OK, I'll 'fess up. In highschool, I was one of these "goths". Granted, I wasn't into fantastical crap (I've always hated fairies, werewolves, and all that stupid Dungeons and Dragons crap that so many of these people seem to be into), and I didn't wear fangs or a cape or anything, but I did have the Robert Smith hair and black lipstick and stuff. The majority of so-called goth stuff I listened to in my spookier days I still listen to now, i.e. Joy Division, the Cure, Bauhaus, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Cabaret Voltaire, Bowie, Skinny Puppy, TG, Chrome, Alien Sex Fiend, early Sisters of Mercy, the first Christian Death album, etc, etc, etc. I figured out pretty fast that all that newer "goth" stuff that was coming out on Cleopatra and Projekt was utter garbage, though I think I had some Black Tape for a Blue Girl, one Rosetta Stone album, and maybe one Switchblade Symphony album for curiosity's sake. I found that stuff tiresome, and sold it pretty quickly.
geiginni wrote:Goth culture allows unattractive, unsexy people to be attractive and sexy (to one another, at least).
I never thought I was attractive to anyone, but always thought it was entertaining. Some of the rednecks at my school were genuinely threatened by it, which was funny.
geiginni wrote:It enhances the sexual appeal by adding elements of danger through vampirism, SMBD, occult stuff.
I've always thought all this stuff was trite. I just liked a lot of "goth" music. I was young and stupid enough to wear the uniform to a degree, but quickly realized how silly it was, and how much I utterly despised everyone else who considered themselves "goth" or whatever.
Anyhow, the vote goes to "I like to laugh at others". They'll hopefully learn from their mistakes before they finish highschool. I'm glad I did.
Oh, most goth girls are really attractive to me, though. I don't know why. I can hear everyone here losing any respect they might have had for me. Busy clippers, ooooohh...