The "Emo" Thing

User45701

actually every few weeks/months at about 8am when a session is dying or people are gone to the shop or asleap whatever, when theres only a few left going when where talking sometimes someone will mention that word "emo" and i just dont understand it at all. ive asked my mates to show me a emo or tell me but still no luck. what exeatly is one i saw something about edward sizorhands but i havent seen it (black tranchcoast with madd hands from the box) anyway

what makes these "emo's" and if you dont like them why go where they go or even ackknowledge there existence, just ignore them and without anyone to talk to or there own unique style of music that curtural trend would collpase and there would be no more "emo"

JC 2K3

Dragan wrote:

I don't know, all those bands would be second wave emocore to me, by way of Embrace and Beefeater etc.

Remember, it all started off as a hardcore spin off.

Yes, but Fugazi dismissed the term "Emo" to describe their music, and they've been credited as one of the key bands in the "genre". For me, that essentially means calling any similar bands emo to be unjustifiable, and what's generally refferred to as emo by the modern media(MCR, Fall Out Boy etc.) is totally different to any of the earlier "emo" bands, so you're left wondering "wtf is emo?" and I've come to realise that it's a totally unnecessary term musicwise.

St Bill

I know what Emo is....it's a place six miles outside of Portlaoise. A nice quaint village by the way

blow69

Emos/Goths are fake attention-seekers.They say they will be like this forever but just turns out to be a phase!And they wonder why we don't beleive them. They're making a mockery of people who have ACTUAL emotional and mental problems."Oh the whole world is against us,We just want to belong so leave us alone"

And who the **** wears black tops and trenchcoats on hot days?!?

Karl Hungus

I think that people who are giving out about Emos really need some perspective. Who gives two ****s if some kids are moany and write poetry and listen to crappy bands?

Cop on to yourselves, there's teenage ****es out there who are mugging people, robbing cars, beating people up for fun, and are the sole reason Dutch Gold exists. I'd take 50 emos over 5 of the knakcer scum this country is infested with.

This thread, is ****ing retarded.

ixoy

Gotta agree with Karl - they're harmless and I'd much prefer them to hang around than the trouble-seeking skangers. In fact, they kind of make me smile in an "Awww, silly little emos - aren't they cute" way, rather than "Crap, better steer clear of them" way. In fact there was one emo (at the Central Bank of course) whom I saw recently and he was just sitting there, with the best "world hates me" scowl I've ever seen. Someone should have just given him a hug! Silly little emo.

Laslo

R_H_C_P wrote:

It would be the other way around dumb****!

Hahaha. What would be the other way around? You mean that emos won't look back and think how ridiculous they were when they were younger? Fair enough. We'll see.

R_H_C_P wrote:

So go back to the gym you homo!

I'm not gay. Judging by the tone of your post though, you must really hate gay people to use 'homo' in such an aggressive and derogatory way. Shame on you. Please don't breed.

J.S. Pill

tech77 wrote:

Isn't emo something that has always been around.
in other words 'just being a stereotypical angst-ridden disaffected teenager listening to angst-ridden music and being disillusioned with the world'. Or can someone tell me what more there is to it.
The above description is not necessarily meant to be a criticism BTW.

I'm just wondering is there any major difference between emo and e.g the grunge or goth movements. These could be described as emotional/disaffected/alienated and poetic as well couldn't they. How is emo distinct from this. Less angry maybe?
Or could emo be a kind of catch-all type description for this stuff.

I think this is the most sensible post so far.

Hands up who used to be a grunger? I had long hair with an undercut, wore check shirts and listened to Nirvana but I don't think I was unusually disaffected/alienated. Eventually I grew up to be an adult who isn't unusually disaffected/alienated but now I prefer Kraftwerk.

Happy ending

Nailz

I'll tell you what would drive the Emos out of Ireland... play Phil Collins on a massive speaker 24/7 and you should see the Emos going 'in the air tonight'. But I'll sleep like a baby .

Philush

They're starting to merge now tho,goths and emo's.gonna make a film about it
Finding gemo: One goths journey of self exploration into the depths of depression.
Gemo: I cut myself to feel alive!

Pack of wasters

Goat Mouth

another thing that pisses me off about emos (i could write a ****ing diatribe novel about the cvnts) they strive to be oukast yet they loved too be noticed
on break from work the other day walkin up grafton street this Emo teen girl comes running up to me, stops me and says "YAY FREE HUGS!"
which led me to scream 'PISS OFF EMO BITCH!' to which it replies.
'Meany... and I'm a guy!!!'

:eek: :mad: I hate them!

J.S. Pill

Goat Mouth wrote:

on break from work the other day walkin up grafton street this Emo teen girl comes running up to me, stops me and says "YAY FREE HUGS!"

Awww, that's so nice! You can never have enough hugs

MooseJam

OK everybody moaning about emo kids grow up, who cares what they wear / do / say, it isn't harming you so just live and let live, emo music is pretty cool too

walrusgumble

can't we all just get along?

if an emo was guy, so? does it effect you?

at leasst there is less competition from him on the girls front. jesus what do most of ye do at a night club pub? stare in the corner going "ah look at the state of that t((ser.? jesus if so maybe you need to change scenery or group of friends

i am really sick of how people look down on others for their choice in clothes and music. okay no harm in taking the p8ss every now and then sure we all have to laugh at ourselves.

i like tracksuit bottoms and the latest trainers like many, but i use to hate been classed as a sham, knacker, skanger etc when i went into college during the day time. whilst it no harm in poking fun but not everyone wants to wear their sunday best going into college. (some of them i would have considered pouncy ,, but there you go me been stereotypical then)

it is really unfair how people get judged by what they were. i know plenty of lads who wear clothes that one may consider skanger, jesus my brother, wears all that eminem stuff. i also mates with a few emo and goths. all of them the salt of the earth. i always find it funny how twits (when they opened their mouths its like ass if they have never spoken to a person before) come up to them and then express how shoced they are to realise what nice people they are etcc.. you would swear they are fantastic themselves.

i know i am ranting, and i know this thread was probably a light hearted piece of fun, but consider our selves lucky that this aint the 1980's when ya had damn all dosh to have the luxury to buy your nike or dye your hair black etc. if everyone was the same it would be a boring place

thefinalstage

Free hugs from a lady boy...hmmmm

Eh, a mouths a mouth..

Reku

thelastangryman wrote:

Free hugs from a lady boy...hmmmm

Eh, a mouths a mouth..

Well at least the ladies would probably love it, they always seem to love lads being more effeminate.

zuutroy

walrusgumble wrote:

i like tracksuit bottoms and the latest trainers like many, but i use to hate been classed as a sham, knacker, skanger etc when i went into college during the day time. whilst it no harm in poking fun but not everyone wants to wear their sunday best going into college. (some of them i would have considered pouncy ,, but there you go me been stereotypical then)

I go to work every day with all these fancy shmancy European scientists, stiff upper lip types. Rare is the day I'm not in an American Football/Baseball/Soccer Jersey/ F1 pit-shirt, a pair of baggy TSBs and runners (I don't own shoes). Comfortable-est clothes going, and I couldnt give a fiddlers if they think I'm a weirdo.

Dragan

zuutroy wrote:

I go to work every day with all these fancy shmancy European scientists, stiff upper lip types. Rare is the day I'm not in an American Football/Baseball/Soccer Jersey/ F1 pit-shirt, a pair of baggy TSBs and runners (I don't own shoes). Comfortable-est clothes going, and I couldnt give a fiddlers if they think I'm a weirdo.

I have the dubious joy of being attached to the marketing department of one of the biggest companies in Ireland. I'm surrounded by folks in all kinds of suit and shirt combo's, pink ties and pink shirts are everywhere and the girls are worse.

I'm sat here in my torn jeans, converse and Philli Eagles top. Comfort is everything, else my brain doesn't work.

nice1franko

i've skids on my pants

Ishmael

Karl Hungus wrote:

.....and are the sole reason Dutch Gold exists.

Heyyyy, less of the dutchy bashing, i am actually quite partial to it myself and it's quite the popular student drink too! Or at least it used to be.


Ah, Emo's are grand, they just look funny is all.

Steve_o

St Bill wrote:

I know what Emo is....it's a place six miles outside of Portlaoise. A nice quaint village by the way

Ha....it sure is!!! Its the emo paradise....

Is it Emo kids who hang out at the central bank or is that goths??

8k2q1gfcz9s5d4

jackpalance wrote:

But I find the fat ones comical!:D

true, why does every fat one, have purple hair?

the_syco wrote:

Emo chicks are ugly. Goth chicks are hot!

white women are ugly. caucausion women are hot!

Maple

its just a phase, most "emo" heads are teenagers or young college students. didn't we all have phases like that when we were younger? Real life will bate all of that emo nonsense out of them.

Spud83

St Bill wrote:

I know what Emo is....it's a place six miles outside of Portlaoise. A nice quaint village by the way

Correct you are. Here is the exact location

So can all the Emo people go there and be all emo-ey, but then you wont be different anymore and will have to make up some other culture, and we will end up in a never ending cycle. Damn

cance

R_H_C_P wrote:

rant...

why dont you cry about it and put it on your myspace.

/emo

Reku

Dragan wrote:

Comfort is everything, else my brain doesn't work.

Just wish most employers would understand this. But then the average female doesn't even understand comfort and function >> fashion, so for a smaller minority of people (management) to realise the importance of comfort.... not likely...

jor el

OK, it's obvious you're not all talking about the children of a large oil company, so what the hell is an emo kid?

Terry

jor el wrote:

OK, it's obvious you're not all talking about the children of a large oil company, so what the hell is an emo kid?

Modern day cure head.
AKA goth lite.

Duggy747

Diet Goth with 68% less masculinity if your a guy, 2000% increase in moping.

And here's from an earlier post of mine for those who don't know what an Emo is. Not a lot of them are neccesarily like this but they're pretty close.

Boy or girl?
http://buzznet-52.vo.llnwd.net/asset...5503014184.jpg

Pfft!!:
http://www.freewebs.com/youdontknowemo/Ryan.jpg

Mmm-hmmm!:
http://lifeinservice.files.wordpress...ian-emo-02.JPG

Good God what a pretentious picture:
http://kymieamuse.files.wordpress.com/2007/05/emo.jpg


http://www.thenemesis.de/img/emo.jpg

A true Emo:
http://taltos.pha.jhu.edu/~tamas/files/images/emu.jpg

Reku

So the band "Simple Plan" Emo or just pop-rock?
What about Greenday?

User45701

R_H_C_P wrote:

Im semi emo. Got a ****ing prob with that?

I think people who take the piss/complain about them are the people with problems in all fairness!

Why should what one person wear/listens to/look like/act annoy you? Its a low as racism and your Obviously not willing to accept change.

btw TS how old are you?

This is not directed at you in any way, its directed at you and everyone like you, emo's as you call yourselves.

would you care to explain to me where this cultural emo thing came from because you people where not around when i was younger, so i feel very sad for you and your kind. Instead of being unique and individuals you just created this emo thing where you are all part of a group sometimes having a conversation with several of you is like talking with a single being, your responses become the same and you all look the same so there is no real reason to involve with yourselves, which makes you and your kind bitch about people having problems with you when the problem is there is simply no point in talking to you. Your kind simply have the illusion if being a individual (i know i am generalising, i am sure there are a few emo who are not like this but in the vast majoirty of cases you will find they have simmilar views on political issues and i dont know much about music and stuff so i cant realy comment on being a emo makes you like the same music, i know a few people who my mates talk about saying theyve gone emo, i still dont know what it means tbh but from what i gather going emo does make you listen to some new music or start going to a new pub ect

JCDUB

Ah Jaysis, I'm only 28 and for half the thread I thought you were all talking about petrol stations!!
Are EMO's not Goths or Cureheads or whatever you want to call them?

Either way it beats the bejaysis out of bein a pikey Mikey, lyin down under the train tracks, sovereign n air max wearin, spliff smokin, madoutofit youngfellit doesn't it?

Jigsaw

Emo = rich kids trying to be edgy and cool.

They will all go to uni and get 2:1 degrees, get a job with a big 4 accountancy practice or the Bank of Ireland, throw out their skinny jeans and studded belts and buy a load of chinos and Pringle sweaters and a sensible estate car. Emo will be long forgotten, replaced by Barbara Streisand or Elton John. Mark my words.

nice1franko

Jigsaw wrote:

They will all go to uni and get 2:1 degrees, get a job with a big 4 accountancy practice or the Bank of Ireland, throw out their skinny jeans and studded belts and buy a load of chinos and Pringle sweaters and a sensible estate car...

****. wish i was an emo.

Slow Motion

User45701 wrote:

This is not directed at you in any way, its directed at you and everyone like you, emo's as you call yourselves.

would you care to explain to me where this cultural emo thing came from because you people where not around when i was younger, so i feel very sad for you and your kind. Instead of being unique and individuals you just created this emo thing where you are all part of a group sometimes having a conversation with several of you is like talking with a single being, your responses become the same and you all look the same so there is no real reason to involve with yourselves, which makes you and your kind bitch about people having problems with you when the problem is there is simply no point in talking to you. Your kind simply have the illusion if being a individual (i know i am generalising, i am sure there are a few emo who are not like this but in the vast majoirty of cases you will find they have simmilar views on political issues and i dont know much about music and stuff so i cant realy comment on being a emo makes you like the same music, i know a few people who my mates talk about saying theyve gone emo, i still dont know what it means tbh but from what i gather going emo does make you listen to some new music or start going to a new pub ect

Dude ! What's with the concious stream of thought typing ? While you may have a couple of points I agree with, a few more full stops, commas and capital letters would make it a helluva lot easier to read.

tallus

This is a laugh.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5Dny-s27Dk

Laslo

Attention seeking idiots that look stupid?

jor el

Duggy747 wrote:

Good God what a pretentious picture:
http://kymieamuse.files.wordpress.com/2007/05/emo.jpg

Ah, gotcha. It's so much clearer now. I had no idea there were varying levels of goth.

Tha Gopher

R_H_C_P wrote:

Im semi emo. Got a ****ing prob with that?

I think people who take the piss/complain about them are the people with problems in all fairness!

Why should what one person wear/listens to/look like/act annoy you? Its a low as racism and your Obviously not willing to accept change.

btw TS how old are you?

ROFL X 20

How many people over 19 do you see dressed as emos/goths? By that age most of them realise that their life is going nowhere, they will never get job with that look and sitting around writing poetry wth ther 14 year old impressionable girlfriend who loves you in a sick, weird type of way is a bit odd.

With a bit of luck you will grow out of it.

You Suck!

Cryptofacists tbh.....

http://www.encyclopediadramatica.com/images/8/83/Emo_hitler.jpg

http://www.encyclopediadramatica.com/images/1/1e/Emokidhitler.jpg

4Xcut

R_H_C_P wrote:

Im semi emo. Got a ****ing prob with that?

I think people who take the piss/complain about them are the people with problems in all fairness!

Why should what one person wear/listens to/look like/act annoy you? Its a low as racism and your Obviously not willing to accept change.

btw TS how old are you?

UUGHHHH!!!!!fight the power

















moron

andrew

In my opinion the whole emo scene (although this could be applied to many 'scenes' i suppose) typifys the way in which young people will throw themselves into a trend because they either think it is 'alternative' or because their peers are into it and they want to fit in. People subscribe the whole emo scene without genuinely liking the music / fashion / world view etc, unwilling to like anything which is not considered 'emo'. I know this happens alot with young people and is to be expected, but what really grinds my gears (and leads me to despise emos) is that emos would say that the whole point of being emo is to be 'an individual' or something along those lines, and get overly confrontational with anyone who critises their style/taste, perciving it as yet another attack on their individuality. If you genuinely like that kind of fashion and music and world view then fine, fair play to you, but display the kind of closed mindedness common amongst emos (and, let me stress, other groups also, its not like i only despise emos) then don't complain when people start poking fun at you.

flynnser19

Piste wrote:

I think you have no idea what you're talking about.

Why do you think that Emos "think the world owes them something" do you have any proof of this?

The vast majority of "emos" are normal, happy people who don't "go around in pity for themselves"

Do you really think that emo kids "dress like Edward Scissor Hands" to provoke a reaction? That's silly, they dress for the reasons most other people dress the way they do; because they like that style.

How can you speculate that they're trying to be "individual"? Sounds like you're just spouting the same old anti-emo tripe that's so fashionable these days.

"For the most part their problems are trivial but they act as if they've seen things that would make grown men cry."

How many emos do you *actually* know? as I said, the most of them are happy, well adjusted people with plenty of friends. If they had "real" problems in their life they'd probably grow up to be knackers.

Try actually talking to someone you think is emo, if you ask about their style they'll reply "because I think it looks nice" fair play to them for having style at least.

hpw can an emo be happy???emo means emotional doesnt it???lol

4Xcut

Perhaps this will settle the confusion on what emos are:)


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emo_%28slang%29

Sangre

I'm so emo I shít bats.

Nailz

I'm not being offencive or anything... but Emos are there to be laughed at, not noticed as they'd like us to see them... Take them as someone to be enjoyed and that'll annoy them and then they'll cry and afterwards put it on their myspace. It'll be a laugh, watch them suffer!

Nailz

Nailz wrote:

It'll be a laugh, watch them suffer!

I'm pretty sure thats the reason they whinge all the time on myspace. Better off ignoring them. When they finally realise that no one really cares about how miserable they are they will grow out of that emo scene crap and become useful members of society:D

Creamy Goodness

flynnser19 wrote:

hpw can an emo be happy???emo means emotional doesnt it???lol

and happy isn't a emotion?

i hope you were joking and my joke detector is broken.

challengemaster

flynnser19 wrote:

how can an emo be happy???emo means emotional doesnt it???lol

oh alright.. so, tell me.. what's happyness then?



its an emotion... DUH! :rolleyes:

Nailz

Well we could do it that way... or we can find a weakness *menising*. And if they find a way to avoid that, well there's only one option then, if they annoy the shít out of you... you KICK shít out them...