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No child is safe from the Sinister Cult of Emo!!!
Emaline:
Depression ftw!
Seriously though, I've gone through bouts of diagnosed clinical depression(with prescriptions for lexapro), and I've never had the urge to wear too much eyeliner, listen to My Chemical Romance, or wear jeans way too tight.
MadassAlex:
Basically, my biggest gripe with emo is how it belittles such a mental illness and turns it into little more than fashion.
Anecdotal evidence time:
I have two friends that are "emo". Case 1 can be called "Bob" and Case 2 can be called "Rob".
Bob is a dude I have known since my second year of high school. He was a good humoured, energetic dude and pretty well adjusted. Fast forward a few years and the change is pretty immense. I'm not even talking about losing some traits to gain others, I'm talking about a massive change. He's become really apathetic to everything. It pisses me off, because I'm trying to communicate and be friendly and all he seems capable of is responding in a disinterested, monotone voice that more or less says, "I am too good for you".
So basically Bob uses the "emo" scene as a platform for elitism.
Rob is much more friendly and stuff! I like him a lot better, because he's still fun to hang around and we get along really well. The thing is, though, he glamourises depression and suicide pretty heavily. He can't resist an opportunity to point out that he attempted suicide (can't confirm this), only ever sees death in his dreams (fat chance) and rolls up his sleeves a day after cutting himself so everyone can see. I am really not sure what Rob is trying to communicate here. That he is emo? Success, then.
Would I be fair in saying that members of the "emo" subculture generally use it as a means of confused subconscious expression with little conscious idea of what they're doing? Or am I full of shit?
happybirthdaygelatin:
Could be cheerfully into bloodplay? People can also change quite a bit in two years. Hell I can have drastic mood changes in the span of a day. I think the point here is butter up your bacon.
a pack of wolves:
--- Quote from: MadassAlex on 09 Jun 2008, 21:05 ---Would I be fair in saying that members of the "emo" subculture generally use it as a means of confused subconscious expression with little conscious idea of what they're doing? Or am I full of shit?
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I think most of them use it as a means of wearing some tight-fitting clothes while they listen to some pop music. People like dressing up, that's why glam and the new romantic thing worked. Same thing with these kids. I remember loads of kids cutting themselves, going on about death and suicide and all that when I was at high school in the '90s. There is nothing new here whatsoever, only now emo gets blamed instead of grunge, punk rock, video nasties, computer games or whatever other convenient scapegoat happens to be available.
Tyler:
--- Quote from: a pack of wolves on 17 May 2008, 23:34 ---I bet all he wanted was a Pepsi. Just one Pepsi. But she wouldn't give it to him.
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Probably the institutional learning facilities they went to.
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