Anyways, >>41, please listen to me. Not that it's really related to this thread. My friend and I went into Hot Topic and I was dressed in my usual random style that people at my school had to invent a word to describe and she was wearing pink. Some boy in the store dressed like a “goth” came up to my friend and says “Ew! I’m blind!” He covered his eyes and walked away from her as fast as possible. He and his friends stood in the corner of the store staring at her, making jokes and laughing. She changed her shirt in the bathroom to a black one and went back into Hot Topic to continue shopping. The store manager now thought she was a customer (before he hadn’t given her a second glance) and started showing her around. Did she change her personality? Did she change who she was? No, she changed her shirt. I thought “goth” was supposed to be about the person behind the mask…the person under the façade. “Goth” are the misunderstood ones…the ones who stand alone. If they are so alone, why is it that “goth” makes up the biggest group of teens…tied only with prep/skater. The whole point of being “goth” was to make a statement and earn respect for those who are different. Its coming to the point where the only reason someone is different is because they choose to be. Those who are “goth” seclude themselves and separate themselves from the group. They stereotype and judge just as much as everyone else…but if you judge them they feel you are only looking at the stereotype. What is this? They can judge the world…but the world doesn’t understand them? That’s really smart guys. Drop the stereotypes and just try to be yourself and not put yourself into a group. I’m not in one and I have friends in every single click and every one of them considers me one of their own. What am I? Im me and proud of it.
And that's why you, >>41, should stick to The Gap.