Emo:Scam of the Century

[succubus,queenofvampires]

Originally Posted by gruel

(Furrywhaa? um,anywho...)
Let me explain it to you really slow,so you can understand:"Emo" is a fad.
In case you missed it the first time:"Emo" is a fad.All music is emotional.
"Emo" is a fad.
Get it now?

Who are you?

And I actually think that darkangel has a point.All songs are emotional;therefore, they should calll it something other than emo.

[Ben Lahnger]

Well, to anyone who is a fan of "Emotional Hardcore" music, I apologize for my earlier question about the Boomtown Rats song. It does detail the true story of a teenage girl who went on a shooting spree at her school because "I Don't Like Mondays". Asking that question was reinforcing the EMO stereotypes everywhere, and I'm sorry for that.

[corporalaccident]

That emo song has to be one of my most favorite things ever. The site is so hilarious! Loves it.

[gruel]

Stereotypes concerning "Emo" more often then not are usually true.

One of the trademarks an "Emo" does is the over-analyzing of every situation for its emotional effect on themselves(Always negative),even if the event has happened to them recently or not. That's why you hear about guys crying over some Fourth-Grade girlfriend,or getting picked last in Gym class.

Did you ever stop and wonder why this fad revolves expressly around nothing but negativity? Isn't living life hard enough as it is,without resorting to digging up every single negative event that's happened to you. Or in most cases,"Inventing" drama and sadness to somehow appear more "interesting" and "sensitive".An "Emo" will take every situation(rejection,bad luck..etc) as a personal insult to their feelings,and then explain how the whole world is stacked against them.

So what it boils down to is this:You have a generation of well-off suburban white kids complaining about how miserable and hard their life is.So they have no other choice then to revolt against the oppressive system by spending all of their parents money on pre-selected band CDs that have been deemed "Emo" enough,purchasing only"Emo"approved clothing,and attending "Emo"-friendly concerts.

It also shows you how desperately kids want to fit in and be accepted in a certain circle,and "Emo" gives them a place not only to belong;but allows them to over-amplify their normal teen angst.And of course,membership requires certain pre-approved(And often stereotypical) items that identify that person as belonging to this group they have pledged their allegiance to.

[Disfunction]

Let's just make a simple comment right now. What is commonly associated with the emo genre (modern bands that bear the label, modern kids who run around in sweaters their grandparents might have once owned, guys wearing girls' pants, etc.) is not what the actualy genre and culture represent. What exists today has risen from what is now, more or less, dead as a subculture.

What is known as emo today is not what the term originally represented, and many people have a great many misconceptions of just what it means even in terms of the bands that are around today. Many bands will incorporate the stereotypical values, but in truth it has nothing to do with those; they are simply the names that sell.

[Circle V]

Originally Posted by darkangel29

Who hasn't had a huge emotional moment in their lives? If you can say you have... I pity you.

I, um... sorta haven't. I make things up to compensate. The worst I've gone through was a sort of slow-motion pseudo-breakdown. It was so goddamn boring.

[Crying_Crimson_Tears]

Emo is probably the worst sub culture/sterotype ever suggested/made up. I dunno why, maybe depressed kids one day just decided that they didn't wanna be called "emotional" because that's what their parents who always ruin their lives call them so they decided a cooler name like emo was in order. Then they get all upset that they are emo and we pick on them.