Why are people soooooooo Gothic?????
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If you mean Gothic Culture...\nWhy do you care? Why do you have to judge them, don't worry about them. They are better people then most of you fckin losers.
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I am goth, what do you need from me? Well this is an interesting question... Your hot? What does that have to do with anything.. er ok.
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Pray tell, how do you "act gothic?"  Maybe what you concieve as people acting goth, is people just being themselves.
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Emos suck big time...goths are much cooler...and emos are usually less intelligent than goths...
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Not all gothes are bad people and if your friend is a goth u should respect her, in her decision and if that person keepz bullen her stick up 4 her and show your friend you care about her!
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I refuse to shop at Hot Topic because it's a clone store for goths. I am a dark person, but I don't normally wear "gothic clothing," because I'm trying to make a point. Contrary to popular belief, being gothic doesn't start or end with how you look.
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Because gothic - not real gothic, but what they think is gothic - is becoming more popular, due to media exposure and trendsellers like Hot Topic. They co-opt the look without taking part in the intellectual process, making it more and more difficult for outsiders to tell what's goth and what's not. Every time some 14 -year - old claims 'i am goth and i luv hottopic and slipkot and evenesence' a very small piece of me dies. Anyway, I asked and answered some questions on similar subjects. Look in my best answers column for some more information.
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Ok well yoo know how people label other people who wear black "goths"? .. yeah well.. \nWell the label "emo" is like ummmm... its hard to explain. xD\nBut basically the typical "emo" wears tight clothes, depressed, listen to emo music, wears kinda punky clothes and ummm has an emo fringe\n.. It's all just stereotypical crap really
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Goths are the ones who think they are superior than "normals" of a society they cannot define, but throw the word around a lot. Wears black, boots, long coats, concert shirts of black metal bands or whatever. They wear all this crap over their face because they are "unique" but all look alike when you look at them in a whole. You can can tell one when they say "stop staring at me" or "I am unique and my own person" Yet they all wear black, white/dark make up and have all this crap in their face. Yeah no one is going to not stare at that and no you are not unique if you are labeled, groups of similarity are labeled, or else there would be no need to label! (That last part can go for each you asked of)\n\nEmos are the "new age" goths, but instead of black and all, they wear these "prep" clothes with a twist of "hardcore" They think everything is dramatic and out to make their lives crappy. When if they looked at themselves, they would see it is them that make their life miserable and not the ones around them. Emo(tional) they claim not all cut themselves, but when you look at majority, it is like goths they are labeled for a reason with their ways and actions. They area bunch of dramaqueens, and I say that for both boys and girls that partake in the 2004-present trend of todays dumb teens.\n\nPunk is against the "establishment" the almighty "Man" In other words they wold prefer anarchy so they can do whatever they want without consequences, they take no responsibility of their actions. Hippies in a way, but more on the extreme side, the anti-hippie, instead of peace and loving order, they prefer anarchy and do what they want without remorse. Bums really, mainly they are so stoned out their minds all they do is sit around complaining how the "Man" is keeping them down and trying to overthrow the "establishment" again what is this "establishment?"\n\nI could go on and on about these groups, and yes, some I have been with, and noticed they are all the same and well, they have labels for a reason and none of them are unique, if anything they are apart of their "society" "establishment" and crappy lives because it is all so dramatic and a harsh world. I CAN'T WAIT UNTIL THEY GET OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL AND EXPERIENCE THE REAL WORLD!!
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It seems like you're arguing semantics to be, but here's my best guess.  Goths have a mindset that accepts death, while dark guys actually like death.
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Some people equate being goth with being evil.  As anyone who's ever really know a goth will tell you, goths are kind, good, and often very devout Christians.  Stand by your daughter and keep trying to make people realize that being Gothic has nothing to do with someones morals.
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Go to ebay and type in gothic fairies...I have seem them in there before
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Sorry "Synthia", you are conforming to someone else's views. It might not be mainstream, but the fact you dress like a goth-chick means you are obviously influenced by that social style, thereby confroming to their social style instead of other's.
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not just people that are witches gothic or punk have open minds.what kind of friends is it that you want? sounds to me you want to go on the dark side.you must be depressed.you can find some good people in chat rooms just becareful. yes im open minded to greeneyes634970@yahoo.com
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Because they are creeps
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I think Goths are associated with "evil" because Death is a huge fascination for the Goth, as are vampires and anything else associated with bringing Death, and since most people fear Death, they assume anything enamored with it must be evil.\n\nGoths have this whole Victorian-Nihilist thing going on, all pain and poetry, and to an angsty young person, this is very attractive.\n\nIt didn't used to be just a fashion thing. "Back in My Day" (I love saying that!), you dressed like you belonged at an 18th/19th-century funeral because that era was very romantic, and you felt like you belonged there instead of here. Think "Wuthering Heights" -- oh, the pain, Heathcliff, the sweet pain!\n\nAnne Rice had a lot to do with it, too.\n\nSo that's my take, anyway.
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People are afraid of what they don't understand.  The majority, unfortunately, think that Goths are all dark, depressed, devil-worshiping crazy people with too much eyeliner and snake tattoos.  Although some follow this stereo-type on the outside, most are rather optimistic and can see things differently, and often times, more beautifully than most.  Their whole fascination with death is actually a way of looking at life.  Instead of shaking a fist at the sky, they try to understand pain and death and are more comfortable with it.\nPerhaps the actual word Goth has a lot to do with this misconception.  The name of the Germanic tribes that overthrew the Roman Empire was Visigoth. From this source arose the concept of a Goth as an uncivilized person, a barbarian.  \nPeople simply need to have a more open-mind.  I personally don’t find anything wrong with Goths.  It’s those who live up to the stereo-type that give it its bad name.\nAnd no, there is absolutely no excuse for treating someone badly just because they are 'different.'