But I’m a creep I’m a weirdo What the hell am I doing here? I don’t belong here

I feel stupid and contagious Here we are now, entertain us A mulatto An albino A mosquito My libido Yeah, hey, yay

Radiohead’s “Creep” ranks with Nirvana’s “ Feels like Teen Spirit ” near the summit of 1990s grunge rock blond male self-loathing:The late comedian Patrice O’Neal analyzed “Creep’s” appeal to white people:

An important bit of advice by O’Neal for nonwhites trying to learn how to deal with whites: “You cannot meet passive aggression with aggression.”

Microaggressions are a hallmark of a high civilization — e.g., the dialogue in Jane Austen’s or Evelyn Waugh’s novels — so they are particularly irritating to people worried that they come from a lower civilizational level, inciting them to respond with macroaggressions.