Shoot, I had gone all this way and hadn’t seen my favorite Supreme memes. Then the very last post is the freaking stickers I was gonna post.
Sad!

Other current, counter-culture, or maybe anti-anti-culture influencers were wearing those “Sheep” logos a while back. Really famous, controversial people like Idubbbz and FilthyFrank.

All in all, I think it’s absolutely hilarious Supreme contracted a pinball from Stern. That’s funny. I think the brand with its Kanye-level narcissism coupled with its hypebeast culture really sucks. Aesthetically the design and it’s simplicity give it that weird timeless, chic look that is reminiscent of Apple or Coca-Cola. The absence of background music and it’s retro sounds actually play well into the theme.

All in all the gimmick of a Supreme pinball machine just gets more younger people into pinball. Sure it attracts a lot of the rich and arrogant, but it’s also just the very notion that this informs the younger generations that pinball still exists.

Hell, I’m 22 (today actually!) and my friend who KNOWS I collect pinball and arcade machines was ASTOUNDED that they are still producing them. I showed him some newer games and his words were “I didn’t even know they made these anymore!! I thought pinball was like a 90’s thing!” which hurt my heart a little bit.

Pinball is a timeless, enjoyable hobby, but even the most incredible treasures don’t mean anything if later generations never learn of them. There are kids who have never heard of The Rolling Stones, Aerosmith, the Beatles etc. etc.
They aren’t born knowing. They have to be taught and experience these things.

If some kid scrolling through Instagram sees this and learns “wow some companies still make pinball machines with stuff like Supreme” then it’s done it’s job and made people money too.

As for adding douches to the hobby, it’s not like those people have suddenly been created. They’ve been around for a long time and aren’t going anywhere