I friggin hate "emo" kids..why the hell do they where thier hair like that..."emo" kids are posers who act like they are depressed...What are your takes on it?¿?
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I think emo is just a pathetic fad.  Emo kids aren't truly sad, they just want attention.  Emo is fake.
206620
Emo is a really broad term and means different things to different people.  Weezer's new songs sound really cheezy and have that theme of longing and teen angst (like EMO), but there's not that deep self-hatred that Emo bands love putting in their songs.  Plus, as high as Rivers Cuomo's voice is, it's not nearly Emo-whiny enough.  I definitely miss the early 90's Weezer.
629009
yeah... i am the same exact way.....im a skinny "emo" as people would label me...and they think im anerexic and evil.... but if they were to spend a day with me..they would wish they never thought that.\ni think its sooo rediculious how people judge eachother...but thats how reality is..people are just stupid.\n\nemail me if you want to talk!
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Music that is supposed to come from deep emotions and envoke those emotions within you.\n\nMost of it is depressing.  EMO KIDS ROCK!  lol - yeah, it's a way of life.  like being goth but not as dark.\n\nIn the 80's we called it new wave (Depeche Mode, the Cure...)  same thing different generation.\n\nYes, Dashboard Confessional, Death cab for cutie, funeral for a friend, Coldplay.....
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* People who fill up 90% of Myspace profiles\n\n* People who all think they're the first to go through Teenage Angst\n\n* People who think they're alternative even though the bands they like are all on major labels and chart in the top 10. \n\n* People who think the way they clothe themselves is really underground, even though companies like Emily Strange are huge worldwide companies.\n\nThe funniest thing about a lot of emo's is that loads like to advertise how isolated and disengaged they are......then you find out they are from middle class surburban families, and they go to good schools......boohoo you're lives are so bad.
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Emos are the next generation goths.  Kids who were likely to be goths were also likely to be bi or gay if they were male.  Same thing goes for Emos.  They are cute though -- if I were young and alone I migth be tempted, even if they are often sad.  \n\nBe happy.\n\nReyn
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yeah, it stems from a type of music thats supposed to be very "stream of consciousness" and emotional. which is where the name comes from. \n\nits typically accompanied by a certain fashion too. the haircuts that are kinda hanging in your eyes, that you make sure your hair looks like you dont care how your hair looks. and when guys wear jeans that are skin tight, right down to the ankle. i work at a music store, and i know a kid who actually borrows his sisters pants. \n\nbut modern emo isnt really the same as what emo started as. its mostly rich white kids that are complaining about not being popular or not getting enough hugs as a kid.
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Emo refers to a particular flavor of punk-alternative, a decent example being by the band Further Seems Forever. The term Emo comes from Emotional... because the music is meant to create or extract deep, "mind-fucking" emotions from the listener.
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Err, please don't call that stuff emo.  Emo is a whole other form of music, more closely related to punk, which basically died out in 95.  Think Rites of Spring.\n\nAbout the music you described, I guess everyone has their own tastes.
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wow. this is gonna sound corney but be yourself. what i did going into 8th grade, i became emo and all the popular ones came to me. it was pretty cool. now i'm friends with all of them. even though preps are my mortal enemies. even though i used to be a prep but now i'm emo. so go emo/goth/punk. worked for me
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Okay, here's the thing. Emo is a term short for "Emotional". These kids sit at home crying to themselves, feeling sorry for themselves. They get their little hissy fits out by listening to My Chemical Romance and other such crap. Now, there's alot more music out there which can express how you feel, whether it's positive or not, but it's sure as hell better than listening to "How can this happen to me..." Jesus, how can it happen to me that some idiot actually gave Simple Plan a recording contract?\n\nAnd I've had a hard life. Heavy metal all the way. But I channel my anger, I don't mope. Do you hear kids in Rwanda listening to that sh*t??!!\n\n\nI wish my lawn was emo, then it would cut itself...
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Emo (from emotional) is a slang term used to describe a wide range of fashion styles and attitudes somewhat affiliated with emo music and its related scenes. The word "emo" may be used as a noun to describe a member of the emo scene, or as an adjective to describe a certain style of fashion or music.\n\nContents [hide]\n1 History \n1.1 Origins \n1.2 2000s \n2 Fashion and culture \n3 Alternative uses \n4 External links \n \n\n\n[edit]\nHistory\n[edit]\nOrigins\nMain article: Emo (music) \nFor more than a decade, the term emo was used almost exclusively to describe the genre of music that spawned from the 1980s DC scene and all of the bands inspired by it. However, during the late 1990s, as emo music began to emerge from the underground into popular consciousness, the term began to be used as a reference for more than just the music.\n\nThe origin of the word emo itself is unclear. In a 1985 interview by Rites of Spring in Flipside Magazine, members of the band noted that some of their fans in DC were starting to call them "emo", arguably because of the state of emotion that the band displayed during their shows. In later years, the word emo was viewed as a contraction of "emotional hardcore" or "emocore", which was the popular designation of the music genre. (One contingent of the scene insists that emo is a contraction for "emotive hardcore". However, no primary source has been found to confirm use of that term prior to the mid-1990s.)\n\nIn recent years, as its use has come to define more than just the music, the word emo has more often been viewed as simply being short for "emotional".\n\n[edit]\n2000s\nBands like Dashboard Confessional began to popularize a more dramatic and personal style of "emo", which utilized lyrics that had a far greater appeal amongst teenagers experiencing life and love for the first time. As the lyrical content shifted and as the sound began to enter the mainstream, the term "emo" started to be used more often to describe what was perceived by those outside the scene as the overwrought melodrama of the music. Popular comments such as "don't be so emo" and "cheer up, emo kid" drove home the belief among deriders that fans of emo music took themselves too seriously and were simply looking for drama where it didn't exist.\n\nAs major labels began pushing more bands under the "emo" umbrella, varying styles of music and dress began to be lumped in as well. The style of bands like My Chemical Romance, including their use of makeup (particularly black eyeliner) and longish hair covering the face, began to be associated with "emo".\n\n[edit]\nFashion and culture\nThere are two popular forms of dress associated with emo. The first is essentially what came out of the 90s "indie emo" scene, and has connections to indie rock and punk rock. It includes more vintage and thrift store clothing, typically for a well-worn look. Some of the clothing leans toward khaki colors. T-shirts are typically of smaller sizes and with random prints, often images from the 1980s. Bags and backpacks often have pins and patches of various bands.\n\nThe other popular style of dress focuses on darker colors. Commonly seen elements include dark colored hair (often dyed either black or an unnatural dark hue), males wearing pants tailored for females, lip, eyebrow, and labret piercings, and dark make-up on males and females (most notably black eyeliner, although red eyeshadow is becoming increasingly popular). A common accessory for both males and females are glasses with a dark coloured (usually black), thick rim, a style sometimes even worn by persons who do not require corrective eye-wear.\n\nConverse All-Star style shoes are common amongst both styles of dress, as are Vans shoes.\n\nThough the original emo scenes were not exclusionary, the modern "emo" scene has developed into a "ga
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yeah ive heard it used with hair 2! lol\n\nMy fav emo joke is ....\n\n~How many emo kids does it take 2 change a lightbulb?\n~3. 1 to change it and 2 to write a poem about how much they miss the old one, not 2 mention the facts about how it was used and abused by society! lol
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emo is a type of music and thats all. but people decided it should be added to the long list of stereotypes that already exist. and no matter how much you wish it would end, its not going to.....because everyone stereotypes and everyone is stereotyped....thats just the way it works. the problem is that too many people let it get to them. and until they can get over it and care less about what other people think then its not going to get better.
555512
Hawthorne Heights is concidered very 'emo' because of that.\nBut I really don't think 'emo' really means anything. Emo stands for emotional. Everybody has emotions. What makes people who like to classify them as having emotions different than everyone else?
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I have no problems with emos.  Music and style are inter-related especially for those in their teens early 20's and emos are just a part of ongoing trends.  In the sixties you had the Mods and hippies who most probably did not get along either.  I say be who ya wanna be and do what ya wanna do and as long as you are not doing any harm to yourself or other people then have fun!
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Are they Emo or something?  That sounds pretty twisted, but nothing I would really worry about yet.