Comments on: Goths, goths everywhere http://www.withoutatraceroute.com/2008/08/goths-goths-everywhere/ Time to live. Sat, 06 Sep 2014 18:43:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0 By: Steve http://www.withoutatraceroute.com/2008/08/goths-goths-everywhere/comment-page-1/#comment-41 Thu, 14 Aug 2008 21:18:45 +0000 http://www.withoutatraceroute.com/?p=284#comment-41 I think the problem with the goth scene is the same sort of problem with the metal and punk scenes which is co-option by corporations who feed it to kids who have no idea about the history of it or ideas behind it (see also Hot Topic).

This isn’t always bad, because eventually some of these kids will be interested enough to go beyond the surface- but most probably think liking Marilyn Manson and dressing in black makes you goth. I will give you that goth is mostly about the music and the fashion- but there used to be a lot more ideas in that whole scene. And I will additionally say these people seem to be closer to true goths, but working so hard to fit into a fragmented subculture of any sort seems silly to me (goths aren’t even as ridiculous as “punks” with liberty spikes and chains… want to desperately fit in much?). Blah blah… rambling again. Sorry.

~Steve

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