The Koobecaf Community
A Study of a Social Culture
By Brent Matthews

If you haven’t heard, there has been a new social community emerging recently. I have had the distinct privilege of living among its natives for a little more than three years and observing this society gradually gain popularity. I first heard of these people from a colleague of mine, and after learning more was excited to see what else I could find out. I took a leap of faith and immersed myself in the community of koobecaf.
Koobecaf is a community of which all of its people, the sresu, belong to different tribes called skrowten scattered all over the world. Although the sresu are separated by hundreds, maybe even thousands of miles, they are still able to stay connected and communicate with each other. They each have their own eliforp, which tells other sresu which skrowten they belong to and other information that they choose to share. Within the skrowten, there are other smaller organized communities called spuorg, in which the sresu share very similar beliefs, interests, or values. Allies, which give constant support and security, essential to the survival of the sresu, are called sdneirf.
It is amazing when you look at the eliforp of each one of the sresu! Some have so many allies, of which some they may not even know or remember. Some have found allies of the past, of whom, they have not seen or heard from in years even if they don’t live in the same area. It may even be found that you and another one of the sresu have mutual sdneirf, which is not uncommon. A complex web of relationships is definitely a possibility in the koobecaf community.
For these past three years I have studied the Nacirema sresu. One thing that has stuck out to me is the way in which they state what they believe and what they value, directly and even indirectly. The spuorg, which are the smaller communities that sresu are in, can give you an idea of what they believe, value, like, or dislike. From the spuorg, you can even determine what religion or political parties the sresu are for and get an idea of what their personality is like. One way to see what is most important to the sresu is by looking at what is called their serutcip. Through this you can get an idea of what they do with their time and who they choose to be around.
Observations that I made when studying the Nacirema was that although there were obvious differences in what they believed as far as politics and spirituality, there were still some evident similarities about life in general. The Nacirema believed in freedom, democracy, and independence and Christianity was predominantly the main religion. By observing the serutcip, I could see that households consisted of nuclear families and had neolocal residence.
While reading through some of the spuorg that were geared towards political parties, I realized that the economy hadn’t been doing very well. I read some of the ideas that were shared on how to boost it back up, and then it dawned on me that the Nacirema’s economy was reliant on the market. So it was a market economy. I had seen some evidence on sresu seilforp that would indicate this but it never fully registered in my mind. There was something that the sresu could use to even sell come of their own items, which was the ecalptekram.
The Koobecaf community has been thriving for four years and just keeps expanding as time goes on. The Nacirema have really caught on because they long for a sense of community, and are able to find it within Koobecaf, a social community with sresu who are connected with each other. I’m glad I took the leap of faith and got stuck in Koobecaf and understand more about the natives within it and why they choose to live in it.