Fnord wrote:
roygerdodger wrote:
What are emos?
A type of person that presents as being emotional, sensitive, shy, introverted, and/or angsty; and
that is also associated with depression, self-injury, and suicide.
roygerdodger wrote:
And why do a lot of people here hate them?
They seem to both hate and pity themselves simultaneously.
Also, the ones I've met seem to be adept at twisting whatever I say or do into a personal attack, launch into a whiny rant about how no one understands them, and then sulk and pout until someone else comes along to repeat the cycle.
And there lies the big issues. People may associate being "emo" with self-harm and suicidal tendencies, but this is hardly the case with anyone who would be classified as emo. So in the end the definition, as usual when it comes to trends or subcultures, is very blurred and basically the whole description and image of the standard emo is a man-made one.
The problem lies not with the person classified as emo nor with being emo, the problem lies with people automatically linking emo to self-harm and suicidal tendencies. It is like those people who link goths to depression, not realising the majority of people who actually are in the gothic scene are full of self-humor and enjoying their lives to a good extend.
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06 Aug 2008, 2:56 pm
