I think everyone is right to an extent. the first verse is definatly about masturbating. as a whole though, i think the song is reflecting back on 90's popular culture, and the teenage agst that went along with it. like how every nirvana fan was jaded and depressed. the song looks opon this time mockingly. i think he's trying to say angst and depression and crazyness, during this time, were not at all sincere, but actually in style and trendy. The fact that the song is even called " flagpole sitta " is very telling. In the 1920s, a trendy activity for teenagers to engage in, was flagpole sitting, where someone would shimmy up a flagpole, and try to perch at the top. if this seems pointless and silly to us now, then just imagine how future generations are going to judge all the gloom and doom, that transpired after kurt cobain died
I think everyone is right to an extent. the first verse is definatly about masturbating. as a whole though, i think the song is reflecting back on 90's popular culture, and the teenage agst that went along with it. like how every nirvana fan was jaded and depressed. the song looks opon this time mockingly. i think he's trying to say angst and depression and crazyness, during this time, were not at all sincere, but actually in style and trendy. The fact that the song is even called " flagpole sitta " is very telling. In the 1920s, a trendy activity for teenagers to engage in, was flagpole sitting, where someone would shimmy up a flagpole, and try to perch at the top. if this seems pointless and silly to us now, then just imagine how future generations are going to judge all the gloom and doom, that transpired after kurt cobain died