OMG, that's/you're so EMO!!!

I swear to God, I'm gonna strangle the next person who says this to me. All of a sudden this one, insignificant little sub-culture has come to dominate and monopolize any and all themes dark, as viewed by those not immersed in the culture. Frankly I'm getting sick of this whole emo-hatred itself; I wouldn't ever embrace this way of life myself, really not my style, but is it really so outrageous a concept that we just let people be?

Now "Emo" has become a taint; not of the culture itself, but of the means by which it is applied by it's haters. This relatively new label is doing a lot more harm than most people realize. It de-legitimizes people's real problems, makes those suffering from genuine illnesses a matter of contempt and mockery, rather than sympathy and a desire to help as it should be. More and more these past few years, I find myself treading more lightly in everything from music tastes to personal issues, constantly weary of the possible response "OMG, you're so emo!" Even said by my "friends".


Last night I was on a YahooAnswers page with somebody asking about how to hide scars from cutting. They weren't even detailing their problems or their habbits, simply wanting to know how to hide the marks. But, sure enough, a bunch of people had to start yelling "EEEEEMMMOOO!!!!" I felt so bad for this girl who was just trying to find a little advice, but now in this emo-hating culture, people with real problems don't dare tell anybody for fear of mockery. Nobody's allowed to be in mental pain any more; now you're just emo.
Any time I showed my (former) best friend a new song, I'd get the old "That's so emo!" if it had any theme at all even bordering on depression or darkness. I don't even listen to punk, let alone emo, but apparently this label can even be tacked on to death metal.


All I'm sayin' here is that if you want to call something emo, make sure it's actually emo! It shouldn't be so broadly applied that any subject with just one aspect of the emo culture automatically becomes emo itself. I'm just getting so sickened by it's overzealous use which imposes a shame upon those who have depression, anxiety, relationship troubles, self-abuse problems, or just likes some depressing music. Surely the last thing we need to be doing in this mentally-unhealthy society is to create even more stigma against people with mental health disorders.

I dislike them... the world is SO awful... just kill yourself with eye shadow and mascara...

You bring a good point to the table. I think its rediculous that not only do people make fun of emo's but a lot of other classes as well. Punks, goths, wiggers, Valley girls. It's just so stupid to get all rallied up over someone's attire. It's just a style and though I think all of these styles are dorky, its just a style that isn't hurting anyone and honestly as long as they don't bother me then I'm cool with it. And you're friends a retard if he thinks that emo is death metal. I don't like death metal but I still know that its a huge difference from emo.

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You bring a good point to the table. I think its rediculous that not only do people make fun of emo's but a lot of other classes as well. Punks, goths, wiggers, Valley girls. It's just so stupid to get all rallied up over someone's attire. It's just a style and though I think all of these styles are dorky, its just a style that isn't hurting anyone and honestly as long as they don't bother me then I'm cool with it. And you're friends a retard if he thinks that emo is death metal. I don't like death metal but I still know that its a huge difference from emo.

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it IS hilarious when those people take themselves SO seriously...
but then again.. I've been accused of being too facetious

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You bring a good point to the table. I think its rediculous that not only do people make fun of emo's but a lot of other classes as well. Punks, goths, wiggers, Valley girls. It's just so stupid to get all rallied up over someone's attire. It's just a style and though I think all of these styles are dorky, its just a style that isn't hurting anyone and honestly as long as they don't bother me then I'm cool with it. And you're friends a retard if he thinks that emo is death metal. I don't like death metal but I still know that its a huge difference from emo.

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Agree 100%. I think emo is a silly thing to get into, my motto has always been "depression is not a fucking fassion!", but I consider these kids in to be misguided, not somebody to hate on.


Emo is about skinny boys in tight pants, shitty/whiny punk music, black hair over one eye, poety, I'm proably missing a bunch of things, and generally glorifying mental illnesses that shouldn't be glorified. It irks me to no end that the term is being thrown at legitimate clinical depression and accompanying symptoms, as well as dark themes everywhere. It makes me feel.....


like a black rose
petals withering under crimson sky
blood seeping over agonized thorn
a soul that forever sleeps...


(Shit that stuff is easy) :D

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like a black rose
petals withering under crimson sky
blood seeping over agonized thorn
a soul that forever sleeps...


(Shit that stuff is easy) :D

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man.. lets form a band.. and mudskipper (some say catfish) those emo honeys... I'd bet that would put a kick in their step...

what people call emo today is never what it was meant to be, specifically the style of music people label emo. It's been so bastardized from it's origins (sunny day real estate, rites of spring) that the forefathers wouldn't even be able to listen to modern day "emo".


This is something that pisses me off, what people call emo now should just be called pop punk or pop emo or SOMETHING anything else than calling it what it isn't and never will be.

well the music is shitty. usually it is a term thrown at people with no friends who whine about it and dont do anything about it then decide to start making themselves appear radically different than the rest of society then blaming their problems with social relationships on everyone besides themselves. or it is thrown at people with stupid haircuts, but then they should probably be able to take the insult.

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well the music is shitty. usually it is a term thrown at people with no friends who whine about it and dont do anything about it then decide to start making themselves appear radically different than the rest of society then blaming their problems with social relationships on everyone besides themselves. or it is thrown at people with stupid haircuts, but then they should probably be able to take the insult.

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No friends? Haven't you see the congregations of emo's at the mall? *shudder* :wtf:

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man.. lets form a band.. and mudskipper (some say catfish) those emo honeys... I'd bet that would put a kick in their step...

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Dude, we'll totally form a band, and become their new leader.

only problem is I got a tan...

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only problem is I got a tan...

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Are you willing to be bleached?

mime makeup?

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Emo is about skinny boys in tight pants

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If you are kind of chunky but still want to be Emo, should you still go for the tight pants, or just find another clique?

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If you are kind of chunky but still want to be Emo, should you still go for the tight pants, or just find another clique?

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You can stop eating... doing so will not only make you thinner, but will also give you a starved look... perfect for any emo.

BTW all this emo shit is not new... in the middle of the 18th century already there was people who today would be called emos... they used to think that die for love, by tuberculosis, or by suicide (love caused) was nice... they used to write songs, and poetry, and all this shit... but its now old history, and we call that age the "romanticism"... they were the forefathers of the emos... bleagh!

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only problem is I got a tan...

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Are you willing to be bleached?

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mime makeup?

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I can't decide between the bleach and the makeup. This might help:

Eanie meanie mime emo.
Catch an emo by the toe.
Bleach him out
As white as snow?
Or make him up?
I don't know!

My
Mother
Told
Me
To
Pick
The
Very
Palest
One
And
You
Are
Not
It!


Hey! Looks like we are going with the bleach! Yea!

i dont understand emo's..them big birds,right?

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i dont understand emo's..them big birds,right?

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I don't really know anything about emos either. But I think you are right. It's like a moody ostrich with a funny haircut.

Well at least they reject the disgusting chav, gangster culture where behaving like an asshole is glorified. Emo's aren't really a threat to anyone, except themselves in some cases. In the UK chavs constantly victimise emoâ??s/ goths and recently someone was beaten to death for looking like one.
What exactly is the difference between goths and emos? what is their music because I listen to black metal sometimes is that emo?

I have been into hard rock/metal my whole life and what kills me is these "Mall Metal" or "Emo" Kids trying to come in and takeover the whole scene. Its kind of like the kids who dance around like idiots in mosh pits when they are supposed to be kicking the shit out of each other not flailing there arms around like a bunch of crazies. Emo is becomming almost a whole new generation and now it seems to be hip to be sad and pissed off at your parents and life. I personally like to express myself by listening to certain music depending on which mood im in not dressing like a sad depressed person with tight jeans and a "emo" hair swoop. Just note that im not bashing anyone who dresses like this, I have countless friends who do it im just stating my opinion on it.

OK, I'll bite....I have read the entire thread... WTF is EMO?? what does it mean?? I have seen the freaks in the mall, when I go there...usually 3 or 4 times a YEAR, so I am not familier with what they are, or who they *think* they are.

To me, Emo's, or what the word has actually become, is people with no mental illness, who had a good, stable family life, and live with mom and dad in a nice suburban wasteland. There is a difference between being mentally ill, and just wanting attention. To me, Emo's just want attention.

If someone said emp to me, I'd just tell to eat shit. I'm fucking metal as fuck. I eat emo's for breakfast, shit them out, and feed the shitty emo's to more emo's, then eat that emo, and shit out the shitted out emo and the new shit emo....well you get the idea. :p

Emo's are just sad Juggalo's with runny makeup.

People who are emo need something bad to happen to them that knocks their head in to rational thinking.

Like having a terminal illness really puts whats important into perspective. Suddenly he said she said shit isn't so important.

i think they just need to lighten up.Like wat is there to be so depressed about 24/7?:wtf:if u dont wanna live then do us all a favor and just do it already, instead of making a lifestyle out of it, and talking about it all the time.They can be goth or w/e all they want, but just lighten up, life is short, live it to the fullest!:jointsmile:


keep on tokin:stoned:

^ Exactly!


Your bringing us down Emo kids!

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Maybe people shouldn't get pissed off at other people who have gone through different life courses than others have.

If you can't find your own humanity in another person, there's something wrong with YOU! Stop hating and start understanding...:wtf:

what in the hell is EMO??

Emo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is actually a really accurate history of the progression of what emo was and what it is now. It's a long read, but worth it.

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. It's a long read, but worth it.

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sorry, i got lost.. there is no pictures..
damn ADD. :)

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sorry, i got lost.. there is no pictures..
damn ADD. :)

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Maybe you would prefer to read this:

Emo - Uncyclopedia, the content-free encyclopedia

:D

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Maybe people shouldn't get pissed off at other people who have gone through different life courses than others have.

If you can't find your own humanity in another person, there's something wrong with YOU! Stop hating and start understanding...:wtf:

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right on:cool:

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No friends? Haven't you see the congregations of emo's at the mall?

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The very fact that they are at the mall kinda negates the emosity [?] of that crew. Emo-posers, perhaps? Yay, protesting against the mainstream whilst allowing it to flow around your skinny ankles! Yay, diving RIGHT in!!!

stinky took the words outta my mouth..."we are so against the norm, that we will wear make-up and buy stock in hot-topic"...and wear whatever fall out boy or some other gay ass cry baby bands tells them to wear....against the norm my ass...just making a new norm....and sorry, but guys in girl jeans and eyeliner arent emo.....we call that gay


remember goth? what heppened to that? same shit, but they didnt feel sorry for themselves....I just dont get what a famous music star has to complain and bitch about...yeah, Im sure their life sucks...all that damn money and fans to deal with...ick
I am feeling nauseous now....i wish my lawn was emo, so It would cut itself....
WT


sorry if i offend anyone, but Im not sorry for my views on emo fucks...

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sorry if i offend anyone, but Im not sorry for my views on emo fucks...

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Not offended but I think your view and most peoples in here are extremely skewed. Falling prey to the stereotype of what Emo kids are.

Just like in anything there are extremists that stand out. Look at fanatical Christians, extremist Muslims, PETA, Nation of Islam (some of them), and many other organizations..

The individual does not reflect the masses.

Also many of what people all Emo when seen in public are actually just your regular run of the mill scenesters.

Enjoy your culture bashing everyone. It's fun to belittle others :thumbsup:


ps: I don't listen to Emo music incase someone was going to lash out and call me emo. Sorry to disappoint :jointsmile:

Everyone is entitled to their opinion and I will defend their freedom to voice it but I thought I would point out the obvious lack of respect to other human beings whom have probably done nothing to you.

It's a culture, and while you don't have to enjoy it or participate in it.. you should respect that it's their culture.

You wouldn't bash a homosexual for being gay and feminine would you?

well then.....said "run of the mill scensters" are who I am refering to...those that really dont have shit to be upset/depressed or whatever about, but still follow....as a rich white boy pretending to be a thug ass gangster.....or an "EMO" person who is happy, has a good life, has money........follow me? I may not be the best at words here.....
allow me to say it this way...i hate people who pretend to be something they arent...

whiskeytango

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i hate people who pretend to be something they arent...

whiskeytango

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This sentence explained everything.. and AGREED!!!!! :hippy:

I dislike people who are like that and make sure to not keep them in my company.

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i hate people who pretend to be something they arent...

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What about a thug ass gardener pretending to be a yuppie? ;)
(guilty as charged!)(joking about the thug part, lol!)

DAMN it feel good to be a gardener!!!

Daihashi, you are ever the respectable voice of reason in these arguments. Man, I hate seeing statements like, 'If your life sucks, just end it already!'.

It is possible to have a profound sense of malaise over what is, in fact, and ugly world, without being suicidal. I respect those who carry on long-term discussions of the sadness of modern life far more than I respect those who blithely run pointless errands in their SUVs with a cup of Starbucks epoxied to their perfectly-manicured hands, trying to ease that malaise with the trappings of suburban 'culture'. That's an image that says nothing to me but, 'look at how much money I can spend on having a perfect life... and my kids are STILL abusing their ADD meds!!! I love suburbia!!! [insert Weeds theme music here]'

I'm still not really sure what to think about the hair-over-one-eye thing. In a culture where it is respectful to look someone clearly in the eyes while conversing with them, as a sign that you are paying attention, I have a hard time talking to someone who has the appearance of not caring to listen.

i guess the whole gothic seen didnt work so thay had to change there names to the emo shit's...mabe we should not smoke mj cause we want to mabe we should smoke it cause its an all natural herbal supplement to tabacco!!we all got the right to be helthy

.......what?