EMO! the true story! read?

Question

Okay. I would like to explain emo to a select few stereotypes.

FIRSTLY: not all emo's cut their wrists, and it was never supposed to be that way. "emo" means EMOTIONAL. emotions tend to lead us to do strange things. someone could be clearly normal - just emotional - and still have a "cutting problem."

SECOND OFF: there are three types of emo people. 1) those who are nothing like emo who say they are. 2) those who like emo clothes/emo people but do not call themselves emo. 3) straight up emo.

THIRD OF ALL: emo is no a cry for attention. it is a way of life. a true emo will not brag about being emo. it is the people around us that label us and tell us how we are desperate for attention. stop acting superior. we aren't acting this way for you.

FOURTH AND FINALLY: have something to say?? im all ears. [e-mail] is my email. tell me what your opinion is so i can clear it up for you.

Answer 1

I'm guessing you are emo?
Anyway I already knew this stuff, but thank you for explaining it for the people who didn't and believed all those stupid misconceptions.

Answer 2

Firstly: Emo actually stands for emotional/emotive hardcore.

Second off: How can someone who says they're emo, not be emo, but classified as emo?

Third of all: Most people do want attention. How is emo a way of life? What specific things do the majority of emo kids do, that their peers don't? The people who label you? You labelled emo kids yourself.

Foruth and finally: This sounds like a cry for attention.

Answer 3

If you don't want attention then don't post crap like this, this isn't even a question. Emo means emotional, guess what everyone has emotions and all of them can lead them to do strange things so its dumb to make a subculture based on having emotions. Emo is just a loser version of punk. I'm tired of people calling me emo too, that shits so ******* lame. Labels are for losers, so if you are going to call your self an emo don't complain about people labeling because your doing the same thing.

Answer 4

I am SO sorry... but what the hell do EMO people think they are... "different"? Every human being in the world who has a pulse is "emotional", some more than others but to label your lifestyle choices (sorry, to me you guys just look like a tame version of "goth"!!!) as being emotional is just stupid. So you dress emotionally? You cut your hair in emotional styles?? LOL I think Adam and Andrew said it best with their song

"The Emo Song"

Dear Diary:

Mood: Apathetic.

My life is spiralling downward.
I couldn't get enough money to go to the
Blood Red Romance and Suffocate me dry concert.
It sucks 'cause they play some of my favorite songs
like "Stab My Heart Because I Love You" and
"Rip Apart My Soul" and of course,
"Stabby Rip Stab Stab".
And it doesn't help that I couldn't
get my hair to do that flippy thing.
Like that guy from that band can do.
Some days you know...

'I'm an emo kid, non-conforming as can be
You'd be non-conforming too if
you looked just like me
I have paint on my nails and make-up on my face
I'm almost emo enough to start shaving my legs
'Cause I feel real deep when I'm dressing in drag
I call it freedom of expression,
most just call me a fag
'Cause our dudes look like chicks,
and our chicks look like dykes
'Cause emo is one step below transvestite!

Stop my breathing and slit my throat
I must be emo
I don't jump around when I go to shows
I must be emo

I'm dark, and sensitive with low self-esteem
The way I dress makes every day feel like Halloween
I have no real problems but I like to make believe
I stole my sister's mascara now
I'm grounded for a week.
Sulking and writing poetry are my hobbies
I can't get through a Hawthorne
Heights album without sobbing
Girls keep breaking up with me,
it's never any fun.
They say they already have a pussy,
they don't need another one

Stop my breathing and slit my throat
I must be emo
I don't jump around when I go to shows
I must be emo
Dye in my hair and polish on my toes
I must be emo
I play guitar and write suicide notes
I must be emo

My life is just a black abyss,
you know, it's so dark.
And it's suffocating me.
[ Lyrics provided by www.mp3lyrics.org ]
Grabbing hold of me and tightening its grip,
tighter than a pair of
my little sister's jeans...
which look great on me by the way.

When I get depressed I cut my
wrists in every direction
Hearing songs about getting
dumped give me an erection
I write in a live journal and
wear thick rimmed glasses
I tell my friends I bleed black
and cry during classes
I'm just a bad, cheap, imitation of goth,
You can read me "Catcher in the
Rye", and watch me jack off.
I wear skin tight clothes while hating my life
If I said I like girls, I'd only be half right!

I look like I'm dead and dress like a homo
I must be emo
Screw XBox, and play old school Nintendo
I must be emo
I like to whine and hit my parentals
I must be emo
Me and my friends all look like clones
I must be eemo

My parents just don't get me, you know.
They think I'm gay just because
they saw me kiss a guy.
Well, a couple guys. But I mean, it's the 2000s.
Can't 2 ... or 4 dudes make-out with
each other without being gay?
I mean, chicks dig that kind of thing anyways.
I don't know diary,
sometimes I think you're the only one that gets me,
you're my best friend...

I feel like tacos.

Answer 5

every new subculture endures a period of scorn, ridicule and misunderstanding. Emos are just the latest. Relax, the negativity will pass.

Answer 6

Ok, it's just like every other misunderestood teenage group that has tried to establish their own individual identity by being part of a group. I totally get it now, thanks for the explanation. (slightly saracstic, slightly amused, not totally interested, have fun).