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What is a Goth or a Gothic lifestyle all about?
deerhntr
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Hello all,
I am sure you have seen them In the black cloths wearing black
makeup and very pale skin They call themselves "Goths", I dont believe
in Judging people No am I Ranking anyone in that lifestyle I just want to know more about it[?]
I am sure you have seen them In the black cloths wearing black
makeup and very pale skin They call themselves "Goths", I dont believe
in Judging people No am I Ranking anyone in that lifestyle I just want to know more about it[?]
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There is no compromising, I don't give a damn
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"Americans have the right and advantage of being armed - unlike the citizens of other countries whose goverments are afraid to trust the people with arms" - James Madison
If you're a little bit older you can think of them as "punks" (in the teenage 70s sense) with paler skin and more of an emphasis on fashion and less on anarchist politics. The modern Goth movement, in fact, can be traced directly pack to that 70s punk movement (with a few twists and turns along the way). Like the punks, there are Goth music bands. The movie "The Crow" with the late Brandon Lee is one that contains strong Goth elements.
Elements of Goth fashion include pale skin, dark eye makeup and dark flowing clothes. Goth themes include the occult and supernatural. Some of the Goth kids like the occult, Wicca, and paganism. They also like Vampires.
In general Goths are introverted, tolerant, pacifistic, and slightly intellectual. Unlike the classic 70s punk with their leather jackets and bicycle chain, you have nothing to fear from the Goth kids. I can't say much about this ministry, but the description here squares pretty well with my experience:
http://www.boblarson.org/HOTTOPICS/Gothic/gothic.html
"LIFE IS NOT A JOURNEY TO THE GRAVE WITH THE INTENTION OF ARRIVING SAFELY IN ONE PRETTY AND WELL PRESERVED PIECE, BUT, TO SKID ACROSS THE LINE BROADSIDE, THROUGHLY USED UP, WORN OUT, LEAKING OIL, SHOUTING GERONIMO!!"
Too bad VW buses (in black) are nolonger around in
great numbers!
Sad too, I have seen some good looking gals turn that way. [V]
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Halloween 24/7 [:D]
Sad too, I have seen some good looking gals turn that way. [V]
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Couldn't say it better myself. Goth = Poser
If god meant for us to talk more than we listened he'd have given us one ear and two mouths- Vince Lombardi
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joe
You might as well ask Handgun Control, Inc. for reloading tips.
www.christiangoth.com
A search on the web will give you all the different Goth groups....including all the different beliefs...
Lil' Stinker's Opinion
Common Sense is an Uncommon Virtue.
Hello all,
I am sure you have seen them In the black cloths wearing black
makeup and very pale skin They call themselves "Goths", I dont believe
in Judging people No am I Ranking anyone in that lifestyle I just want to know more about it[?]
Goths = (Teen cry babies + teen angst)x10 + (stupidity/I.Q.)
I don't know if it's identity crises or what but weren't the 2 columbine killers into goth?
Well, they were disaffected youth, but no, they were not Goths themselves. That was (as usual) a sensationalistic press angle.
Actual Goths may be annoying, but they are fairly pacifistic. There was a Saturday Night Live sketch a few years back where the actors played disaffected teenagers, and one of them, angry, said to the other "I'm more Goth than you!". It was hilarious, and to me that sums it up pretty well (teenager poseurism and how can I piss off my parents).
Someone was asking where the 40 year old Goths are. . .there aren't any. If you are in your 40 now, you were probably a New Wave punker from the early 80s. There's something awfully wrong with you if you are that old yet still feel the need to adopt the trappings of the modern youth counterculture.
If you are >40 now, and still feel the need to prance around in Goth-like clothes you might as well take up sexual fetishim as a hobby. You'll get all the fun of the weird clothes and makeup, but without having to deal with the stupid occult themes or teenage melodrama, etc. (Umm. . .or so I've heard ;-).
By the way, I've found that if you are an adult and REALLY want to dress to piss people off, the best way to do it is to gratuitously wear a nice suit and a tie everywhere you go!
"I will no longer debate a liberal because I feel they are beneath contempt. Just communicating with one contaminates a person." - whiteclouder
shootah- Love your ink and peircings!
Yes, I hard an awfully hard time getting the one on my left arm with the smoking 1911 inscribed "born to shoot bullseye" here in Boston. (Since until just last year tattooing was illegal here).
Anyway, if you've got a Real Media player, these sketches from Saturday Night Live in the late 90s pretty much pin the tail on the Goth Donkey:
http://di.bobo-the-sysadmin.com/gothtalk/
There are no bad guns, only bad people.
How is it that every person who tries hard to be different, ends up looking just like everyone else trying to be different?
Yes the two punks from Columbine were Goths.
Doubt it. They don't really look like it. Goths are generally very picky about appearance in their own way. Look for painted fingernails, mascara, etc.
I have grown out my hair a few times, actually it is now a tradition, I grow out my hair when my wife is pregnant.
So I take it no one here did anything the least bit rebellious or out of the norm (particularly in regard to appearance) during their life?
My hair was down past my sholders............... if that counts!
If I can't spell, so what!
Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it.
... but I find some of the Goth chicks to be very HOT![}:)]
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... If you don't, you'll find any excuse.
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IF YOU DON'T LIKE MY RIGHTS - GET OUT OF MY COUNTRY (this includes politicians)
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never got into being rebellious, didnt have time with helping dad farm and ranch...guess always shut down at sundown on sat evening and headed to town to drink beer,chase girls and do donuts in mainstreet with mom and dads car or pickups once in a while.[;)]
All this time I thought they were Dallas Cowboys fans.....
joe
That's funny.... I thought they were all from Sheboygan
"The ability for evil to triumph exists when good men do nothing." Edmund Burke
Kimberkid... Like the cutie in the Dell commercial, showing the college dorm, with the blond in pink and the Goth in black.... she was hot...Hey, wait, I can't think like that, I got grandaughters.
My dad says ... its alright to think like that as long as they aren't your grandaughters ... after all, not dead yet and we are guys!
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... If you don't, you'll find any excuse.
? otherwise, you'll find an excuse.
"Save the Whalers, they need jobs too."