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Originally Posted by Reject_Bunnies
-"Girl pants on guys is to emo as black clothing and eyeliner on guys is to goth. It's called a stereotype, and is therefore not valid for whollistic judgement of an entire subculture".
Your entire fad-culture(that's what it is you know) revolves around how you look,what you wear,and what bands you listen too.For example: Show me an "Emo" that listens to Heavy Metal,likes to hunt with the occasional fishing trip.Oh wait,you can't.
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I listen to heavy metal, I don't see how hunting suffices as a display of anything, but yeah, I know "emo kids" who hunt, I used to fish, but now I don't do it since I don't eat fish anymore.
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Originally Posted by Reject_Bunnies
"The people who you see generally walking around and listening to the Bright Eyes, Dashboard Confessional, wearing grampa sweaters and thick-rimmed glasses, writing poetry in their notebooks with their hair dyed black? Yeah, they aren't genuine to the subculture"
Then what are they then? Wait,let me guess...imitating others to appear 'in' right? Show me ONE "Emo" that isn't like that. You could,but they wouldn't be considered "Emo".
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Yeah, sure... right... Condescension works best when you have something to go on.
Tell me, from the outside of the gothic subculture, are many people's opinions valid on what it truly represents? Do most people who fit the mold also dress the part?
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Originally Posted by Reject_Bunnies
-"There's more to emo than just emotion"
What exactly,spending all day wanting to kill yourself? Crying over a girl that dumped you ten years ago? Wondering why your life is so hard and bad? {Have you noticed that you NEVER see any poor "Emo" people?} Hmmm..I know how much your life sucks,living for free at home,getting free food,driven everywhere,no bills,no rent.Gosh,you have loads of room to complain.
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Angst is emotional. Crying is emotional. Ruminating over negative experience, thereby perpetuating a cycle of depression, is emotional. Yes, I have seen poor emo people. Not necessarily below the poverty line, but definitely just getting by. It's nice that your generalizations span beyond individuals of particular sexual preference and also into another variety of subjects in which you really have no room to maneuver given a grand lack of experience.
Most people I know who fit the more accurate label of emo don't apply it to themselves liberally specifically because there are idiots like you in the world who will immediately assume the stereotype. Christ, could you be anymore dense?