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While sitting in my Drama class, an emo kid was listening to his iPod, strictly forbidden in my school...

Teh instructor writes him up for it and the emo kid starts crying like a fucking wussy...

Well, ... one phrase comes to mind to describe emos....
example set.

What the hell do you hope to accomplish by being emo?

Sooner or later you will have to grow up and stop living with your mothers.

Firstly, what do you hope to accomplish through playing the role of the cynic?

Secondly, I bet you in twenty years time I'm richer and happier than you are, despite being "emo".

Gah. Drop it. It's not funny anymore. I'm not sure there's anything out there that hasn't been labelled emo.

That's not emo, that's being a whiny little bitch.

... I bet you in twenty years time I'm richer and happier than you are, despite being "emo".

An emo bragging about future happiness??! You are a fake emo. You're a Femo!

That's not emo, that's being a whiny little bitch.I thought that was being emo?

I thought that was being emo?

Modern day commercialized emo, yes. Older, emotional hardcore, no. I'm not a fan of either, but I know there's a difference.

Modern day commercialized emo, yes. Older, emotional hardcore, no. I'm not a fan of either, but I know there's a difference.

Like Christmas?

Until I can get a coherent definition of "emo", and a decent explanation as to what is wrong with being "emo", I will roll my eyes at these threads.

Like Christmas?

I like New Christmas more, personally. That whole fasting and praying thing just doesn't compare with our modern day Saturnalia.

Emo's little Playhouse?

Writing up for having an iPod? HEre, they just tell you to put it away and if you don't...well it's never happened in any of my classes. Only a few cell phones beeping or ringing.

For God sake, if we beat up emos as much as possible they'll either stop being emo or enjoy it because they're usually masacists. Its win win.

Emo is so goth now. In otherwords it's the clique we don't care enough to make of anymore.

First of all I'm gonna label you emo for being in fucking drama.

instead of labeling him emo or scene, just label him spoilt twat, that way everyone knows what you mean

Writing up for having an iPod? HEre, they just tell you to put it away and if you don't...well it's never happened in any of my classes. Only a few cell phones beeping or ringing.

Either that's a specific rule (understandable in a drama class), or the kid just didn't listen to the instructor the first time and got written up as a result.

While sitting in my Drama class, an emo kid was listening to his iPod, strictly forbidden in my school...

Teh instructor writes him up for it and the emo kid starts crying like a fucking wussy...

Well, ... one phrase comes to mind to describe emos....
example set.

What the hell do you hope to accomplish by being emo?

Sooner or later you will have to grow up and stop living with your mothers.

1. By general consensus could this kid be defined as "emo:" or are you just generalizing?

2. I think hes just a faggot dude, or he has a romantic relationship with his Ipod.

Emos are just Goths who can't afford to buy a black wardrobe.

Until I can get a coherent definition of "emo", and a decent explanation as to what is wrong with being "emo", I will roll my eyes at these threads.You're missing two important things. First of all, belittling anything that fall outside social norms, like niggers, faggots, ragheads & such, is inherently funny. Secondly, these kids don't really know how to pigeonhole themselves, and people that either can't be stuck in a box, or don't knoow which they fit in, are inherently funny.

It's s vs. them. Didn't you know?

Ok, so mocking emos, hippies & whatnot is ridiculous & says a whole lot more about the would be comedians than the targets, but at least I don't pretend to be nice. Not like you, you fucking anarchist with your moral high ground :p

While sitting in my Drama class, an emo kid was listening to his iPod, strictly forbidden in my school...

Teh instructor writes him up for it and the emo kid starts crying like a fucking wussy...

*snip*

In that situation, I'd think "that kid has something really bad going on in their life. Perhaps they need to talk to someone ..."

But you apparently don't see past them being "an emo." Kicking the kid when he/she is down apparently makes you feel better yourself, and it wouldn't be a complete waste of your time to think about that a bit.

Don't fake it. You either feel compassion or you don't.

You're missing two important things. First of all, belittling anything that fall outside social norms, like niggers, faggots, ragheads & such, is inherently funny.

I don't know... I find it a lot funnier to mock the people who belittle those people.

Seriously, some of what people say about "emos" is just disgusting and cruel... and since most of them can't even define what an "emo" is, much less give a reasonable explanation as to why they should be hated, it's especially bad.

Secondly, these kids don't really know how to pigeonhole themselves, and people that either can't be stuck in a box, or don't knoow which they fit in, are inherently funny.

I don't like boxes. They're so cramped.

In that situation, I'd think "that kid has something really bad going on in their life. Perhaps they need to talk to someone ..."

But you apparently don't see past them being "an emo." Kicking the kid when he/she is down apparently makes you feel better yourself, and it wouldn't be a complete waste of your time to think about that a bit.

Don't fake it. You either feel compassion or you don't.

Well said.

I don't know much about Emos except that their music absolutely sucks.

Seriously, some of what people say about "emos" is just disgusting and cruel... and since most of them can't even define what an "emo" is, much less give a reasonable explanation as to why they should be hated, it's especially bad.
What is it with so many Americans and emo-hatred? :confused:

What is it with so many Americans and emo-hatred? :confused:

I have no idea.

What is it with so many Americans and emo-hatred? :confused:


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I don't know much about Emos except that their music absolutely sucks.

Plus, "emo" implies "emotional", specifically "overemotional". Overemotional people tend to get annoying after a while (I know, I've lived with a few). Hence the derogatory term. I think. Americans have a historical and cultural tendency to stamp overemotional people with a big "Cry me a river..." sign anyway, if we can trust the stereotypes.

An emo bragging about future happiness??! You are a fake emo. You're a Femo!

I'd prefer 'fauxmo', 'femo' sounds like a feminist emo.

Also, lol @ drama class. Looks like the OP is also an emo, although perhaps IN DISGUISE!!!

Plus, "emo" implies "emotional", specifically "overemotional". Overemotional people tend to get annoying after a while (I know, I've lived with a few). Hence the derogatory term. I think. Americans have a historical and cultural tendency to stamp overemotional people with a big "Cry me a river..." sign anyway, if we can trust the stereotypes.
I see. I don't have much sympathy for overemotional (or even emotional) people myself, but I'm just surprised by all the hatred that seems to be directed at emos.

It's s vs. them. Didn't you know?
And S doesn't stand chance; Them has 4 letters to S's puny 1, that's 4:1 odds. We're talking about an, at best, Battle of Thermopylae-type situation.
Gah. Drop it. It's not funny anymore. I'm not sure there's anything out there that hasn't been labelled emo.
A valley filled with flowers and singing bunnies with a rainbow in the clear, blue sky above?

why are we shitting on emos again? i forget. i thought this crap got boring years ago?

Emos are just Goths who can't afford to buy a black wardrobe.

And listen to better music.

And listen to better music.
I've heard "emo" music. Goth metal is infinitely more geared toward my tastes.

I don't know... I find it a lot funnier to mock the people who belittle those people.

I don't like boxes. They're so cramped.Eh.. You realise I was being sarcastic at my own expense, right?

Anyway, I have no idea what all the emo shit is about. To me it's no different from dead baby jokes. Obnoxious, and occationally funny.

I see. I don't have much sympathy for overemotional (or even emotional) people myself, but I'm just surprised by all the hatred that seems to be directed at emos.

American culture has become so polarised that if you don't sympathise with something, you dislike or hate it. Actually, it's not just American culture anymore. I blame politicians for their "us-vs-them" rhetoric. It may be a logical fallacy, but is Joe 20-votes-behind going to listen to that? Nooooo.

And now it's far past my bedtime, so I'll stop ranting and probably depart for the night.

Eh.. You realise I was being sarcastic at my own expense, right?

Yes. Most of my reply was tongue-in-cheek too.

A valley filled with flowers and singing bunnies with a rainbow in the clear, blue sky above?

"Rainbow"? "Flowers"? I smell gay transvestitism. And recall that emos also wear eyeliner and tight pants! Hence, transvestites are emo, thus the scene described is emo. Elementary, my dear Watson.

Seriously, some of what people say about "emos" is just disgusting and cruel... and since most of them can't even define what an "emo" is, much less give a reasonable explanation as to why they should be hated, it's especially bad.





Emo, short for "Emotional" is an ill-defined social group that is primarily composed of people who intentionally seek to be soomething, but often includes in its definition an association with: A certain type of music, dress/fashion, eating behaviors, glum attitudes, behaviors often associated with truly disturbed individuals (read: cutting), an avoidance of alcohol and tobacco, but regular use of Clove Cigarrettes, and spouting pre-packaged Marxist slogans that they don't even remotely understand (usually something about the tragedy of the alienation of the proletariat and trying to translate that into their own inner agony).

Most modern "emos" are posers who are trying to be "cool" by being non-conformist, but in the process they conform to something along this general idea. Rare are the remaining true "emo", who actually have grievances. Most "emos" nowadays buy their close at hot topic and try to pick up chicks by making them think that they're "in touch emotionally." That, plus a desire to attract attention on the part of people who are otherwise ferociously average are commonly believed to be the cause of most people going emo.

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Plus, "emo" implies "emotional", specifically "overemotional". Overemotional people tend to get annoying after a while (I know, I've lived with a few). Hence the derogatory term. I think. Americans have a historical and cultural tendency to stamp overemotional people with a big "Cry me a river..." sign anyway, if we can trust the stereotypes.

Hardly; I don't really mind overemotional people at all, actually. I do, however, really mind people who act and dress like extremely terrible "Emo" bands, because it's "Cool."

It's also annoying to find anyone whose even remotely overemotional to be automatically branded Emo.

Honestly, I've got nothing against "emos", but I loathe posers. And, because I know so many "emos" who are posers, I've rapidly come to associate the two groups.

Most modern "emos" are posers who are trying to be "cool" by being non-conformist, but in the process they conform to something along this general idea.

Everyone is a poser; very few of us show our true selves in public with any regularity.

Most "emos" nowadays buy their close at hot topic and try to pick up chicks by making them think that they're "in touch emotionally."

Posing to get dates is hardly exclusive to "emos," as you've described them.

Everyone is a poser; very few of us show our true selves in public with any regularity.
And the best of us almost never do. ;)

and spouting pre-packaged Marxist slogans that they don't even remotely understand (usually something about the tragedy of the alienation of the proletariat and trying to translate that into their own inner agony).
Luckily with goths (the ones I know anyway), it tends to be the opposite. A good few of them even share my political convictions. :)

I do have something against "emo" kids, or at least those who I've encountered in my part of the country.

They seem to all be spoiled, rich kids with absolutely nothing to complain about. And yet they bitch nonstop about how shitty their lives are. It's annoying as hell. People all over the world are going hungry, living in corrugated tin shacks, and working on farms from an incredibly young age without ever coming close to having the opportunities you have, and you're sitting on a bench in the mall complaining about how your girlfriend dumped you and no one "gets" you? Suck it up!

It just bothers the fuck out of me that these kids don't appreciate how absurdly fortunate they are to be in their situation.

"Rainbow"? "Flowers"? I smell gay transvestitism. And recall that emos also wear eyeliner and tight pants! Hence, transvestites are emo, thus the scene described is emo. Elementary, my dear Watson.
Oh dear, so much for angle.
Well, um, what about a Thomas Kinkade picture of a Precious Moments figurine being wrapped up by a precocious 8-year old as a Christmas present for his Grandmother?

While sitting in my Drama class, an emo kid was listening to his iPod, strictly forbidden in my school...

Teh instructor writes him up for it and the emo kid starts crying like a fucking wussy...

Well, ... one phrase comes to mind to describe emos....
example set.

What the hell do you hope to accomplish by being emo?

Sooner or later you will have to grow up and stop living with your mothers.

You know what's even lamer then emo kids?

The 4000th lame ass kid who's been rejected even by the emo kids posting on some forum about how lame emo kids are.

Real emo's been dead since 1998.
MTV emo's fad passed months ago.
You're so far behind it hurts.

I do have something against "emo" kids, or at least those who I've encountered in my part of the country.

They seem to all be spoiled, rich kids with absolutely nothing to complain about. And yet they bitch nonstop about how shitty their lives are. It's annoying as hell. People all over the world are going hungry, living in corrugated tin shacks, and working on farms from an incredibly young age without ever coming close to having the opportunities you have, and you're sitting on a bench in the mall complaining about how your girlfriend dumped you and no one "gets" you? Suck it up!

It just bothers the fuck out of me that these kids don't appreciate how absurdly fortunate they are to be in their situation.

Indeed. But I hardly think that attitude is exclusive to "emo kids", unfortunate as it may be.

Emos need to go live under a rock and go be emotional together.

They seem to all be spoiled, rich kids with absolutely nothing to complain about.

Because we all know that happiness can be purchased at the supermarket.

Because we all know that happiness can be purchased at the supermarket.

Yes. In the snack-cake aisle.

They seem to all be spoiled, rich kids with absolutely nothing to complain about.

true dat.

And yet they bitch nonstop about how shitty their lives are. It's annoying as hell.

true again.

People all over the world are going hungry, living in corrugated tin shacks, and working on farms from an incredibly young age without ever coming close to having the opportunities you have, and you're sitting on a bench in the mall complaining about how your girlfriend dumped you and no one "gets" you? Suck it up!

But most of them are too ignorant to know what is going on outside of their headphones.

It just bothers the fuck out of me that these kids don't appreciate how absurdly fortunate they are to be in their situation.

But don't say that to them, they will just scream how out of touch with your inner self you are, and how you are so uninformed.

But most of them are too ignorant to know what is going on outside of their headphones.

They undoubtedly know.

The question they might ask, however, is: "so fucking what?"

While sitting in my Drama class, an emo kid was listening to his iPod, strictly forbidden in my school...

Teh instructor writes him up for it and the emo kid starts crying like a fucking wussy...

Well, ... one phrase comes to mind to describe emos....
example set.

What the hell do you hope to accomplish by being emo?

Sooner or later you will have to grow up and stop living with your mothers.

You're whining about emos? How emo.

They undoubtedly know.

The question they might ask, however, is: "so fucking what?"

Not generally. A political club I am in tried to see what subculture was the best educated politically, and as it turns out, the Emos were just above the Hip-Hop kids as the least aware of the political situation around them.

Any of you guys from Perth?

If so, anyone know the Emo corner underneath Central Park building?

I propose we create a sub-culture based around suits and formal wear and invade the emo corner. Not aggressively, just turn up before they do.

Emo corner will become suits corner. Yes, very good.

Not generally. A political club I am in tried to see what subculture was the best educated politically, and as it turns out, the Emos were just above the Hip-Hop kids as the least aware of the political situation around them.
Does that say much?

Does that say much?

Yes.

Because we all know that happiness can be purchased at the supermarket.
Figure out how to package, price and label it, and that will no longer be a problem.

Figure out how to package, price and label it, and that will no longer be a problem.

Soma?

Yeah... that sounds like a society I want to live in.

Soma?

Yeah... that sounds like a society I want to live in.
Well, you did say happiness can't be bought in supermarkets. But that's just for now. :) Soma is practically emocide.

Well, you did say happiness can't be bought in supermarkets. But that's just for now. :)

Yeah, pretty soon we'll devise newer and better ways into deluding ourselves into thinking that we're happy.

Then we can be well-drugged slaves! Yay!

Have we got our 5-minutes hate out of our systems yet? I know that the regular Emo purge must be important, since we do it so fucking often, but I think you lot need to find a new hobby or something. Haven't you got something better to do than cut down people who, for the most part, don't really give a shit what you think about them? If emptyveemo has succeeded at anything, it has succeeded at becoming the victim it tries to present itself as.

Grow up. Stop taking your insecurities out on Emos. They are no stupider than every other one of us.

Yeah, pretty soon we'll devise newer and better ways into deluding ourselves into thinking that we're happy.

Then we can be well-drugged slaves! Yay!
I think we'd actually become too apathetic to even take our lives out of boredom were that to happen. Of course, for such a society to remain functional, there have to be overseers who are not drugged. Woe betide us should that be something nonhuman, such as a sophisticated AI... Then perhaps the society Huxley envisioned would be an absolute tyranny.

While sitting in my Drama class, an emo kid was listening to his iPod, strictly forbidden in my school...

Teh instructor writes him up for it and the emo kid starts crying like a fucking wussy...

Well, ... one phrase comes to mind to describe emos....
example set.

What the hell do you hope to accomplish by being emo?

Sooner or later you will have to grow up and stop living with your mothers.

just seems to me like this kid has problems. not everyone who starts crying for no reason is emo.
but eh. slagging off emos is so six months ago.

Any of you guys from Perth?

If so, anyone know the Emo corner underneath Central Park building?

I propose we create a sub-culture based around suits and formal wear and invade the emo corner. Not aggressively, just turn up before they do.

Emo corner will become suits corner. Yes, very good.

awesome. even better, the music for this subculture will be mostly bebop of the 1940s. Dizzy Gillespie, anyone?

& sydney has town hall steps and emo fountain. at least, until the lads invade...