Why do you think people want to be emo?
470836
because sometimes life is just too hard to handle and they just arent strong enough to deal and just wanna get away from it all.they just kinda sync themself away from everyone and love their music. emo music helps even me sometimes. emo kids are awesome.\n=)
539996
EMo is a style of music as well as person that is generally unhappy and highly emotional.  In general, real emo kids are pretty rare.  Usually an emo kid is self contained and not responsive to outside stimulus unless they believe the ideas are highly beneficial.  Unlike the cretin that answered first, it's not just specific music... it is the people who respond to that music that demonstrate "emo".  For example, you could say the blues is EMO- which it is- but EMO kids don't listen to it, so it's not.
278825
Emo souinds like a bunch of whiny-ass pussies.  Please, next time your girlfriend breaks up with you DON'T pull out the guitar and pore your sad little heart out.  Go kick the shit out of something like a real rocker.\n\nEmo kids: pretentious hipster whiny bitches.
605607
Emo is short for emotional.  Now, in the society today, it has turned into a high school stereotype such as jocks, nerds, geeks, goths, and groups like that.  If someone were to be stereotyped as emo, they would generally keep to themselves, be more timid than others, and not really want to do anything about it.  The majority of kids who fit this stereotype generally like to listen to music.  They feel it helps them escape the stresses of reality.  Music has essentially become their anti-drug.  Most kids have jumped into this fad thinking it's cool for guys to wear girl pants and wear black and such, but hey, if they want to express themselves like that, more power to them.  Everyone, to an extent, is "emo," considering it is derived from the word emotional, and if you're not emotional, you're not human.  \n\nLooks:  \n\n"Emo" girls tend to have shorter hair with sweeping bangs that cover one eye.  \n\nGuys tend to wear tighter jeans with the same hair cut.\n\nPiercings on the face are usually a big thing.  Same with wearing t-shirts of bands.
905866
Haha please don't call yourself "emo"\n\nPeople who are like that, want to be different to get attention. They dress all black and act like the world hates them just so they can start stuff. It's stupid.
306922
because there emo emo is where men where clthing like girls but they are not gay.
789029
first of all, they don't seem very "emo" to me, by the stereotypical sense, second of all, who cares? if the music is good or bad it has nothing to do with being emo and people should like what they like regardless of labels. people just say emo so stupidly now, and throw it around without even realizing what they are saying
1039243
I think the world is filled with more emos each passing day right down to my best knowledge in Singapore, Australia, America and so on so forth. I think, as a society, we need to understand why they fall in this category of society. They may be going through really suffering pressure the world gave to them and might be confused of what to feel towards such certain things therefore they seeked to being emo. Of course such society groups have certain fashion to their own beliefs. Tell me which doesn't? And I must also say, they do dress well but sometimes they scare off my little cousins which are afraid of black. Children should not be exposed to black too much in their childhood years.\n\nI think the question here is not emo being credited. There should be no question at all, indeed. It's just a phase or a chapter of their life which they find it very hard to turn to anyone else. They will all eventually mature and be who they are going to be when they are older. I have faith in them. Cos after all, they have gone through the hardest path of their life.
798847
i prefer to be ME...you should be you...dont fallow a stereo type.\n\npersonally people that say they are "emo" are such BS\n\nemo stands for emotional...every one is emotional, but they dont all think the world sucks and they want to kills them selves because now my ex is dating some one elsee and i have no one type of thing..\n\n\ni realize that was sereo typing in a way, and there is no excuse for it, but seriously, stop trying to be sad all the time and grow up and get over it. \nwhy dwell??? that never fixes anything. and people can only feel sorry for you for so long before they just get annoyed with you.\n\n\n( not you personally, just people in general)
667298
IF EMOS WANNA DIE, THEN Y DONT THEY GET IT OVERWITH AND STOP MAKING NORMAL PEOPLE LOOK BAD.\n\no yes, finally some one said it!
393877
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...
515146
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.
1072274
The emo kids I have met only present that way.  Well young adults I should say.  They actually seem quite adventuruous with consuption and sex.  Funny that.
468304
I think emo is just a pathetic fad.  Emo kids aren't truly sad, they just want attention.  Emo is fake.
194356
You are not alone. Back in my day Emo was a comedian :/
299747
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.
1175325
yes.. emo comes from emotional