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Describe your feelings towards emos.

Remeber, keep this thread "civilized". ;)

We don't want to go offending any "sensitive" people on here to the point to where they become an hero...

Discuss. :)

Emo is pretty funny. I like the joke about stealing a bike. I even had it in my sig for a while.

I think your emo.

I just think it's another pathetic attempt at conforming to an identity. Everybody should just be themselves and act in ways that they like and that makes them comfortable, and yet there's a sizable fraction of people who feel the need to be "independent" and "unique" by all dressing in black and pretending to be deep. It's kinda sad, really.

Simply put: not a fan.

I'm pretty sure that no one who is emo would think of themselves as emo. At least none of the truly emo. I don't mind them in general, it'steh posers that I really don't like, the ones who dress in black and make up and cut their wrists all for attention.

Do you mean real Emo, or do you mean the bullcrap pseudo-pop on major labels that gets billed as Emo?

Describe your feelings towards emos.

Remeber, keep this thread "civilized". ;)

We don't want to go offending any "sensitive" people on here to the point to where they become an hero...

Discuss. :)

Every time a see an emo guy I take a look at his tight jeans and I feel nothing but fear. Fear, not because I have an opinion about his fashion but I fear for the quality of his sperm and his future progeny and it makes me sad.:(

Generally I think the look's a bit crap... I mean, you look at fashion in th eighties, how're people in the future going to think of blokes with their pants hanging out of their very thin genital-mashing trousers and wearing eyeliner? There shouldn't be problems with it, really, from a liberal standpoint, but I just think it looks... yeah.

I think I pull it off bloody well. And I do know its illogical, its just fun as well.

I think I pull it off bloody well. And I do know its illogical, its just fun as well.

Does it make your balls itch?

They need to be tickled by Elmo.

I dont consider them human.

Emo (sometimes "screamo", although they are the same thing) is a sub-genre of Hardcore which is a sub-genre of Punk. There are some really awesome emo bands.

Emo (sometimes "screamo", although they are the same thing) is a sub-genre of Hardcore which is a sub-genre of Punk. There are some really awesome emo bands.

Yes. But why the tight jeans!?

Seriously!? It's not right!

I'm pretty sure that no one who is emo would think of themselves as emo. At least none of the truly emo. I don't mind them in general, it'steh posers that I really don't like, the ones who dress in black and make up and cut their wrists all for attention.

Per the part in bold, I fail to see the difference between real emo's and poser emo's.

Emo guys can be ridiculously androgynous and therefore ridiculously attractive. Other than that, they tend to annoy me.

Emo (sometimes "screamo", although they are the same thing) is a sub-genre of Hardcore which is a sub-genre of Punk. There are some really awesome emo bands.

Heh, I think you may be the first person to call Emos hardcore.

Emo the sub-genre of Punk I'm not a huge fan of, I'm not really into punk either.

Emo the new fad where kids wear black and pink and have stupid haircuts makes me laugh :)

Per the part in bold, I fail to see the difference between real emo's and poser emo's.

A real emo is one because it is who he is. A poser is one who does it because it is the current fad.

Basic summary.

Heh, I think you may be the first person to call Emos hardcore.

Well... No..

After all, Emo was just a word to describe a set of HarDCore bands.

Trilby63;11901682']Yes. But why the tight jeans!?

Seriously!? It's not right!

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Heh, I think you may be the first person to call Emos hardcore.

There's only one emo.

Meh, just another subculture with all of them claiming to be "real" [inserst subculture here]

There's only one emo.

or rather, there can be only one

Emo? Some of the music is OK. As for the people I couldn't care less. It's not like they affect my life in any way.

or rather, there can be only one

One emo to bind them...

Emo guys can be ridiculously androgynous and therefore ridiculously attractive. Other than that, they tend to annoy me.

Why thank you.:)

Per the part in bold, I fail to see the difference between real emo's and poser emo's.

What Seangoli said, plus, being emo is a state of mind, at least, if you're thinking of the depressed state of mind, what is life all about sort of thing. I spent about 4-5 years of my life being emo and yet not once did I have the slightest urge to show off my depression, I never begged others to pay attention to me because I was depressed or anything like that. Basically, I just had no friends and no idea how to get any. So, emo is really a state of mind, not a fashion, at least, in my sense of the word.

How long do you think emo has got anyway? One? Two more years before the trend dies? I wonder what'll be next? I'm hoping for a music and fashion scene based around klingon culture and dress. You know, men and women with long hair and huge foreheads in leather shouting "kuplah!" and singing about killing people and dying in battle! In fact, I'm going to shave my head right now!

What Seangoli said, plus, being emo is a state of mind, at least, if you're thinking of the depressed state of mind, what is life all about sort of thing. I spent about 4-5 years of my life being emo and yet not once did I have the slightest urge to show off my depression, I never begged others to pay attention to me because I was depressed or anything like that. Basically, I just had no friends and no idea how to get any. So, emo is really a state of mind, not a fashion, at least, in my sense of the word.

erm.... no, you're completely wrong. Being a manic depressive and social incompetant is an entirely different entity. To invert an MCR line/song title; "Its not a deathwish, its a fashion statement".

Trilby63;11901778']How long do you think emo has got anyway? One? Two more years before the trend dies? I wonder what'll be next? I'm hoping for a music and fashion scene based around klingon culture and dress. You know, men and women with long hair and huge foreheads in leather shouting "kuplah!" and singing about killing people and dying in battle! In fact, I'm going to shave my head right now!

I believe we're moving into victoriania dress. I'm already dressing like a 19th century fop.

Trilby63;11901778']How long do you think emo has got anyway? One? Two more years before the trend dies?

The genre has been around since the late-80's. I'm hoping the fashionXcore dies soon.

Describe your feelings towards emos.

Remeber, keep this thread "civilized". ;)

We don't want to go offending any "sensitive" people on here to the point to where they become an hero...

Discuss. :)

Are you fucking serious?

You're so bullshit it's not even funny.

The genre has been around since the late-80's. I'm hoping the fashionXcore dies soon.

It doesn't matter you know?

I'm not sure to what degree the phenomenon is real and to what degree it is merely imagined, but regardless the strong loathing held towards it by some seems unjustified to me.

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Thank you Gazebo.

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If I wasn't necking vodka right now, I'd be outraged that you even posted that. As it is, thanks for the nightmares pal;)

If I wasn't necking vodka right now, I'd be outraged that you even posted that. As it is, thanks for the nightmares pal;)

Glad to be of assistance.

I got into a conversation with an emo kid once. He started telling me about his problems (which I found to be incredibly petty), and after he rattled of his list I responded "And, your point is?"

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And your point is, Mr Gazebo?

Aww. Ifreann that Gazebo is really cute! :D

As for Emo, well I only know a few Emos so I can only base my knowledge off them. The ones I know are total losers! It's laughable how depressing they think their lives are. I'd love to leave them stranded on a desert island (without make-up or hair-dye) and see how much more depressed they can get, or if they might actually realise how little they appreciate in the world.

Not really into it.

Its fairly irrelevant to me, Im not bothered by emo

Trilby63;11901893']And your point is, Mr Gazebo?

Mr. Gazebo tends not to have a point.

I do love how the commenters here about not liking Emo are thinking about Sad-Pop (or, apparently FashionxCore, although IMO that gives them too much credit, since the only core they have is money) bands, and have probably never heard, or met anyone who has heard, real Emo in their lives.

MCR, Greed Day, Simple Plan, and their ilk wouldn't know Emo if it was their suicide partner.

If you haven't heard:
Fugazi
Embrace
Rites of Spring
Beefeater
or any of their ilk, you aren't talking about Emo.

Mr. Gazebo tends not to have a point.

He appears to have one on top of him, from my perspective.

What do I think of "Emo"? What a wonderful new way to stereotype the alienated and disenfranchised without any attempt to understand them individually :(

An hero? Sorry, Mitchell wasn't emo.

Anyways, the less emos I see, the less I need to buy bullets. *cocks rifle*

An hero? Sorry, Mitchell wasn't emo.

Anyways, the less emos I see, the less I need to buy bullets. *cocks rifle*

Yeah, but an hero now refers to anyone who commits suicide for stupid and pathetic reasons.

Kid fuckin' killed himself 'cause his iPod got stolen...

What do I think of "Emo"? What a wonderful new way to stereotype the alienated and disenfranchised without any attempt to understand them individually :(

*Laughs*

*Reads post throughly*

*Shakes head in shame*

I'm not sure to what degree the phenomenon is real and to what degree it is merely imagined, but regardless the strong loathing held towards it by some seems unjustified to me.I agree. The strongest criticism I have towards most of what is now called emo (but really isn't) is that it's bland.

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Thank you Gazebo.

I attack the Gazebo.

Trilby63;11901778']How long do you think emo has got anyway? One? Two more years before the trend dies?

Seeing as its been chuntering on quite happily since '86 I expect it has a good few years left in some form or another.

I do love how the commenters here about not liking Emo are thinking about Sad-Pop (or, apparently FashionxCore, although IMO that gives them too much credit, since the only core they have is money) bands, and have probably never heard, or met anyone who has heard, real Emo in their lives.

MCR, Greed Day, Simple Plan, and their ilk wouldn't know Emo if it was their suicide partner.

If you haven't heard:
Fugazi
Embrace
Rites of Spring
Beefeater
or any of their ilk, you aren't talking about Emo.

Seriously, you people have to get over it. Sure your label has been hijacked but it really doesn't matter. It's just music. It's just fashion. It's not the end of the world. Punk isn't even mentioned in the bible.

Damn the hijackers (OK I get depressed when even my church youth group is into MCR, so sue).

I probably count as emo on some levels (partly the hair before I cut it, partly the music I listen to) but I'm neither sensetive nor serious enough for people to believe I'm actually emo (even if it's the best label anyone has for me :p).

He appears to have one on top of him, from my perspective.

LOL.

Around where I live few people like them. I realy don't care.

Damn the hijackers (OK I get depressed when even my church youth group is into MCR, so sue).

I probably count as emo on some levels (partly the hair before I cut it, partly the music I listen to) but I'm neither sensetive nor serious enough for people to believe I'm actually emo (even if it's the best label anyone has for me :p).

Its people like you that piss me off. You go to a fucking church youth group, but have a fashioncore cut, and, I daresay, listen to such hardcore stuff as Fall Out boy and Panic!. Sheep.

Hey don't follow the crowd and wear trendy clothes and listen to R n B, rebell, do your own thing and become Emo whilst pretending to be depressed and listen to Emo, like everyone else!

Hey don't follow the crowd and wear trendy clothes and listen to R n B, rebell, do your own thing and become Emo whilst pretending to be depressed and listen to Emo, like everyone else!

It happens. The originals are still the best, and at least an English scene band are English, unlike an English R n' B band.

It happens. The originals are still the best, and at least an English scene band are English, unlike an English R n' B band.

The Who, The Rolling Stones and The Small Faces weren't English?

Trilby63;11904465']Seriously, you people have to get over it. Sure your label has been hijacked but it really doesn't matter. It's just music. It's just fashion. It's not the end of the world. Punk isn't even mentioned in the bible.

We just shows how little you know.

In the defense of all Punk, even the brand of Emo that I listen to (the real kind, not this shitty pop nonsense) has very little to do with the first wave of Punk, but it shares many characteristics.

Who gives a damn about the bible? I care about today, and real ideologies. For all that I care, people can use their bibles to pleasure themselves, at least then they'd have some sort of utility.

Punk was a lifestyle (isn't really now, because it's so easy to become part of it), because being a Punk was asking to have some Marine come beat the shit out of you for your fashion. It was asking some Teds to come beat you up in revenge for what the Sex Pistols had said about the Queen.

I attack the Gazebo.

Well, I rolled a natural 20, so you do double damage.

It's safe to say that Mr. Gazebo kills and eats you. Make a "Getting pwned by a really fucking huge pavilion " save, and I might let you get away short one leg.

Its people like you that piss me off. You go to a fucking church youth group, but have a fashioncore cut, and, I daresay, listen to such hardcore stuff as Fall Out boy and Panic!. Sheep.

Nay good sir, not sheep.

Sheeple!

Well, I rolled a natural 20, so you do double damage.

It's safe to say that Mr. Gazebo kills and eats you. Make a "Getting pwned by a really fucking huge pavilion " save, and I might let you get away short one leg.

If I've got the Head of Vecna, do I get +5 on the save, yeah?

If I've got the Head of Vecna, do I get +5 on the save, yeah?

Now don't lose your head over this, but I'm gonna have to say no.

But maybe you can use it to bargain with Mr. Gazebo.

Loathsome, pathetic, shameful, repugnant, a disgrace.

I look good as an emo. (http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i80/TerroristCakes/pickies1177.jpg)

Yeah, but I make fun of emos, especially one particular emo boy. I swear to god, I'm going to smash his guitar. If only I could stop being so goshdarn attracted to that horribly arrogant way he stands, speaks, does anything. If only I could stop loving his conversation. If only I could stop letting it break my heart to see him flirt (and do worse) with other girls (and guys, seeing as he's an emo). Like I said, gonna smash his guitar...

Loathsome, pathetic, shameful, repugnant, a disgrace.

Absolutly correct.

So chock full of teenage angst... another example of how being an "outcast" is just actualy an attempt to be identified by a group persona as the "jocks" or the "preps"

Do you mean real Emo, or do you mean the bullcrap pseudo-pop on major labels that gets billed as Emo?

So well said. Real emo kids call their music 'hardcore' to avoid having it confused with MTV-poocore. Emo, being an offshoot of hardcore certainly qualifies.

I've also seen it called 'kittenviolence'. Kittenviolence wins the coolest genre name ever contest, because it's so obviously making fun of itself.

When I think of emo, I think of Orchid and old Planes Mistaken For Stars. :D

A real emo is one because it is who he is. A poser is one who does it because it is the current fad.

Basic summary.

Actually, a poseur emo kid would be one who listens to the Used and thinks they have anything to do with Moss Icon and Saetia.

We just shows how little you know.

In the defense of all Punk, even the brand of Emo that I listen to (the real kind, not this shitty pop nonsense) has very little to do with the first wave of Punk, but it shares many characteristics.

Who gives a damn about the bible? I care about today, and real ideologies. For all that I care, people can use their bibles to pleasure themselves, at least then they'd have some sort of utility.

Punk was a lifestyle (isn't really now, because it's so easy to become part of it), because being a Punk was asking to have some Marine come beat the shit out of you for your fashion. It was asking some Teds to come beat you up in revenge for what the Sex Pistols had said about the Queen.

He/She has a point, however. We need not concern ourselves with such trivialities as public perception. The genre existed far before the fashion and will continue to thrive after the fashion dies. Emo is fucking dead. Long live emo.

Emo is pretty funny. I like the joke about stealing a bike. I even had it in my sig for a while.
How does that go again?

He appears to have one on top of him, from my perspective.
That's a hat....
I attack the Gazebo.

Well, I rolled a natural 20, so you do double damage.

It's safe to say that Mr. Gazebo kills and eats you. Make a "Getting pwned by a really fucking huge pavilion " save, and I might let you get away short one leg.

.....a magic +15 dodge hat. The Gazebo's anger makes you wet yourself.

Its people like you that piss me off. You go to a fucking church youth group, but have a fashioncore cut, and, I daresay, listen to such hardcore stuff as Fall Out boy and Panic!. Sheep.

Aww, poor boy. I kinda like some Panic! remixes but otherwise it's pretty meh. *looks at current playlist* Benton Falls, Southpaw, The Scene Aesthetic, Motion City Soundtrack all that lot. Oh yeah, and the Beatles, Greenday, Machinehead, Led Zep, Ladytron, Animal Collective and a bunch of other crap.

I never said I was some poseur who cared that Emo was being overrun, I just wish there weren't so many damn MCR fans in the world (or at least MY part of it).

And I dumped the cut, it's a pretty retarded hairstyle to start with.

Describe your feelings towards emos.

Remeber, keep this thread "civilized". ;)

We don't want to go offending any "sensitive" people on here to the point to where they become an hero...

Discuss. :)


It's just music for teenagers, it deals with typical teenager angst stuff. Some of it is good some shit, and I dare say that once this present batch of angsty teenage emo's get a little older it will be replaced with the next lot of teenage angst music.

It's all quite normal, whats the big deal about it