Lol! Emo!

[Markpyro]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMvMzQ4Vu-8

I am happy the world likes to make fun of them. I am pleased :P

[kongurous]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMvMzQ4Vu-8

I am happy the world likes to make fun of them. I am pleased :P

That video made me bleed crimson tears out of my eyes and ears.

[TinyDancer]

I saw that a couple of weeks ago, there are 2 more too. I showed them to my friends at school, and my aunt saw it, and now she uses it to help kids when she tutors them. It helps them understand dramatic writing, lol.

[Stonehand]

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... . . . .*pfffffttt*BWHEHAHEHAHEHAHEHAHEHAHEHAHEHAHEAHEHAh ehesiheknk;.

ehehehehe... wow... even if it was acting, I still laugh at it. Man, that just cracked me up....

[Modred]

I personally prefer AskANinja to HopeIsEmo...but I guess the latter is alright.

[kongurous]

My eyes water whenever I watch these. They water in the bad way, like stepping into a cloud of smoke kind of watering.

[own3d0406]

...:o :o :o :D hehe, emos theyre fucked up. :mad: :mad: :mad: Sorry, I just wanna punch that girl in the face. NOBODY GIVES A RATS ASS ABOUT DUST

[Nahotnoj]

Wow... thats just disturbing. Emos are pretty sad, but I don't really laugh at them that much. I kind of feel sorry for them. It would really suck to be like that :\

[Markpyro]

I would assume that many are just attention whores and people who want to be "unique". I believe that very few are that in touch with their emotions and the emotions of things around them, thus I pity them, but I do not feel sorry for them.

[TinyDancer]

While the video is really funny, I'd like to point out that she seems more "goth" than "emo," she's just a whiny goth. Most "emo kids" aren't really like that, and they're often confused with "scenesters," which are those wannabes everyone thinks of now when they think of emo kids. :D

[Skullflower]

Everyone thinks that anyone who wears tight pants is emo.

[Beef]

I knew I saw that girl from Mad TV.

http://www.hopeisemo.com/faq

[CrazyTom]

What amuses me is how these people try so hard to be different with their piercings and their black clothes and their lovely fringes.... and they end up looking like everyone else who's trying too hard.

People that are genuinely different are just that - they don't dress or behave like anyone else you know. /mildly discombobulate social commentry

But yeah, more on topic, she's more of a goth girl by the standards of my 3000+ population college and, indeed, the fair (fair? who am I trying to kid?) city of manchester.

By the way, look for the one called 'like' by I.A.N the Cat.... :D

[Markpyro]

I cant find any respect for the whole "goth/emo" culture. They say the want to be "different", but instead go for a steryotypical goth look which is far from "unique". If you want to be different, be different. You dont have to put on makeup and look like a vampire to be a "free thinker", as they so call themselves. And, the whole "society doesnt understand me and I am rejected" is just a selfish, whiny excuse that severly annoys me.

Luckily, most people grow out of the look and become mature enough to realize this, so our eyes no longer burn when we see them :P.

And, a last funny incident; The first result from google when searching for "define goth"
a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement

[Basan]

I know that it was an exaggerated acting but... never got to see the movie finishing (only wondered why). *Sheesh (stereotypes fts)* :P All the goths that have known/do know aren't like that. Some may be sensible under that rough skin but, wtf, nothing which might even come closer to that.

[CrazyTom]

What really rubs my biscuit the wrong way is how it's suddenly become trendy for people of that type to be bisexual - like saying, 'look how many problems I have, I can't choose between boys and girls'. Don't get me wrong, I've got nothing against bisexuals... but what annoys me is people who snog people of the same gender to just to get attention from the opposite gender. And drunk people. But that's another story.

[EvilEggCracker]

Errr, she was taking the piss. It was a joke.

Oh and HAWT.

[DragonPaladin]

I don't like emos that much, because they represent a general opposite to my innate self, but I see nothing wrong with them, as long as they're not whining or complaining every second. The whole "dress in black" is kind of weird though.

OOC: I poke emos a lot.

[TinyDancer]

What really rubs my biscuit the wrong way is how it's suddenly become trendy for people of that type to be bisexual - like saying, 'look how many problems I have, I can't choose between boys and girls'. Don't get me wrong, I've got nothing against bisexuals... but what annoys me is people who snog people of the same gender to just to get attention from the opposite gender. And drunk people. But that's another story.
That pisses me off too, it discredits the real ones. :mad:

Not all "emo kids" wear black all the time and tight pants, like I said before, people are confusing "emo" with "goth" and "scenester." Emo was a genre of music before it was anything, and a lot of kids are "emo" and they just don't look it, but you'd never know. They just seem like normal kids, because they're too poor to afford the trendy clothes. *shrug*

[MatGeo]

Welll certain people have diffrent opinions and diffrent visions of existance... but gathering chalk dust in a pot.....that's just....

Well.... anyways I don't like emos....

[TinyDancer]

Keep in mind, www.hopeisemo.com is an exaggerated comedy sketch. Not reality. And chances are, you just don't like the stereotype "emos."

[Leosam096]

i remember seeing these episodes in www.askaninja.com
hilarious.

[ScottieIWU]

I think TD covered this pretty well, but wearing black does not equal emo. She really is basically a goth who is complaining about love instead of writing about death, and even then that stereotype of the goth is just that.

And being emo isn't about being different, it's not even really anything more than a trend that kind of stems from the music of the same name. I know people who "dress emo" but aren't in any way fans of most emo music, they listen to pop-punk like FOB.

Also, have any of you ever met an emo kid who is like that? Have any of you ever been in love and lost it? Because I guarantee you that if you fall in love and lose it, it's gonna bear down on you for a while, too. I'm what most would consider pretty emo and I don't sit around 100% of the time dwelling on my feelings and girls and stuff, but there are times when I get a little down and feeling sorry for myself helps; it doesn't make the stereotype true, because I'm sure you all do it.

[Markpyro]

Have any of you ever been in love and lost it? Because I guarantee you that if you fall in love and lose it, it's gonna bear down on you for a while, too. I'm what most would consider pretty emo and I don't sit around 100% of the time dwelling on my feelings and girls and stuff, but there are times when I get a little down and feeling sorry for myself helps; it doesn't make the stereotype true, because I'm sure you all do it.

Why do you have to be 'emo' to have feelings? Since when do we have to differentiate ourselves from the rest of the population just to show that we express emotion? Then again, why do 'emo's have to always act so depressed, as if everyone and everything in the world were sad and that nothing was right? Depression is as much as an emotion as joy or anger, and has as much place to be expressed as the other two. There's a time to be depressed, after a time or event of sadness, but after a year, cmon get over it. Life goes on :rolleyes:.

[ScottieIWU]

Why do you have to be 'emo' to have feelings? Since when do we have to differentiate ourselves from the rest of the population just to show that we express emotion? Then again, why do 'emo's have to always act so depressed, as if everyone and everything in the world were sad and that nothing was right? Depression is as much as an emotion as joy or anger, and has as much place to be expressed as the other two. There's a time to be depressed, after a time or event of sadness, but after a year, cmon get over it. Life goes on :rolleyes:.Nothing about emo says that they're the only ones that shoe emotion, I'm just saying that ragging on them for it is stupid for precisely the reason you say.

"Being emo" is not (again, I'll repeat this) about being sorry for oneself, its a fashion style that stems from a popular type of music.

[CrazyTom]

People do realise that the video in question is a spoof, right? Hence the theme song, 'Hope is Emo' and generally how funny it is. Real emokids aren't like that, duh! Or they are, but to a much lesser extreme.

[ScottieIWU]

People do realise that the video in question is a spoof, right? Hence the theme song, 'Hope is Emo' and generally how funny it is. Real emokids aren't like that, duh! Or they are, but to a much lesser extreme.If you read the replies, it seems like people don't actually realize that it is an exaggerated charicature of what (some) emo kids are actually like.

[Skullflower]

Actual Emo Bands= Sunny Day Real Estate, Jets To Brazil, Texas Is The Reason, Brand New, Weezer's cd Pinkerton, Mineral, The Promise Ring, Jimmy Eat World. Those are emo bands. FOB and anything close to FOB is not emo, its gay. Theres a difference.

[CrazyTom]

Umm, you got the wrong end of the stick there, Skullflower, Scottie said that FOB are not emo music.

And you missed out Funeral For a Friend, My Chemical Romance and Dashboard Confessional. No discussion of so-called 'Emo' culture is complete without them.

Jimmy Eat World aren't emo, they're pop punk. A small but important difference.

[Skullflower]

I said that FOB is not emo. But how many of you have ever heard of Mineral or The Promise Ring? Ok? How many of you have a Sunny Day Real Estate cd? How about Texas Is The Reason? How many of you have a Mineral or a Promise Ring cd?

[CrazyTom]

I've heard Mineral songs, they wouldn't be called an Emo band over in England. The general classification of emo music over here is whiney / occassionaly shouty pop-punk.

[PrestonBurke]

What excatly is "Emo"

I know were not talking about Emo as in the cousin species of Ostriches.

I know little about Emos. Can somebody explain there beliefs and actions to me? And what about Emo music?

[TinyDancer]

What excatly is "Emo"

I know were not talking about Emo as in the cousin species of Ostriches.

I know little about Emos. Can somebody explain there beliefs and actions to me? And what about Emo music?

I think you're thinking of Emu.

Behold, information. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emo_%28slang%29)

[KexMex]

Hahaha!

Emo is fun. I have an emo friend. She's just like an emo stereotype, but she always says she's not. :)

[Kingscrab]

What excatly is "Emo"

I know were not talking about Emo as in the cousin species of Ostriches.

I know little about Emos. Can somebody explain there beliefs and actions to me? And what about Emo music? Back in "the day" we just called it "alternative" or "undergound". (anyone remember 120 minutes?) Just think of "The Cure" meets a whiney bitch teenager.

Does anyone have a time machine so I can go back in history and destroy any and all record of Morrisey please?

[Holocaust]

Her voice gives me a headache and her message sounds delusional :|

[Skullflower]

The Cure meets a whiny bitch teenager? That is The Cure. But The Cure is awesome. Check out Wish, it's all happy and not as dark as some of their music. Emo has been around forever, it's just kids that put this music into sub-genres. Back in the day there was metal, hardcore, punk, and pop. Now there's post hardcore, spazzcore, black metal, technical black metal (what the hell's the difference?), screamo, emo, emocore... it goes on and on.

[Basan]

This is still around? *Glares eyes :o and then shrugs shoulders*

Anyway, Cure is alright but it gets kinda repetitive after hearing a couple of their musics. Even though, I still adore some of their tunes (not all of them). :)

[IrishDutchman]

*ahem*

HAHAHAHAHAH!!!!

No emo's over in Holland. :) I feel sorry for you guys.
BTW, no hot topic shops either!

[Jedi_Templar]

Emo kids need to be dropped into Ethiopia or Bangledesh or some other third world shit hole to show them what people with real problems are like.

Emo- "I'm dead inside and I like to cut myself"
Woman in sub-Saharan Africa- "I was raped by an AIDS infected man and then became pregnant. My child also developed AIDS and died at the age of one and a half from dysentary. I'm emaciated and I could be killed by warlords at any minute"

See, the former is caused by sheer boredom. The latter is a really bad fucking situation.

[IrishDutchman]

Emo- "I'm dead inside and I like to cut myself"
Woman in sub-Saharan Africa- "I was raped by an AIDS infected man and then became pregnant. My child also developed AIDS and died at the age of one and a half from dysentary. I'm emaciated and I could be killed by warlords at any minute"

Nice one! That's going in my siggy.

[Jedi_Templar]

Nice one! That's going in my siggy.

You need to add the "Now those are some serious fucking problems" to the end of that quote for it to be funny.

[Skullflower]

People mistake hesh kids for emo kids. Hesh is just skater's wearing tight pants (me) and emo is well, who knows? Hesh started in the 90's with skater's like Andrew Reynolds, Jim Greco, and Ali Boulala. And whats scene? Can someone define that for me? Everyone always says stuff like "oh, she's scene." I dont get it, honestly.

[DragonPaladin]

I like to shine light in Emo kids faces and watch them recoil.

[TinyDancer]

People mistake hesh kids for emo kids. Hesh is just skater's wearing tight pants (me) and emo is well, who knows? Hesh started in the 90's with skater's like Andrew Reynolds, Jim Greco, and Ali Boulala. And whats scene? Can someone define that for me? Everyone always says stuff like "oh, she's scene." I dont get it, honestly.

"Scene" is like..."emo style" without the music usually. For girls, it means striped shirts, skinny jeans that only look good on really skinny girls (making impossible for your average girl to be really "scene"), cute flat shoes that only look good if you have tiny feet, chunky retro jewelry, trendy and badly dyed hair, and either messenger bags or tiny purses.

For guys, it's more or less the same thing, with less jewelry, and the occasional addition of hats. "Scene" often goes hand in hand with "Myspace angles," a fake obsession with Pokémon and/or dinosaurs and/or TMNT, and abuse of photoshop.

I hope that explains it well enough.

[Skullflower]

Thanks TD. I just needed clarification on what made someone "scene". All the girls at my school are "scene" now. I think it's funny really. Only a few were last year and this year, bam! All the girls look the same.

[TinyDancer]

Yeah, that's how it works. Pretty sad really..

[Skullflower]

The only way to tell them apart is slight differences in hair and shoes. But honestly, they all look alike.

[own3d0406]

What makes emo kids hate themselves? Is it because of sheer boredom like JT said? I think cutting your wrists because of bordom is a bit extreme. Or is it because of sheer stupidity? More when unsolved mysteries comes back.

[TinyDancer]

It depends, for the fashon-obsessed emo kids, they don't generally cut, and if they do, it's often an overreaction to something. Fashonista Emos are attention whores, who like to pretend that they're ignored.

Some kids have actual problems with it though, and it's nothing funny. People cut for a multitute of reasions. I've known people who cut themselves because the physical pain was a distraction from mental anguish, people who cut because they felt a sort of high when they did it, and people who tried to commit suicide by cutting.

I've never really considered doing it myself, I'm a wimp, and I'm usually pretty practical, so I'm mentally stable enough to know that it won't help.

[Skullflower]

Suicide is the pussy way out of your problems. Most people do it because they have issues regarding how they feel to their self esteem. People have different reasons. I have never considered it. For one, it would hurt like a bitch and also, I know that it wont help me face my problems, it will just cause more.

Fashion Your Seatbelts

[own3d0406]

Emos take one thing wrong in there lives, like having to brush their teeth, and exagerate it.
"Uhhh, I have to brush my teeth, everyone look at me, I wear black and constantly bitch about little insignificant problems in hope of getting attention.

[Skullflower]

Bands have been writing love songs forever.

[CrazyTom]

Self-harm is a problem that affects more people that you might think, because how do you know they do it? I'd imagine that most of the ones that tell people they've hurt themselves or otherwise make it known are attention-seekers. Then again, one of my friends tried to hurt himself in public simply because he was really, really messed up.

Emo doesn't mean you self harm, and self-harm doesn't nessecarily make you an emo.

Having read all these replies, I can't honestly say that there is a specific definited for 'emo'. But at the same time, I have many friends who I can definitively say are 'emo'. It's easier to do it with scally and chav, to be honest. Because that's at the other end of the spectrum, while emo people occasionally do verge into alternative or skater and vice-versa.

But the best one of all is Bohemian. Be a Bohemian, it's easy. All you have to do is wear a cool hat, have artistic, musical or literary talents (I have the latter two) and not give a toss what anyone else thinks of your style. But then you shouldn't be doing that anyway. (giving a toss, that is).

Edit: just read that wiki... I loved this line:
'teenagers experiencing life... for the first time'. As if they've been dead for twelve-odd years. :D