Look, my dude, I don't know who you are nor do I care to check how you communicate, but let's address your original post and this one.

Shoutout to the Punks, Burnouts, Hippies, Nerds and everyone else who didn't fit in or conform to the norms

Cool, you have me on board with the hook. I say to myself, ok, here's a post about some of the lesser known pop culture out there. Cool!

Likely gonna be downvoted by all you jocks, brown nosers and other normie Duran Duran fans.

Then you come out of the gates swinging with zero context. Spitting out labels and putting people in boxes. You already set your adversarial tone and zero people have any clue why.

There's so many godawful posts glorifying shit that was never any good to begin with.

Super, so your stance is anything popular sucks and only the things you like are good. A broad and undefined net to just be angry and to make folk angry.

80s music SUCKS, always has

A little more definition, but asserting your opinion as fact is just counterproductive and adversarial.

We rarely hear from counterculture on this sub. The vast majority of posts and commentary is based on pop culture bs.

Cool, so where's your posts of "Hey, I like X. Who else as thoughts on X being pretty cool at the time?"? Instead of trying to kick everyone in the shins why not throw up a flag for people to get behind?

When I make a reply mentioning something against the grain it gets downvoted by all you normies.

If your replies are anything like these I would wager people are going by your tone and less the content of your post.

In the end you should be evolving how you react to things and present discussions. If someone posts a topic on something popular that's not in your wheelhouse you don't have to kick in the door to pick a fight over it. If your reply simply consists of "I don't like your topic because it does not interest me" then step back and just move on. Just because you have an opinion doesn't mean you have to always post it.

Instead maybe create your own thread and promote the neato things you know about. Get that discussion going and see who wants to play ball.

Being locked into the "Go ahead, bring the hate." mindset with the expectation of negative reply to your hostile setup ends up being self-fulfilling prophecy of isolation.

It's the old "vibe attracts the tribe", and if your vibe is loner rabid raccoon it is no wonder you find yourself in a mentality of 'you vs the world' where every interaction is snarling and snapping.

In the end you do you, but maybe it's time to grow out of the mental rut and take a new tact on communication.