WTF is EMO????

Wtf Is Emo????????

Emo Fashion and Culture

There are two popular forms of dress associated with emo. The first is basically what came out of the 90s "indie emo" scene, and has connections to indie rock (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indie_rock). It includes more vintage and thrift store (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrift_store) clothing, typically for a well-worn look. Some of the clothing leans toward khaki colors. T-shirts are typically of smaller sizes and with random prints, often images from the 1980s.
The other popular style of dress focuses on darker colors. Commonly seen elements include dark colored hair (often dyed either black or an unnatural dark hue), males wearing pants tailored for females, lip (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lip_piercing), eyebrow (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eyebrow_piercing), and labret (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labret) piercings, and dark make-up on males and females (most notably black eyeliner, although red eyeshadow is becoming increasingly popular).
Converse All-Star (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Taylor_All-Stars) style shoes are common amongst both styles of dress, as are Vans (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vans) shoes.
Though the original emo scenes were not exclusionary, the modern "emo" scene has developed into a "gay friendly" scene. Though it's unclear whether it's related to the diminished "macho" elements of emo music or the "gay friendly" nature of the scene, it has become commonplace for detractors to use "emo" in combination with popular gay slurs, such as "emo fag".
While use of the term "emo" to describe the dress and attitudes of some fans of emo music (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emo_%28music%29), it should be noted that use of "emo" as a musical genre and "emo" as a slang term are largely separate. "Emo" as a musical genre long pre-dated the use of "emo" as a slang term, while most modern bands labelled "emo" are done so unwillingly, and largely because they share some of the fashion trends and attitude associated with "emo" as a slang term.
There is also a common stereotype that associates self harm (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self_harm), most notably wrist slashing, with "emo", though there is no evidence of any correlation between the two. The link may stem from the association of negative emotions with the emo subculture.

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

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why do they all look the same if they are trying to be different?

They're not trying to be diff. they just can't fit in anywhere else or cuz it is the trendy thing to do. I think it is more the latter.
Like when I first moved to fl. alot of the younger kids and some of the older ones kept saying they were bi when in fact they never even had any form of sexuall contact with someone of the same gender.
this one chick tried telling me she was bi but I asked her if she ever had sex or kissed another female. the answer was no. I asked how could you be bi she said she thought females were cute. but not cute enough for her to kiss one.

why do they all look the same if they are trying to be different?

or, more simply put; Cuz they're fuckin' tards.

i say this all the time

JUST FREAKING DIE ALREADY YOU SUCIDALLY DEPRESED TARDS GAWD!!

Emo arrises when some high school bitch dumps some guy after dating him for all of two fucking minutes, then he instantly assumes his life is over, and he will never love again. He then goes on to sing songs about why his life sucks, and threatens to kill himself, but hes far to pussy to finish the job.

Emo arrises when some high school bitch dumps some guy after dating him for all of two fucking minutes, then he instantly assumes his life is over, and he will never love again. He then goes on to sing songs about why his life sucks, and threatens to kill himself, but hes far to pussy to finish the job.

hmm over here it's like 95% of emos are girls. Seems like its more emo guys over there

Most of my expierience has proved Emo to be guys. Interesting.

I can't believe there is an EMO forum here. My god.

I think some people have a severe missconception of what EMO is all about. It has nothing to do with poetry, or suicidal thoughts, or music, or being hip and trendy. It's all about tight pants, and tight shirts.
Nothing deeper to investigate. That's about it. If you don't have the balls to become a real loser, like a goth, but you still have enough self respect not to become a grunge rocker - and you like wearing tight pants - you simply fall into that crowd. Hardly spectacular or meaningful in anyway.
So, emo = tight pants.

are emo's wannabe goths?

Emo means emotional. It's just a trend with good lyrics in music and a way of dressing, everyone went through a trend in their lives, let them be.

^fagalicious

Hmmm... I got offered some brownies from an emo once. I took it and ate it =O then she touched my shoulder and said thanks... what the FUCK happend there. Did we have sex or something?

maybe the brownies were special...? made with a big bag of love...

=( i think my head hurts now

i dont miond them but they dont seem to mind me and my buddy chasing them down and kicking their asses

Emo arrises when some high school bitch dumps some guy after dating him for all of two fucking minutes, then he instantly assumes his life is over, and he will never love again. He then goes on to sing songs about why his life sucks, and threatens to kill himself, but hes far to pussy to finish the job.


i honestly see many emos where i live and say to them "if you want to die so bad then do it, but if you are too pussy to do it, ill do it for you", because those who dont want life shouldnt make everyone else here their total bullshit about how much they dont want it.. ill fucking do it for free! no problem on their part...:evillol:

Hmmm... I got offered some brownies from an emo once. I took it and ate it =O then she touched my shoulder and said thanks... what the FUCK happend there. Did we have sex or something?

You ate the brownie?

from what i gather, EMO is like the bastard offspring of a goth and a punk, only without the backbone to actually break something or draw blood.

am i close?
excuse me for being an ignorant brit.

Around where I am, emo, so far, is just a fashion thing. And I see it in more guys than chicks. All the guys now look like metros. I think it has something to do with all the new punk/alternative/indie/rock...whatever you want to classify it as...bands using this new 'fashion' fad. Its stupid I think and in a year or so, when it dies out, people will be like, "Now I'm going to have to buy all new clothes because of that stupid emo shit." But they're all into it right now.

from what i gather, EMO is like the bastard offspring of a goth and a punk, only without the backbone to actually break something or draw blood.

am i close?
excuse me for being an ignorant brit.
I agree with you. For some reason I thought the emo thing was in big in the UK but I guess its everywhere.

around here, emo is slowly dying. i'd be thankful, but its actually just morphing, not dying... into indie. big-ass indie movement... (sigh)

even indie music is getting into the mainstream (which, i think, is an oxymoron), bands like cursive, circa survive, xiu xiu (pronounced shoe shoe), and its not much better than emo.

around here, emo is slowly dying. i'd be thankful, but its actually just morphing, not dying... into indie. big-ass indie movement... (sigh)

even indie music is getting into the mainstream (which, i think, is an oxymoron), bands like cursive, circa survive, xiu xiu (pronounced shoe shoe), and its not much better than emo.

I have never heard of any of those bands...lol I guess I need to get out more. :frown: :frown: :frown: :frown: :frown: :frown: :frown: :frown: :frown:

I have never heard of any of those bands...lol I guess I need to get out more. :frown: :frown: :frown: :frown: :frown: :frown: :frown: :frown: :frown:

no... you're ok.
it's cos you actually get out at all that you don't know them bands, otherwise you'd just be stuck in your room listening to them and sucked into their downward spiral of self loathing...

Emo s really just about the fashion and the music. People that are emo just listen to the music and wear the clothes, that's all. The rest are just fags that think emo is all of the stereotypes you guys have listed and decide to follow those stereotypes to be what they think is emo.