The 'emo' sterotype and discription is ridiculous

Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
It's not a matter of me knowing what you mean, you now know how to spell it. Is adding an apostrophe and an extra letter really so hard? I am making the effort to read your post, the least you could do is be literate.

I know that theres an apostrophe and an extra letter, i've never said there wasn't. I've actually told you the reason i miss it, its because i'm not fantastic with grammar (surprise surprise). I told you that a few posts back. I'm not missing it because i'm lazy or because i'm illiterate, i do it because i dont go "oh wait its you're not your."
And as for "atleast be literate," piss off. I've never filled the forum with "OGM!!!!1!111!! datz awsum" posts that you can't read or brought text short hand into it like so many do and you tell me to be literate because i get your an you're mixed up. Find a hobby mate.

Originally posted by PVS
wow, you are in rare form....ok fine. only i said "remember", and did not say "you're too young to know this", of which such a reply would most likely be warranted.
i dont REMEMBER led zepplin because i was to young when they were still together. however i am KNOWLEDGABLE of them.

So am I, I'm not attempting to attack you or something.

Originally posted by PVS
seriously, chill out. theres a difference between knowing history and watching it unfold. where you see it now as a "matter of fact" thing, i scratched my head for almost a decade at how an entire genre was quickly brushed away and disacknowledged by the mainstream, and even demonised by the government and media....and not "demonise" in a "ROCK ON" awesome kind of way either.

For someone so against the "Chill out" tactic, you use it a lot.

Anyway, I agree. There's a difference between knowing it and watching it unfold. Just like there's a difference between someone like me, who thinks The Beatles were a really good band, and someone who was there being swept up in the hype of all time, and still believes they're the best thing ever.

I agree with you, so I'm not sure why you're arguing with me. I think it's despicable the way metal was overlooked. Fortunately I now have the history to realise what was and wasn't metal. It must have been shit, I imagine. I feel frustrated when people class Fall Out Boy as a punk band or an emo band, or Evanescence as metal.

Originally posted by PVS
no, but you're being a knee-jerk reactionary who's only reading the best words to fight against as opposed to just what i typed. what i find odd is that you then go on to agree with the point of what i was saying...so i guess im done here

I'm not trying to pick a fight with you, I'm aware we agree. If you wasn't picking my age out as a negative, then I read too much into it, that's my bad.

Originally posted by tabby999
I know that theres an apostrophe and an extra letter, i've never said there wasn't. I've actually told you the reason i miss it, its because i'm not fantastic with grammar (surprise surprise). I told you that a few posts back. I'm not missing it because i'm lazy or because i'm illiterate, i do it because i dont go "oh wait its you're not your."
And as for "atleast be literate," piss off. I've never filled the forum with "OGM!!!!1!111!! datz awsum" posts that you can't read or brought text short hand into it like so many do and you tell me to be literate because i get your an you're mixed up. Find a hobby mate.

You don't need to be fantastic with grammar to know how to use "Your/You're" correctly, and especially now you've been told, there's really no excuse.

Either way, I made a simple request and you've chose to dodge all relevent posts in favour of defending it.

-AC

no i'm just saying if a teacher told me to do it when i was at school and corrected it and it was something i never picked up, what do you think your chances are?

Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
It's not a matter of me knowing what you mean, you now know how to spell it. Is adding an apostrophe and an extra letter really so hard? I am making the effort to read your post, the least you could do is be literate.

I'm not missing anything, Tabby. You're (there we go) the one who chose to dodge things in favour of defending your (see?) grammatical flaws. So it becomes clear to me that you either don't want to be on topic or you're generally too ignorant.

I'm not calling you stupid because you disagree, I called you stupid because when you look at the evidence, it's clear that you're wrong. If it's not clear that you're wrong, then you're being ignorant.

Agreed entirely, but that doesn't mean we have to accept it.

Especially being a long-term music fan yourself, I'd assume you know better than to just agree with what majority says, and I believe you do. I'm not saying that I'm trying to change what the mainstream thinks, they can and will think what they want, but that doesn't mean they're right.

I knew the age thing would somehow come up.

Why does my age mean I have the inability to know about it? I wasn't there, so? I wasn't there for The Beatles either, or Zeppelin. Doesn't mean I haven't got knowledge about them or the era they were dominent in. If anything, not being there makes an opinion more objective. You'll hardly find a fan of The Beatles who was swept up in the hype of being there that will say "They're overrated.".

I spend most of my time researching these things and I know very well what I'm talking about, when things happened and how. I'm not saying I was at the front row watching Led Zep at MSG, I'm saying I know enough to talk about it.

I know that for most of that era Bon Jovi, Poison and Motley Crue were being passed off as metal, while Anthrax and others were overlooked. I'm not an idiot. That's why Geffen were so reluctant about signing Guns 'N' Roses, because "hair metal" was "in". It annoys me too when people act like Coldplay are some thinking-man's rock band, purely because they know no better, but I'm a firm believer in the whole idea of if you're being spoonfed meals, don't complain that the food is bad.

Well, yes. I'm not debating what it will unfortunately be remembered as, I'm aware of that.

I'm aware people will call punk a fashion before they call it what it's meant to be called, a music genre. I'm aware "emo" will be remembered as floppy fringes, tight striped shirts and cutting rather than Ian Mackaye's bands and those great bands that came with them. I'm not debating that this is how things WILL play out, I'm just saying the following:

A) That's not how it actually is, if you bother to look it up.

and B) Something being labelled "emo" or "punk" doesn't make it so, and I know you agree. It's not evolution just because some numbskull decides to call it that.

So yes, I've never debated that history will show these things inaccurately due to the vast majority viewing them incorrectly, they will. I'm just saying they shouldn't, and that instead of accepting emo as a "fashion" and a depressed condition (which is stupid anyway), at least do a little research.

*You're. I.e: You are. It takes seconds to type.

I agree with him, for the most part. We're both equally disgusted, he's just more accepting of the fact that history will portray that which is true in a false light, so it would seem.

You're wrong, and I've proven you wrong. You're also vastly ignorant and you're being very stupid. I won't afford you any respect if you're going to ignore the evidence supplied to you.

-AC

Tabby got

well, as far as emo.................fine, what do i call these black hair flipped to the side pussies who have no reason at all to be depressed, yet whine like little bitches when they're not busy doin themselves up and posing for myspace at extreme angles and closeups? what should i call them, because "black hair flipped to the side pussies who have no reason at all to be depressed, yet whine like little bitches when their not busy doin themselves up and posing for myspace at extreme angles and closeups" is a just a bit too longwinded.

Originally posted by ZOMG_Srsly

Tabby got

you're not helping anyone with stupid gifs. in fact you're dumbing down the whole thread. please leave

Originally posted by tabby999
no i'm just saying if a teacher told me to do it when i was at school and corrected it and it was something i never picked up, what do you think your chances are?

You are just embaressing yourself neow, faggy999

Originally posted by PVS
well, as far as emo.................fine, what do i call these black hair flipped to the side pussies who have no reason at all to be depressed, yet whine like little bitches when they're not busy doin themselves up and posing for myspace at extreme angles and closeups? what should i call them, because "black hair flipped to the side pussies who have no reason at all to be depressed, yet whine like little bitches when their not busy doin themselves up and posing for myspace at extreme angles and closeups" is a just a bit too longwinded.

you're not helping anyone with stupid gifs. in fact you're dumbing down the whole thread. please leave

Please wrap your fist in barbed wire and go fist yoursalf.
Thanks

he dosn't like me because everyone laughed at him in another thread, dont worry about him

Originally posted by ZOMG_Srsly
Please wrap your fist in barbed wire and go fist yoursalf.
Thanks

please unplug your computer and tell mom and dad that you're not mature enough to operate it in a responsible manner. then inquire as to just what they have against birth control.

do you think they could sell Ansell for making faulty condoms or something of the like, they could buy a gag and a dark room for storage of him

Originally posted by ZOMG_Srsly

Tabby got

Nobody got owned by anyone.

Originally posted by PVS
well, as far as emo.................fine, what do i call these black hair flipped to the side pussies who have no reason at all to be depressed, yet whine like little bitches when they're not busy doin themselves up and posing for myspace at extreme angles and closeups? what should i call them, because "black hair flipped to the side pussies who have no reason at all to be depressed, yet whine like little bitches when their not busy doin themselves up and posing for myspace at extreme angles and closeups" is a just a bit too longwinded.

I call them scene kids, if I call them anything at all. Purely because they are strictly adhering to a scene, obviously. I'd rather not label the scene emo, because it's not. So I just call them scene kids, or scenesters. Trendwhores, whatever.

-AC

If they're just in it for the image when the image dictates being sad could we just call them idiots?

I never really understood the whole "emotional" thing about it. Because the people that we call emo are the people you described as having black hair flipped to the side and posing at extreme angles and skinny black trousers and all that, but I never think of them as being despressed or anything. I just call them emo because that's what everyone else calls them, because of how they dress rather than because they're depressed or whatever. Because if you see a person and you're trying to explain them to someone you'd say "they're emo" or "they're a chav" etc. but I don't really use the word that much anyway.

Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
So I just call them scene kids, or scenesters. Trendwhores, whatever.

-AC

too general though. i need a specific jab.

Originally posted by PVS
too general though. i need a specific jab.

Hush, emo! 😉 😄

Originally posted by tabby999
If they're just in it for the image when the image dictates being sad could we just call them idiots?

Do what you want. I think it's a stupid attitude to take, to act like you're genuinely sad, but it's so sad that it's almost not worth effort, to me.

-AC

why? do you ever see a bunch of these "trendykids" walking down the street with big smiles talking about how fantastic their life is? Can't say i ever have, I see them in bunches talking about how crap atleast one aspect of their lives are. I'm sorry to think that if they're addapted to this look and attitude through trying to be trendy, they're idiots

I can't say I walk down the street paying attention to pedestrians.

-AC

Originally posted by ZOMG_Srsly
Hush, emo! 😉 😄

ill give it a day before you get yourself banned. you may want to get a head start and browse other forums to troll and annoy. 😉

Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
I can't say I walk down the street paying attention to pedestrians.

-AC

Its a great way to kill time man, people watching. You see some of the most interesting people walking down the street in Melbourne.