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Reliant121 wrote:do you consider me a human or some lesser being, eh?

So you're a Canadian emo? That's a little hard to wrap my head around. But no, I don't have an issue with that. Earflaps, mascara and all.


And thanks for answering the Hippy question. I should have known the muggers knew what they were doing targeting Ivy League students with Ipods instead of outright hippies and peaceniks.
(Oh that reminds me if you guys visit Philly don't walk around at night with an Ipod. )

Sunny wrote:So you're a Canadian emo? That's a little hard to wrap my head around.

Uh, no, Reliant is British.

Yes I am British...english...and boy do i sound like it.

I've not tried mascara...hmm....and what do you mean by earflaps

Reliant121 wrote:...and what do you mean by earflaps

On the stereotypical Canadian winter caps. Like Dave Thomas and Rick Moranis wore on SCTV's "Great White North" sketch. If you never saw it, it's pretty damn funny.

oh right...I get it now...

and I know alot of Canadian emos from Emo-corner? It isn't all that impossible to believe?

I personally have nothing against Emo culture at all; I imagine there are Emos in Alaska. When I was your age (man, that sounds weird), musical preference seemed to dominate style and culture; I'm unsure whether that's still true. They called people like me "Headbangers" or "Stoners".

Of course, I was also a nerd; I was just one that beat the crap out of bullies, rather than the other way 'round.

There wasn't really a big deal about what you wore over here when I was your age. Like you, Tsu, it was more about what you liked.
As for me, I was a stereotypical nerd, though I was never beaten up. I attribute this survival to
1) Being small and quiet, and thus not that noticed.
2) Being more or less liked by pretty much everyone in my school (really, I can't think of a single person who had anything against me).
3) Strict teachers that watched everything that happened in the Yard like hawks.
4) Pretty much all the bullies needed to copy the homework off me, thus beating me up would be rather counter-productive.

Reliant121 wrote:oh right...I get it now...

and I know alot of Canadian emos from Emo-corner? It isn't all that impossible to believe?

Not impossible to beleive, their quite common in the major cities. And there's a handful kicking around where I am (town of 8000). What's funny and bizarre is when you meet them in the Army.

I guess my brother-in-law would be considered and EMO, but he leans more to the Goth side of EMO. He does have some behavioral issues, but that's neither here nor there. He and I play the guitar and jam together, on occasion. He's a lot better than me, though, and I'm jealous of his 7-string Ibenez acoustic. I'm not for them nor against them, but I do wish people would just leave them alone, and let them do their thing. If you don't like what they're doing, leave, don't go out of your way to throw things at them. What's with these people?!

Let it be known that I officially cyberkiss mwhittington..

I LOVE YOU!!!!!

I'm sure there are emos in Canada to. I'd just think it would be harder to be emo in below zero temperatures with a wind chill on top. Of course once inside the club it's probably the same year round.

I also think it's bizzar having something against emos. As I understand it they're a pretty harmless bunch, whereas having your park taken over by headbangers could be a problem. Maybe emos are more inclined to drug use than the general popular, but I think there are and certainly have been subcultures that used a whole lot more.

I don't get it. Some jerk picking on them because they think they'll get away with it I could see. But mass hate? Baffling.

Truly, the only particular subculture against whom I have anything is skinheads (not baldies, mind,) because a bunch of them once tried to turn me into strange fruit for the horrible offense of being Jewish. I have never met an Emo (or almost any other youth subculture) aside from that who has wanted to impart their views or ways on anyone else, so why bothr someone who doesn't want to bother you?

Exactly. For the record, I'm not a fan of skinheads either, as they would certainly want to give me a thrashing for being Native American. What makes Aryans so damned special anyways?

Mikey wrote: I have never met an Emo (or almost any other youth subculture) aside from that who has wanted to impart their views or ways on anyone else, so why bothr someone who doesn't want to bother you?

I think most subcultures would like to impart their views and ways on someone. Just not violently, and usually not out of the blue (you'd have to go up and start a conversation with them about their cool clothes or something).

But I really really doubt Emos are going around like Jahovas witnesses.

Anybody know why they're disliked? Are they confused with Juggalows or the HXC set or something?

Hmm I'll see if I can google anything up.

Hmm I guess libertarians hate emos Man is that thread ever dripping with bitter bitter irony.

random people seem to hate emos.

Sounds like some people think they're promoting cutting and making it cool. And others think they're now a "majority" subculture.

The cutting thing is one of the few reasons I loose my temper. Emo, as with most subcultures but emo in particular, is poisoned...everyone thinks it's about depression and cutting.

Emo is a music genre you idiots. It started in 1984. I can't remember the exact name if the group but thats when it began.

Nowadays, Emo s always noticed for its gender dress ambiguity. It's often pretty difficult to tell the difference between a guy and a gall....That may be some of the reason they are picked on, for guys often portrayed on the more feminine side of things.