is being goth bad or good?
607923
Being yourself can never be bad. As long as you are happy with who you are and it is not causing harm or offending any body else, than it can never be bad.\nUnfortunately being different is never easy, but being true to yourself is the best thing you can do for you!
666476
High school is horrible. You're insecure, you don't know yourself or your body, you haven't come to terms with your individuality, and so few people will accept people who aren't exactly like them (and I include the outcasts in this as well- when's the last time you saw a "goth kid" hanging out with a "prep"?). Later in life you're more aware of yourself, and so are other people, so things are a little easier.
423387
No real goths are Satanists, the two outlooks just don't mesh.  You can't think be sensitive and artistic while purposely offending people.  It just doesn't work.  To answer your question, the problem are the pseudo-goths (aka Mansonites) who claim to be goth and Satanists.  Since there are ten of those fakers for every real goth, how goths really are gets ignored.
996719
The reason people think Goths are freaks is probably the way they dress.  To people of my generation (baby boomer),  that type of dress and  behavior had a negative connotation.  But  we baby boomers tried to get across to the generation before us that you "shouldn't judge a book by it's cover", by growing our hair long and wearing bohemian clothing, and we maybe have forgotton that.   If I could have known about the Goth movement when my son was little, I could have successfully predicted that he would definitely be one!.  He was always fascinated with the macabre, Halloween was his favorite holiday (even more than Christmas!), and he dressed as Dracula every single time, and still does as an adult.  (He works in a movie theater)  He's just a normal guy that just happens to always dress in black, and I love him just as I do my other children, probably more because he's different.
67822
what kind of gothic are you and why do you think you are different from others
522719
Actually, most goths do have friends. Certain kinds of people annoy other kinds of people. And as for keeping some secrets from other people, that's known as prudence. How many secrets do you have at your age? And what kind of 'goth' goes on Yahoo! and hints with all the subtlety of a hammer to the kneecap that they have 'secrets'?
776775
Very few goths cut. Your remark is bigoted and ignorant. Would you throw up to look like a bulimic?
325909
Goth primarily is about music and fashion.  In my opinion it grew out of the new wave music scene when things started to get 'dark' in sound.  It's interrelated to industrial music as well and you'll find most goths tend to be into industrial.  The social center of the goth scene tends to be the nightclubs where people put on their finest goth threads and go out and mingle with other goths and listen to music. It's fun, it's sexy, and for the most part that's as deep as it gets.\n\nUnlike punk, goth has no consensual political viewpoint.\n\nIn short, it's all about the music.
326010
i think they are the same as other people\nsome are nice, some are annoying\nabout the way they dress, i dont really care\npeople have different tastes, so i respect them\ni have some goth friends, they just like my other friends, same topic, same food, etc, just different looks =)
430127
Goth is not a religion. Gothic is a time period that coincides with the victorian era. It`s also a design theme that involves the use of dark, rich colours and elaborate, intricate details.  And it so happens that a lot of wiccans dress in the gothic style. But that doesn`t mean everyone that dresses Goth is wiccan. It`s usally a choice of dress and they can practice ANY Religion.
102823
well, to each his own. If you like the gothic thing, well okay, that is you and that is whoever else. Everyone is different and everyone has their own preferences that is what makes our world so special and so wonderful. \n\nSome people just have their opinions about things and just have to rudely and openly voice themselves to others. Those are the types of people that have issues and they think that picking on someone else is going to make them look better when in reality, in my eyes it belittles their character even more. \n\nLet it go. :) You are who you are and if that is what you like, well then GO FOR IT!!!!!!!! Imagine what the world would be like if we were all identical :P \n\nGood luck. Smile:) and ignore the sharp tongues ;)
740183
Hmm...for the real goth information go to goth.net.  I don't think I could give you  a comprehensive explanation here. Wikipedia surely has some entries for 'emo'. Well, good luck.  P.S. thank you for not accepting stereotypes! :)
226118
The only crime is not being yourself.  If you're being goth for the wrong reasons it's wrong, but being yourself is always the best thing.
154904
Why not?  Goths come in all colors.
564526
Holy crap! That's good, I love it! I like the dark gothiness of it.
697449
My daughter went through a goth phase, too. She is now in college and doing fine. I like most of the goths that I have met. As far as why are people mean to them, they are different and  refuse to blend in with the "IN" crowd so they are shunned for being themselves. Which is not right, but never the less that is how  humans are. Good luck to her.
540139
they're fine so long as you're not leaving them in constantly.  if you wanna goth out for a night or something that's fine.  you may get some minor gum irritation.