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Backsliding

JennyJo — Mon, 12 Sep 2005 01:19:42 GMT

I went to Death Guild last monday. I confess, I had fun. But it was weeeirrrd to see some of the same people in there from when I used to go like four years ago, and I was like...man, have you just been doing this every week this WHOLE TIME?

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Article about ex goths in the Guardian

NickD — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 15:10:41 GMT

Via Boing Boing
http://arts.guardian.co.uk/features/story/0,,1735690,00.html?gusrc=rss

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Just not interested in it any longer?

fonduie — Fri, 28 Oct 2005 21:37:35 GMT

I was your typical goth chick for about 15 years of my life! I stopped not because of any pressure from my job or life requirements but because I just wasn't interested in it any longer. I had moved onto different interests.
I'm in this tribe because I "get it" and because it was a HUGE part of my life for so long. I feel as though I need to acknowledge it and so forth. But as far as living it today it simply doesn't interest me any longer.

Anyone else like that here? Or am I in the wrong tribe?

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silliest goth moment

NickD — Mon, 19 Jul 2004 22:55:51 GMT

After my friends and I saw The Crow on opening night, we went to the cemetery in Long Beach with the head stones. Then the cops came an harassed us. But the cemetery technically was open at 3am, and we were all legal so they couldn't do anything.

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"deep" goths

Mon, 19 Jul 2004 22:52:33 GMT

i was into the whole goth scene over 15 years ago when i was in high school..i sound old.....

anyhow, for me it was about the music and about dressing in a manner that would make me stand out from the crowd.i found most kids my age boring and with very little or poor taste in music, books, etc. the goth kids i spent time with in and out of school were, in my opinion, the most interesting because unlike other kids they weren't concerned about whether they'd make a sports team that year or not. they liked to read and liked the same bands i did. most significantly however, it was a way of rebelling against my catholic, strict upbringing, that looking back at now, was not as bad as my angst-ridden teen self thought back then (i'm sure that's often the case for most people)

however, something that turned me off from that whole scene early on, and that still irks me, is that a lot of goths carry on as though they are on the brink on their last breath.
i know that it is exactly that whole dramatic aspect of goth that attracts some people to the scene but frankly, most goths aren't all that deep and just because they carry on with a pouty face all day long doesn't make them that much deeper or interesting than everyone else.
i remember how some of the kids i used to spend time with would rarely crack a smile or laugh. everything was sooooooooo serious and a matter of life or death to them. for a short while i fell into that too but it never really felt all that genuine to me. i often felt i had to act that way otherwise i'd be thought of as a poser or something because i DID like to laugh. i used to even make fun of them because they were so ridiculous with their "heaviness." i never fully bought into it.
i am sure there are exceptions to this ..but most of the goths i've ever met were just like that.whenever i see any i feel like telling them to grow up and get over it, especially the ones in their late 20's early 30's!

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goth chicks

NickD — Mon, 19 Jul 2004 22:40:15 GMT

I will always think they are hot super hot (well, the ones that are not fat). However, that are usually damaged good up in the cabeza. Any ex-goth chicks care to comment?

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were you velvety/lacey or bondage?

NickD — Mon, 19 Jul 2004 23:47:36 GMT

I wore bondage bracelets or on occasion, fishnet shirts, and cutt-off dress pants. But I never owned any of the things with ruffles and big sleeves.

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docs messed up my feet

NickD — Mon, 19 Jul 2004 22:25:16 GMT

After wearing regular shose, my feet hurt for a while.

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eyebrows

NickD — Mon, 19 Jul 2004 16:55:57 GMT

I must say that I think I look much more manley now that I have grown my eyebrows back.

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vampires

NickD — Sun, 18 Jul 2004 19:53:35 GMT

I got kind of turned off when the whole thing went vampire. I guess you had renn fair types who were into this, and this was also attracted some goths, and then the two just went together.

I remember when it was all about sex, drugs, being punk rock, mocking Christianity, and our own death.

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