[Tall One In Black]

We don't lose the goth scene because of our jobs. Not all goths are teenagers who live with their parents. (THANK GOD!) Have you never heard of Corp Goth?

Shocking as it may seem, I have seen goths at work in places other than Hot Topic. For example, my dog's vet tech is quite obviously a goth under her white lab coat.

One is likely to have to tone down the uber-goth outfits when one joins the work force. Other than that, holding a job does not affect one's gothness.

In fact, having a good corporate job allows me to buy nice gothy clothes (not the cheap HT crap), download scads of music, go to the club whenever I want, pay someone else to color my hair black, attend Convergence, etc.