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Dante_Caligari · 06-20-2006, 04:41 PM

I am against Hot Topic. I argued this long and hard with a Goth that I knew from another message board. I was on the side saying "Hot Topic is OK as long as the people that shop there are happy with who they are and what they are doing."

I laugh at that.

See, I believe this is the very reason that the world is so bad as it is now.
These little middle-school kids go into Hot Topic thinking that the clothing, the music, and the atmosphere portrayed and sold there is indeed Gothic. However, as we all know, most, if not all, of that is not even remotely Goth. Thus, we have immature, unintelligent middle-school kids running around that believe that who and what they are is Goth. They advertise that and soon everyone believes that it Goth. This is one of the reasons that we are so widely misunderstood - this figurative **** of the Gothic culture by the teenage minions of Hot Topic.

Now I argued, as I said before, "who cares, if they are happy?"
Well, one might ask himself/herself "is emotional security better than dignity and intelligence?" This is one of the larger problems of our world. A large part of the world is more focused on fulfilling desires, following impulses, and listening to emotions rather than logic and though. People don't think anymore, and that is one of the reasons that the world is in the sorry state that it is in.

Hot Topic is not about individuallity. It is about conformity. I have been there. I know the thoughts of these kids; "if I just buy this, and get this cd, and look like this, then everyone will think that I am Goth." So, in reallity, it could be said that what Hot Topic portrays is in fact the opposite of Goth. It is not about individuallity, it is about conformity. Another corporate cog in the ever turning gears of the world.

06-20-2006, 04:41 PM	#679
Dante_Caligari Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 12	I am against Hot Topic. I argued this long and hard with a Goth that I knew from another message board. I was on the side saying "Hot Topic is OK as long as the people that shop there are happy with who they are and what they are doing." I laugh at that. See, I believe this is the very reason that the world is so bad as it is now. These little middle-school kids go into Hot Topic thinking that the clothing, the music, and the atmosphere portrayed and sold there is indeed Gothic. However, as we all know, most, if not all, of that is not even remotely Goth. Thus, we have immature, unintelligent middle-school kids running around that believe that who and what they are is Goth. They advertise that and soon everyone believes that it Goth. This is one of the reasons that we are so widely misunderstood - this figurative **** of the Gothic culture by the teenage minions of Hot Topic. Now I argued, as I said before, "who cares, if they are happy?" Well, one might ask himself/herself "is emotional security better than dignity and intelligence?" This is one of the larger problems of our world. A large part of the world is more focused on fulfilling desires, following impulses, and listening to emotions rather than logic and though. People don't think anymore, and that is one of the reasons that the world is in the sorry state that it is in. Hot Topic is not about individuallity. It is about conformity. I have been there. I know the thoughts of these kids; "if I just buy this, and get this cd, and look like this, then everyone will think that I am Goth." So, in reallity, it could be said that what Hot Topic portrays is in fact the opposite of Goth. It is not about individuallity, it is about conformity. Another corporate cog in the ever turning gears of the world.