eisanbt
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- Aug 10, 2005
Firstly, who gives a **** about dweebs. Yah they're whiney idiots but hey it dosn't really matter. Eventually they'll snap out of it, stop hastling your brother as it will accomplish absolutly nothing positive.
Builder, you're son is probably going to stay that way for awhile. I see the emo culture as creating a image of depression that is almost glamourized. While in some cases you're dealing with truly depressed indivduels there are also he dipwads who have found them accepted by this social group. Without the depression or emo-poetry you aren't really accepted and so the GROUP makes feeling bad a common necessity.
However the mentionned catagories are pretty slim, people of all walks of life end up in all kinds of social groups just with some vague thing in common amoung them. These bullshit titles eventually fade (as was said, they're only young) so there is no need to worry about it. You're upset he's emo, ashamed? Thats pretty harsh, same deal as scoulding little Johnny for becoming a greeser or gay or anything else dipshits felt was wrong over the years.
If you worry is more about his general well being (its tough being down all the time) Then, if its not too late, then try and subtly hook him on something productive. An insturment, a sport (less likely probably), sewing or whatever. If this fails then just ride it out, take it with good spirits, its not going to ruin him, you too must realize that he's only young and has so much to live for.
All in the end though, this thread is horribly generalized and its bullshit to say that all 'emo' kids are whiney and depressed, people are unique...yes, even amoung subcultures. EG: I live in what our friends call "The Metal House" but in comparsion to other genres, we listen to much more Non-Metal. From Blue Grass, Classical, Techno, Industrial, Folk, Rap and pretty much anything. While looking sterotypically 'metal' I make a point to be a friendly and generous as possible to people just to show them that sterotyping is bullshit. Don't judge a person by their taste in music or cultural tags (like looking 'emo' or punk' or 'thug') Its all just over simplification.
Builder, you're son is probably going to stay that way for awhile. I see the emo culture as creating a image of depression that is almost glamourized. While in some cases you're dealing with truly depressed indivduels there are also he dipwads who have found them accepted by this social group. Without the depression or emo-poetry you aren't really accepted and so the GROUP makes feeling bad a common necessity.
However the mentionned catagories are pretty slim, people of all walks of life end up in all kinds of social groups just with some vague thing in common amoung them. These bullshit titles eventually fade (as was said, they're only young) so there is no need to worry about it. You're upset he's emo, ashamed? Thats pretty harsh, same deal as scoulding little Johnny for becoming a greeser or gay or anything else dipshits felt was wrong over the years.
If you worry is more about his general well being (its tough being down all the time) Then, if its not too late, then try and subtly hook him on something productive. An insturment, a sport (less likely probably), sewing or whatever. If this fails then just ride it out, take it with good spirits, its not going to ruin him, you too must realize that he's only young and has so much to live for.
All in the end though, this thread is horribly generalized and its bullshit to say that all 'emo' kids are whiney and depressed, people are unique...yes, even amoung subcultures. EG: I live in what our friends call "The Metal House" but in comparsion to other genres, we listen to much more Non-Metal. From Blue Grass, Classical, Techno, Industrial, Folk, Rap and pretty much anything. While looking sterotypically 'metal' I make a point to be a friendly and generous as possible to people just to show them that sterotyping is bullshit. Don't judge a person by their taste in music or cultural tags (like looking 'emo' or punk' or 'thug') Its all just over simplification.
