Does anyone actually even know what those are!?

Question

Everyone seems to think that goths and emo don't have to be depressed... but, wtf? I mean, goths are supposed to be depressed, emos are supposed to be cutters who are depressed, but not too bad, and out casts are suppossed to be odd and somehow depressed... It seems like there are no real goths, outcasts, or emos anymore, it seems like everyone is posing!!

What do you think?

"if your emo or goth, you feel isolated or depressed about something in your life, otherwise your just a poser. Merely dressing in black or punk clothes does not qualify one to be either. In retrospect, I agree with you. People don't have justification for disapproving us or assuming we are bad influences."

Thank you ferniee2!! You said it perfectly!!

B/c, apparently you didn't read the question. YOu become those things b/c something bad has happened, b/c you are depressed. Durr.

Answer 1

And what makes you have this assumption, pray tell? Everyone has their own opinion of what goth and emo are, so why should your definition be better than everyone elses? I know many people who have been in the goth scene for decades, but they aren't chronically depressed, although I wouldn't exactly call them chipper either. I still think emo is more of a teen thing, but goths have world view different than other people with does not include be suicidal all the time. Otherwise, all goths would be dead. And if Peter Murphy, Siouxsie Sioux, and Daniel Ash are still alive and not perpetually moping, why should that be the stereotype?

Again, I ask you, why do you think you know everything about being goth or emo? What, are you 12 or something? Those terms are abstractions, and they will be defined differently by different people. You're entitled to your opinion, but don't make everyone else out to be an idiot if they don't agree with you.