It Lives!!!!

[Toastburner B]

On a lighter note:

this makes me wish I was rich enough to go to England just to see a play.

[Gorefiend]

I've seen this before. I think others have done it, some more and some less seriously. I think there's one group trying to sue God for crimes against humanity, for ordering the genocides of the Midionites and Canaanites. Could just be me making that up from the vagueness of my memories of these suits, but I'm pretty sure it's happened before.

[Wyndon]

Originally Posted by The Argent Lord

Wait, wait... emo is a CULT now? Fail.

Er....what's so crazy about it? Look, try a little perspective.

The parents and their kid are perfectly happy for years. Within a few months, she undergoes a drastic change in personality and becomes depressed, and then the mother walks in on her daughter dangling from a rope in the ceiling.

Like seriously, the mother's going to want to find a reason. And the reason would be her daughter's latest obsession with death, initiated by the "emo" lifestyle.

I totally agree. I may not think emo is necessarily bad as a thought process or lifestyle, but it definitely makes kids a lot darker than they need to be.

Plus, it's a very cynical, annoying, depressed way of looking at life. I include annoying, because lord knows, emo people can be really fucking annoying to put up with sometimes.

I don't really have anything against emo people though. I just don't really think their lifestyle or train of thought is the way to go, since it only leads to unhapiness, not happiness. ( I used unhappiness, cuz it's not really sad. Just unhappy.)

:>

Also: I wish I could afford that trip to england too :<

[Mondt]

Originally Posted by Wyndon

Er....what's so crazy about it? Look, try a little perspective.

The parents and their kid are perfectly happy for years. Within a few months, she undergoes a drastic change in personality and becomes depressed, and then the mother walks in on her daughter dangling from a rope in the ceiling.

Like seriously, the mother's going to want to find a reason. And the reason would be her daughter's latest obsession with death, initiated by the "emo" lifestyle.

I totally agree. I may not think emo is necessarily bad as a thought process or lifestyle, but it definitely makes kids a lot darker than they need to be.

Plus, it's a very cynical, annoying, depressed way of looking at life. I include annoying, because lord knows, emo people can be really fucking annoying to put up with sometimes.

I don't really have anything against emo people though. I just don't really think their lifestyle or train of thought is the way to go, since it only leads to unhapiness, not happiness. ( I used unhappiness, cuz it's not really sad. Just unhappy.)

:>

Also: I wish I could afford that trip to england too :<

But it's not a religious cult, so therefore does not have a second life (The Black Parade [MORE THAN AN ALBUM?!?!?!?!?]), and those kids are fucking stupid.

"I cut myself as an initiation"

Man, she totally gets the Darwin award for today.

[Wyndon]

It may not have been started or meant as a cult, nor may it necessary be a cult today. I don't think it is. But you can't deny that more and more kids are getting behind a movement, that frankly supports self-torture and unhappyness as a way of life. "Cult" may not be the right word to describe it, but it's definitely forming into something.

Mondt's so emo!

[akaSM]

Why can't the stuff they teach us at school be like that? I wou'ld've enjoyed history classes a lot more .

[Hatake Kakashi]

Originally Posted by Wyndon

WHAT THE HELL!!! WHY ARE JAPANESE POP SHOWS SO WEIRD!!!!!!!!!!!!

Because they're not afraid to do things that Americans would totally sue over. Which equals funny.

I mean seriously, things like this would make people over here all butthurt.

I mean, admit it... you'd TOTALLY sue over this... it'd be awesome to use in our prisons, though.

The Chinese are guilty of it too.

[bluestarultor]

Originally Posted by Wyndon

It may not have been started or meant as a cult, nor may it necessary be a cult today. I don't think it is. But you can't deny that more and more kids are getting behind a movement, that frankly supports self-torture and unhappyness as a way of life. "Cult" may not be the right word to describe it, but it's definitely forming into something.

Mondt's so emo!

Another thing is that a cult needs some sort of central leadership, which emo just don't have. Also, it doesn't have a creed to speak of, or an agenda, or frankly any real earmarks of any institution at all. It's a movement. There's a difference. What you have is a bunch of people subscribing to an image or fashion, maybe some music. It's on a totally individual basis.

That said, you can easily take it apart into otherwise normal components. People can wear black, be stereotypical teenagers with angst, or listen to edgy music without actually being emo. Heck, I don't mind half their music and I'm pretty much the antithesis of emo. You just get a cocktail of traits that contribute to an unhealthy lifestyle.

[Mondt]

Originally Posted by bluestarultor

That said, you can easily take it apart into otherwise normal components. People can wear black, be stereotypical teenagers with angst, or listen to edgy music without actually being emo. Heck, I don't mind half their music and I'm pretty much the antithesis of emo. You just get a cocktail of traits that contribute to an unhealthy lifestyle.

On the same note, I know people who (have) cut themselves that aren't emo, or even venture into the preppy clique.

So yeah.

[Regulus Tera]

...The fuck is that supposed to be?