They make you feel pretty!
gothic subculture 101
#32
Posted 14 December 2007 - 01:46 AM
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They make you feel pretty!
Yeah but only when I wear them on my head.
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#33
Posted 16 December 2007 - 12:53 AM
clearly we should try to make panties-on-head day catch on.
I know a couple of people who get called 'goths' on occasion but don't actually consider themselves goths. they enjoy dressing creatively and having colorful hair (which I can certainly relate to) and they have a delightfully morbid sense of humor. as for the question of "why can't everyone just be normal?", well, some people just aren't interested in that sort of thing. unless you're talking about high school subcultures, most of the time people aren't actively trying to oppose mainstream culture, they're just more drawn towards certain styles of dress, music, hair, etc. because it fits more with their sensibility and simply because it's what they like.
as for high school subcultures, I think a lot of that comes out of disgust with middle-school mainstream-ism that you discover when you realize that it just doesn't work for you, the realization that that simply isn't what you're like, the desire to break away from it completely in order to find something new, and the relief in finding others for whom the same holds true. the fact that cutting sometimes comes into it is unfortunate, however I don't think that is something that directly comes out of having subcultures.
I know a couple of people who get called 'goths' on occasion but don't actually consider themselves goths. they enjoy dressing creatively and having colorful hair (which I can certainly relate to) and they have a delightfully morbid sense of humor. as for the question of "why can't everyone just be normal?", well, some people just aren't interested in that sort of thing. unless you're talking about high school subcultures, most of the time people aren't actively trying to oppose mainstream culture, they're just more drawn towards certain styles of dress, music, hair, etc. because it fits more with their sensibility and simply because it's what they like.
as for high school subcultures, I think a lot of that comes out of disgust with middle-school mainstream-ism that you discover when you realize that it just doesn't work for you, the realization that that simply isn't what you're like, the desire to break away from it completely in order to find something new, and the relief in finding others for whom the same holds true. the fact that cutting sometimes comes into it is unfortunate, however I don't think that is something that directly comes out of having subcultures.
This post has been edited by Emu: 16 December 2007 - 12:55 AM
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Remember Emu's face, people; one day it's going to be on the news alongside a headline about blowing some landmark to smithereens, and then we can all sigh and say, "She was such a normal person".....
....We'd be lying though.
-Laughlyn
If my doctor tells me to exercise, I am going to force him to do my homework.
-Mirithorn
- Do Not Use the Elevators - deviantART - Infinite Monkeys -