I grew up around very religious folks. To them, the worst thing you could be was weird. Being weird meant you were a degenerate.
What’s funny, though, is that they were always trying to prove their religion was “real” and “relevant”—and to do that, they always tried to make religion appeal to mainstream culture.
But by the time they adapted for mainstream culture, the mainstream passed them by. They were always playing catch-up and they didn’t know why.
It turns out it’s the weirdos—with all their degeneracy—that creates culture.