Can anyone tell me what Emo is?

[mskitchmas]

What the heck is Emo? Emo music? Emo lifestyle?

 

[Shimmer]

Just FYI...I make fun of emo kids.

if that wasn't enough...

 

[mskitchmas]

LOL. okay, guess I knew what it was all along.

Thanks!

damn. that's a great link.

 

[theleopardcake]

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Originally Posted by shimmer Just FYI...I make fun of emo kids. if that wasn't enough...

LOLOLOLOLOLOL ME TOO!

 

[ette]

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=emo

 

[Shimmer]

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Originally Posted by theleopardcake LOLOLOLOLOLOL ME TOO!

I see boiz in girls' jeans all the time, and every...single...time...I point, raise my eyebrow, and shake my head. *shakes head*

 

[user6]

Emo

I'll tell you what Emo was when I was in High School....it was all the little wanna be punk.mixed.with.goth kids who liked to cut their hair so it covered their faces, and wear tight jeans, and act like they're all hardcore, but are really more preppy than anything....so pretty much little soft kids trying to be hard!!! Always acting like they had soo many problems, and whatever......in my school they got their little a**es beat down all the time for being stupid!!!!

 

[Willa]

This is great

My mother always ask me and my sister, what is ''emo''?
She never remember...

shimmer always have a good answer for us, thanks to you shimmer!

 

[Shimmer]

You're welcome!

 

[Shimmer]

And I'll add...
It just annoys me to see the 'POETRY' these kids write.
Ok, poetry is about self expression.
I get it.
But how are all bazillionty emo kids feeling the same exact thing at the same time and all that jazz?? o.0

 

[maxcat]

EXACTLY!!!!
Fave book by this guy: http://www.rebelsell.com/blog

Basically how the CounterCulture is nothing but another nefarious marketing tool. Love it.

 

[MxAxC-_ATTACK]

to each his own. I dont see the point of making fun of people. Don't think that people aren't making fun of you, they probably are. No one is perfect. I don't have that so called "emo" look I listen to the music. but I always have , before people started to label it "emo" I get shit for it constantly by my boyfriends "slayer" listening friends. I dont know what people consider emo anymore.. since Ive been out of out of high school for some time now. ..i dunno

 

[asraicat]

i lmao @ the finding emo (nemo) cartoon...
Quote:

Originally Posted by ette http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=emo

 

[moonrevel]

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Originally Posted by ette http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=emo

Hahah, the things on Urban Dictionary always crack me up. From that definition, I nearly peed my pants with laughter at: "The Demise of the Siberian Traintracks of Our Rusty Forgotten Unblemished Love"

 

[Shimmer]

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Originally Posted by MxAxC-_ATTACK to each his own. I dont see the point of making fun of people. Don't think that people aren't making fun of you, they probably are. No one is perfect. I don't have that so called "emo" look I listen to the music. but I always have , before people started to label it "emo" I get shit for it constantly by my boyfriends "slayer" listening friends. I dont know what people consider emo anymore.. since Ive been out of out of high school for some time now. ..i dunno

*shrug*
Never sought anyone out to intentionally hurt...however when I'm surrounded by whining 16 year olds who live in suburbia in a four bedroom house with a pool and have never known hardship in their life except what they've imagined in their own little minds as a result of listening to Dashboard Confessional....yeah. WIDE open.

 

[IslandGirl77]

Thanks for this post, cuz I didn't know what this was either.

 

[MxAxC-_ATTACK]

Im not saying anyone was hurt. Im not an emo girl . I dunno it seems silly to make fun of people for what they do, or wear.

 

[Shimmer]

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Originally Posted by MxAxC-_ATTACK Im not saying anyone was hurt. Im not an emo girl . I dunno it seems silly to make fun of people for what they do, or wear.

It can be.

But's it's just as silly to sit around whining about how horrible life is when one hasn't truly known how bad life can be.

 

[maxcat]

Quote:

Originally Posted by MxAxC-_ATTACK to each his own. I dont see the point of making fun of people. Don't think that people aren't making fun of you, they probably are. No one is perfect. I don't have that so called "emo" look I listen to the music. but I always have , before people started to label it "emo" I get shit for it constantly by my boyfriends "slayer" listening friends. I dont know what people consider emo anymore.. since Ive been out of out of high school for some time now. ..i dunno

Since this was under my post I'm gonna assume this was directed at me, I may be wrong, but you misunderstood.
Not "making fun" of anyone, but I do enjoy digging back at those who point at nastily at others for being "sellouts" when they've bought into something too but can't see it...
Emos, goths, skaters, you name the "alt" group and they've been thoroughly studied and surripitously marketed to.
The Rebel Sell is an exceptional book - how corporations sell images by making people believe it's counterculture... say, by pasting an image of Che Guevara on it.

 

[litlaur]

I don't care much for music that's labeled "emo," but I really hate the term.

"It reminds me of when I first heard the label 'emo,' which was the most ridiculous label ever. How can anything you put your heart and soul into not be emotional?" -Omar Rodriguez

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Originally Posted by shimmer It can be. But's it's just as silly to sit around whining about how horrible life is when one hasn't truly known how bad life can be.

Just because someone grows up in suburbia, with a seemingly normal childhood doesn't mean they haven't faced serious hardships. Granted, there are some whiney kids out there, but some of them are legitimately unhappy.

Making fun of people for being trendy, sure...but don't assume they don't know how bad life can be.