Mainstream Menace

A Mainstream Menace is someone who out trounces his more talented fellows and still ensures that what we consider mainstream is rather subjective.

Akiyuki Shinbo has become a long term Mainstream Menace by having redefined both anime and Japanese meme culture from the 1980s to the 2020s, partly thanks to his wildly excessive use of Wakame Shadows from early in his career.

by Snapper2001 December 24, 2025

Mainstreamisation

Mainstreamisation is the process of bringing something—an idea, practice, technology, or group—into general acceptance, making it common, popular, or part of the accepted "mainstream" of society, often involving adoption by large numbers and the like.

The Mainstreamisation of anime into American popular culture was a gradual one which only grew stronger by the mid 2000s and beyond.

by Snapper2001 January 2, 2026

Political Mainstream Supremacy Effect

A major political and social issue that arises when during election season, Republicans and Democrats have more access to the media, public relations professionals, and have more education and training on how to effectively campaign in political elections than nonmainstream political parties have, which results in the Republicans in Democrats winning more elections than nonmainstream political parties. Many members of the general public have been conditioned by the mainstream political parties to believe this is acceptable when in fact it is not. The best way to address this problem is actively work to ensure that nonmainstream political parties have more access to the media, p.r. professionals, and education on how to effectively run a political campaign.

The Political Mainstream Supremacy Effect has been around for many years and over time has had a very heavy, negative impact on the political diversity found in governments in all levels of jurisdiction all over the U.S.

by Vanguard 1998 March 11, 2021

Non-Mainstream Epistemologies

A broader category encompassing any way of knowing that doesn't dominate institutional or cultural conversation. This includes minority epistemologies but also includes outsider knowledge from privileged people who simply work outside established frameworks—maverick scientists, independent researchers, artists whose methods reveal truths that measurement misses. Non-mainstream doesn't mean oppressed; it just means not currently running the show. Some of these epistemologies will eventually become mainstream; others will always remain marginal because they resist the standardization that mainstream requires.

Non-Mainstream Epistemologies "He's a brilliant biologist who was too weird for any university, so he studies ecosystems by living in them for years at a time. Totally Non-Mainstream Epistemology—and his insights are better than half the peer-reviewed papers I've read."

by Abzugal Nammugal Enkigal February 22, 2026

Anti-Mainstream meme mindset

An Anti-Mainstream meme mindset refers to a person in which they have the commitment to stay “niche”. A group of Anti-Mainstreamers will pump out new memes often so they can have their own memes. If a source that finds the meme is deemed “mainstream” or it becomes too well-known (mainstream) the Anti-Mainstreamers collectively flock to a new meme, basically abandoning it. Both of the times that the surge in Anti-Mainstreamers happened, it made a negative impact of the Meme Cycle. (SlimeTok and NicheTok)

Person X: SlimeTok forever! Don’t let the Dandy’s World fandom find our material!
Person Y: NicheTok forever! Don’t let mainstreamers find our material!
Person Z (smart) : All of you have the same Anti-Mainstream meme mindset..

by ButterzDoomed November 1, 2025