Goths
 

Goths - what's it all about?

Attention seeking losers? or cool kids?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/e...rd/7204543.stm

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Dear oh dear I seem to be getting to old to appreciate the creativity of youth:eek:

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I am sure they are making a statement about their individuality, and how they feel treated by the world!:lol:

Didn't we all do it to some extent at that age - maybe not with a dog lead tho!! :blink:

Probably end up being solicitors or something! :eek:

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Just seriously weird!:blink:
Each to their own though!:unsure:

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well she seems to have hit on a good idea as he is virtually her slave!

just another way of dodging the chores:rofl:

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Makes you wonder who's leading who:ohmy:

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carnt see anything wrong :confused:
surly thats a womans proper place :rofl:

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A choke chain for heavens sake!!!!:confused::confused:
One argument and he could end up needing a solicitor let alone becoming one!! :huh:

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:) woooahh... careful mate !


I reckon everyone goes through some kind of phase between 12 and 20 when they wear stuff to look cool and have ridiculous haircuts...I know I did, I cringe thinking about it !

But with the goths, it seems to be more of a lifestyle choice? Many of them just carry on with the black pvc and black dyed hair, and never seem to reach a point where they wake up and think "hmmm...I feel a bit silly wearing this.." :D

I don't know any goths. One of my mates loves his heavy metal, and he has the classic long hair and black t-shirts. But I'm afraid that's as far as I have penetrated into this mysterious world.

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A good 10-15 years ago it used to be a 'i'm an individual and i'm not affraid of breaking the boundaries' look but today teenagers are mad for it (not to the extreme of the man and dog above, but make up, and small accessories).

They think they're trying to be individual but there are too many of them!
Claires accessesories (for gods sake!!) sell loads of gothy stuff!
The likes of Green Day, Avril Lavigne have set the gothy look off as a fashion!

Bless the kids who get wrapped up in it:o they think they look individual but it's not that way today!!

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I've been to see The Cure (4 times - London twice, Glasgow, and Brisbane)... Am I OK? :p

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Its too late for you mate. I've only seen them once, I think I'm ok? the goth within me might be lying dormant.

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I'll fess up. I used to be into the Goth thing. But back in the day it was a developing music genre and inspired a certain dress type which was more sophisticated than metal.

Its interesting to note that this subculture has outgrown many others and been around for so long. In my experience its always tended to attract a educated crowd.

As to the dog lead thing thats just stupid and frankly a tad more S&M than being into goth music and dressing like a vampire. Personally, I dont think it harms anyone so who cares.

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yep, I reckon it will still be going strong when we're all old and wrinkly.

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I never did anything like that as a kid.:ohmy:

But these days I would give it a go;) Just need to find the right woman to play the gimp or dominatrix (depending on my mood).:lol:

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Are goths the same as emo's? Are these the people that go on killing sprees in American schools? If they are then i don't like them much. :frown:
What happened to Teddy Boys?

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I think an emo is what you become when you find goths too cheerful and hate their colourful clothes.

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:rofl::rofl::rofl:

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Harmless people living their lives and not hurting anyone. Everyone has always (more so since the late 50s) believed themselves to be individual but never are. Punks were the worse. They firumly believed they were their own person and immediately dressed exactly the same as their mates.

Kids are kids and until they damage themselves or others, I don't see that anyone has a right to dictate to them.

Off soap box now. I seem to be very serious tonight. Bit scary :lol:

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Not quite them, probably more along the lines of Cradle of Filth and Marilyn Manson.

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Ahh - good man!! Me too!

Manchester, Liverpool, London & Sydney.... classic stuff :)

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Its the Emos that amuse me - my daughter is going through a wanna be grebo/gothy phase - were calling her elmo for short at the mo...she says shes not an emo cos she doesnt slash her wrists!!:blink:
black clothes, black hair, black nails - she looks yuk but the boys are 'hot' for her - shes grounded btw!

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I was a full blown goth for quite a few years in my teens. I'm an accountant now, please dont hold either against me :o

Still like Marilyn Manson tho!

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AN ACCOUNTANT...PHEWIE THATS SOME KIND OF ADMISSION....:rofl:

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Wow!

You know ? - i'm only thirty odd and I really don't get it. I'm soo worried that i've like totally lost it man (not sure I ever really had it actually)

What's it gonna be like in 10 years time wen my kids are teenagers? - I think i'll just give up now and start watching Richard and Judy and take up Lace making - Resistance is futile - I just dont get it :blink::blink::blink:

Nx

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Hey i never dressed the same as my mates! our bin bags were ripped stylishly different and we had different coloured belts we had different coloured hair too mine was purple mates was red cos she had to wash hers out before going home!

and my fishnets didnt have big rips in them like hers did:rofl:

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Sorry, my mistake ;)

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I was terribly disapointed in my kids they weren't outrageous and didn't rebel at all!

perhaps it was because they knew i wouldn't care:confused:

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When you qualify you work out what you are going to tell people when they ask what you do. Some mumble it really quickly and hope it doesn't get noticed, some choose to lie, and claim to be an undertaker instead.

There was talk for a while about setting up Accountants Anonymous where beancounters could openly admit to others what they do for a living with no embarrassment, but we were too ashamed to say it even to each other....

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Goths...Grebs....they're all the same - weirdos:eek::eek:

:rofl::rofl:

oh well, at least i make myself laugh:rofl::rofl:

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Think I would rather my kids were Goth's than chav/ bogan, even though I would have no idea how to launder PVC.

Although I bet she feels silly when she's 35 and wears a suit to work everyday, and has only two piercings - one in each ear.

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Think I've actually seen those two around.

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Goths have been around for years (they just came from Punks)

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The Kids Love this one! :D

"He`s turned Emo" by The Lancashire Hotpots

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I love it with the Emo Lego video. :rofl:

Hope I can do this - my youtube things sometimes don't work :unsure:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=RDqNaNlfifc

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cant knock the guy, he does all the cooking and cleaning apparently - sounds like she's the smart one :lol: ;) ... if my other half did all that id wear black and let him lead me round by a collar and lead :lol::eek:

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Although a bean counter by profession I tend to work on the edges of that skill. So I tell people I work on IT projects or (currently) I am risk analyst. Not sure that sounds any better though:o:lol: