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Old 05-28-2006, 08:08 PM   #594
Godslayer Jillian
 
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People, it's easy.
Neither the ones that like Hot Topic nor the ones that hate it are right.
The universe is not dualistic. Besides a "yes" and a "no", it came with an interesting other number of choices such as "maybe" and "mu" (for more reference about the meaning of "mu" contact your local Zen master)
Hot Topic is NOT gothic! That's quite right. It rhymes for a reason.
But that doesn't mean real goths aren't allowed to shop there.
I get most of my clothes from the Calvin Klein and Ralph Lauren section in department stores. But Foley's and Dillard's aren't goth either.
If I weren't allowed to buy at Hot Topic because it's not really gothic, I wouldn't be allowed to buy at Foley's for instance.
You followin' me so far?
As for me, I don't hate the store itself. I just hate the people that buy entirely out of Hot Topic and have the indecency of thinking THAT makes them gothic.
The only reason I don't buy there is because of my own superficial reason of not wanting to be confused as one of those kids. But, why wonder around the whole freakin' city to buy a studded belt instead of going to your local Hot Topic?
I just like to avoid Hot Topic, but I still have to go sometimes. An example of this is that a friend of mine saw the Voltaire's books I have wanted to buy in Hot Topic. Why buy them online and wait for one or two weeks when I can just go buy it right now?
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