“Are these comments satire or “real people?” Consider my mind blown.”

They aren’t satire. They’re real people completely failing to grasp the criticisms of the piece, and just reinforcing what the article says about them. They’re primarily ‘young’ people, and primarily teenage girls, which is why so many of them have this level of reasoning; “get a life!” They don’t say what that means, since the writer is married with kids and so clearly has a life. I’m sure they’d say in order to “get a life” he’d have to “stop being sad” which would underscore their reasoning abilities.

I have no issue with ‘Indie’ or ‘Emo’ or whatever else in general. But those things just remind me of when I was a teenager and felt like I was surrounded by people who would copy each other in order to be different, and who would wear the shirts of anti-establishment bands without getting the irony of doing so. When I was asked why I was dressed the way I was as a teen, I’d always say, “I’m a teenager – it’s a phase. I’ll grown out of it.” Nobody else seemed self-aware enough to get this, and would announce things like “I’ll never cut my hair” etc. At one point I had a bet going with about a dozen friends about how they’d all end up conforming in the end. Technically, they *all* owe me money.

The problem is, teenagers exist in that awkward time between childhood and adulthood in which they’re trying to reconcile the fact that they can now see the world *does not* revolve around them with the remaining controls of parenthood that restrict their lives. They want to be free, but they need their parents money; they want to be individuals, but they have to copy someone else to do it; they want space, but they also want attention; they criticise everyone who isn’t like them, but they demand to not be criticised themselves. They’re teenagers. They need to grow up. If they all came back here in 10 years, they would feel shame at how dumb it was that the labels they chose to associate themselves with meant anything to them at all. Like Amanda # 403 showed, all that will happen to these people is they’ll grow up and feel a mild sense of embarrassment at who they *thought* they were.

omg, did know one notice that comment??
poor guy. Goodluck, hope your kid has grown out of it..

I think emo is something a lot of teens go through during their “no one understands me” (no emoness intended) stage and it’s often grown out of.
I think emo has been created by that stage where a teen views things differently from most peers due to an emotional problem/experience.
They may find emo music something they can relate to a lot since it’s emotionally expressive and expression is something that is kind of lacking in general society.
Or they might just like the sound. Whatever

Emo is more than emo when you’re an emo. It’s something you can kind of belong to, it’s kind of a feeling of belongment and connection to other ‘emos’

I think most teenagers reach a stage where they want someone to understand them and make them see the real them = expression.

I don’t know. In some ways you could say it is a form of cult.

overall emo is rather pathetic and immature. It’s a cry out to the public about who you could be or how your mind works.
It’s revealling and gives a sense that you want someone to notice you and pay attention to you, and how you could be.
When everyone else also has problems similar to emos but don’t express it in this way. They don’t bring attention to it.

Which is, yes. The stereotypical part where the wrist-cutting and wearing black bit comes in.

I think it’s mostly for kids who are going through changes and who are lost and confused and think rather morbidly.

I think a lot of emo wannabe’s or people who try too hard to be emo (and not achieve it) also give emos an even worse name!! (the majority of emos are the ones who try too hard)
And yes. I BLOODY HATE ‘EM EMOS.

However, goth is a whole new story ;) ..

I think emo is something a lot of teens go through during their “no one understands me” (no emoness intended) stage and it’s often grown out of.
I think emo has been created by that stage where a teen views things differently from most peers due to an emotional problem/experience.
They may find emo music something they can relate to a lot since it’s emotionally expressive and expression is something that is kind of lacking in general society.
Or they might just like the sound. Whatever

Emo is more than emo when you’re an emo. It’s something you can kind of belong to, it’s kind of a feeling of belongment and connection to other ‘emos’

I think most teenagers reach a stage where they want someone to understand them and make them see the real them = expression.

I don’t know. In some ways you could say it is a form of cult.

overall emo is rather pathetic and immature. It’s a cry out to the public about who you could be or how your mind works.
It’s revealling and gives a sense that you want someone to notice you and pay attention to you, and how you could be.
When everyone else also has problems similar to emos but don’t express it in this way. They don’t bring attention to it.

Which is, yes. The stereotypical part where the wrist-cutting and wearing black bit comes in.

I think it’s mostly for kids who are going through changes and who are lost and confused and think rather morbidly.

I think a lot of emo wannabe’s or people who try too hard to be emo (and not achieve it) also give emos an even worse name!! (the majority of emos are the ones who try too hard)
And yes. I BLOODY HATE ‘EM EMOS.

However, goth is a whole new story ;)

to lose who rote this article GET A LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Somehow you’ve created one of the worlds most beautiful ever poems

FUCK EMO
FUCK INDIE
FUCK RAP
FUCK YOUR CRY ASS SHIT

you don’t know the fuck how to be non conformist if you’re emo fuck off !

By the way PUNK RULES

And there’s a post which is

EmO Punk rules !

i Cutt myself.. It’s Emo..
And i really hate myself..
That’s Punk

YOU CAN’T BE EMO PUNK YOU SCUM and by the way i’m punk and i love myself, and if you hate yourself stop cutting, shoot the brain out of your fucking head dammit. and cutting is NOT emo, you can cut yourself without being emo. WTF!!!

Emo is only about to care for yourself, you emos are SCUM, you don’t know fuck about being different, you think, ” OH I’M DIFFERENT, I WEAR MAKE UP” fuck off and go cry in yer corner.

if you want to know about non conformist stop being emo or anything, just let the rebelion go over you, do as me, do what the fuck you want, if you wanna smoke in school DO IT stop to care about your fucking parents that don’t give a fuck about you.

bye! and hope you learn something, cunts!

Check for GG Allin to learn on what is being a non conformist.

realistically, no one is going to change their opinion of emos having read this thread or any other. therefore, writing a comment on your viewpoint is completely pointless, so let’s see if we can just lay this topic to rest now

You must be a prep…right.?

Just because your emo doesn’t mean its all about cutting yourself. It gives you a sence of direction to be who you want to be. I hate to tell you but half the music you listen to would be considered “emo or scream-o.” I guess your one of those guys that go around acting like your better then everyone else.
so get a life cuz u dont have one if ur complaining about amos.

Alla som är emot emo’s gör en sol (#) framför sitt namn för det är typ bara ljuset som kan ta dom. De färgar tillomed håret blondt o tar över!Skicka detta till alla i din kontaktlista, till och med emo’s(om du nu har någon i din kontaktlista)!!

dom som vägrar ha en sol är EMO’s!!!

Ett exempel räcker:
1. mitt på dagen kan det bli svart som natten när det kommer ett gäng emos!

english version:

put a sun (#) in front of your msn-name if you hate emo’s, send this message to everyone! every site, every community! everywhere! make this message spread over the whole world!

and one more thing just because Im emo, I don’t have a live journal.
Its all about the MYSPACE. :p

Get over the fact that emo’s/indie’s are around and accept them as a different type of human than you are, after all that’s all they are.

You must be a prep.. right.?

Just because your emo doesn’t mean its all about cutting yourself. It gives you a sence of direction to be who you want to be. I hate to tell you but half the music you listen to would be considered “emo or scream-o.” I guess your one of those guys that go around acting like your better then everyone else.After reading this I may just have to sit in a corner and cut myself.