I (who helps lug their equipment about) had.
After watching the movie "The Village" (M.Night Shyamalan) we thought it might be fun to find the location where it was filmed and see if any of the buildings remained and photograph them.
It had been filmed somewhere in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania. I had been there before, to the Brandywine River Museum and the battlefield.
Anyway, I attempted to find the exact location via the internet, but found only a vague description concerning the street sign at the road where it was located had been removed, but it was next to a field and briefly described the area.
So off we went.
After driving around a bit (it is a lovely area) we found what we believed to be the road and proceeded down it.
It was a very narrow country road.
We noticed the odd way the trees grew severely bent, on an angle away from the road and commented to one another about it. The only person we saw was a woman who was retrieving mail from her box, and sort of glared at us rather suspiciously as we passed.
We approached a drive, rather more of a wide dirt road that had some large boulders and a chain across, blocking access.
Having nowhere to actually park and besides it having a ‘No Trespassing’ sign on it, as did most of the property along the road, we just drove by, disappointed because that was most likely the road leading to the site, although from the road no buildings could be seen. They may have all been dismantled, anyway.
As we continued down the road we noticed a black SUV with dark tinted windshield, had appeared, seemingly out of nowhere, following behind us. We slowed down, assuming it wanted to pass, but it slowed down as well and continued to follow until we saw a cross road ahead, where this road ended.
The SUV apparently had turned off, as it was gone, and at the end of the road sat a police car.
The officer, just sitting there in his patrol car, watching us.
We thought it a bit odd, and left the area thinking no more about it, only later to find out that what we had discovered, naively, was the infamous Cossart Road (also known as Devil’s Road.)
I had never heard of it before until stumbling across it while reading the book ‘Weird Pennsylvania’ (by the publishers of ‘Weird N.J’ magazine.) Noticing a section concerning Chadds Ford, I started reading about this ‘Cossart Road’ and was taken aback, that was where my friend and I were!!!!
We hadn’t known it at the time, but it all fit together! Pretty creepy! We were completely unaware.
Now I understand what others have said about how really sinister and just plain foreboding it is!
(You can read more about it here-http://www.weirdus.com/states/pennsylvania/local_legends/devils_road/index.php)

(And please, no play on words, as in 'this topic here in, stinks!)
Not that I rule out reincarnation because does anyone (besides the dead) really know what happens to our energy or essence when we die?
All this stored data inside us?
Anyway, inherited  memories could explain things like déjà vu and past life regression.
What say you?

(If memories/experiences can be inherited, then having children would somewhat be a continuance, a little like immortality.  Sort of.)
(I am newish here, and have not had a chance to read the vast amount of discussions, so please excuse if this topic was already introduced.)