Front of the crowd
If you don't know the legendary punk/ska band Operation Ivy, you probably aren't missing out on anything. However, if you do know them, and the only album they put out back in 1989, then you may appreciate knowing that their legacy has been preserved by the combination of Catbite and Laura Jane Grace playing their album live here . However, this post - which I promise is relevant to mathematics - is not about the glory of ska music, nor the important role that Laura Jane Grace played being one of the first trans punk musicians to publicly come out. This post is actually about a random person in the audience in that video. (Disclaimer: I don't personally know this person, they just happen to be a good metaphor, so my apologies to them for being a focal point of criticism in this post.) Let me give some context so you don't have to watch the video. At many punk shows, the cultural norm is to have some active engagement with the music - singing along...