Teen Gothic

Hello! I love in Hungary, I like alternative music, mostly goth, and recently I have went to an alternative music store to get patches. The thing is, they were selling some pretty offensive stuff, like iron crosses, confederation flags, like the slave owner flag, and like pins with a smiley of hitler. It was pretty messed up I think, a place calling itself punk should definitely not have anything like this in inventory.

The thing is, I wrote to them, asking why they sell that kind of stuff, and they just answered that people buy it, so they sell it. I also wrote a Google review saying that they have hate symbols, and they wrote back to me that I might just be too soft for a place like that. Can or should I do anything other than not returning? Have any of you faced similar situations? I want patches, but for now I will make my own ones.

I’m honestly just curious the amount I see about She Past Away made me curious about what music do Turkish Goth people like to listen to?

Over all I was too lazy to remove it.

No one really cared no one looked at me funny.

The major critic of what I did was my family, "What would the people say" literally.

A 23 year old getting lectured by his mother and brother for not looking normal because of the people.

Did I look weird? Absolutely.

Do I care? not really.

Was it fun? No one really said anything.

Over all my biggest haters is my family telling me how the police will beat me up and lock me up.

Or how I will get myself killed looking like that, because our drug addict relative had problems with the police.

I neither drink smoke or do drugs.

Over all a fun experiment I understand how if you are a kid people can hurt you verbally.

As a teen I dressed way worse and did way dumber things but I guess that looking like a hobo is socially acceptable, rather then dressing ok with goth makeup.

Interesting experiment. Said a lot about the people close to me.

My local goth scene us hosting a "goth night" at a local movie theater to screen an AI generated "movie" I was beyond flabbergasted when I saw them announce this on their social media. Like a year ago, I posted here how my art was presented at a WGD event, and how snarky some of the organizers were (being that I'm not part of their close friends). Very unwelcoming, so I drew apart and now they come with this… no words honestly.

But why is AI getting so popular amongst goths? Or maybe it's just in my area, but I'm tired of seeing AI generated posters for events, AI videos to promote "goth nights" and now an AI generated movie by an "author" that very likely also writes using AI. (They will be charging per ticket by the way) 🙄 As an artist and designer this is so insulting, also, I don't think using AI generated stuff aligns with goth values.

So I wanna go to this event on Long Island but I have no one to go with so I’ll likely be going alone. I’m autistic and a loner so Ive struggle to have go to friendships over the last couple of years as well as currently being single atm. There’s a huge goth scene in nyc but it’s pretty rare that they have these events on Long Island where the venue is literally 15 mins from your house so I wanna take advantage of it. How do you navigate a situation like this?

i really want to meet goth people who live near me but it seems like the main way to do so is at clubs but I'm too young to go to one. what are some alternative places I can meet fellow goths in real life?

I’ll start out by saying I’m super grateful to even have a goth club in my area, but that being said, I feel like every time I go, they play the same handful of 80’s post punk songs over and over again. I love The Cure, I love Siouxsie, but for the love of god, there’s so much other good goth music out there! I’ve been really into exploring newer bands and I’m glad there are musicians out there trying to keep the scene alive. Why aren’t clubs supporting them more? Does everyone else in attendance also just want to hear the same thing every time? Am I the problem?

What has your experience been like if you’re a regular at any goth clubs?

I started going to dark dance nights in my city few months ago. Whenever people of all genders come up to me or I go up to someone to say hi, they typically want to shake my hand or hug. A couple people have gently held onto my hand after shaking it, and it seems normal for people to hold hands or hold onto each other’s shoulders or waists while talking. I’ve even received kisses on the cheek and seen others do it to each other, and it just seems totally normal here. People are very free with complimenting each other on makeup, outfits, etc, and I’ve never received so many compliments in my life.

Some people ask permission before doing any of this, some don’t, but it doesn’t seem to be done with ill intent either way. Outside these club settings, I wouldn’t let anyone get so friendly, but everyone here just seems so chill and happy, I don’t mind it and know I can speak up if I do.

I’m just wondering if this is normal everywhere? I remember someone a long time ago who claimed to be a regular at these things talking about how people at goth clubs weren’t friendly and to just keep to myself lest I give the impression I’m looking to hook up, but I’ve had the opposite experience so far. People even share difficult things they’re going through to strangers, and we all hug and try to reassure each other that things will be okay. There’s also a wonderful overlap between the goths and board gamers in my area, but the goths are more likely to exchange contact info and show up to hangouts than other people I’ve met at game events.

Hello!!

For context I would consider myself a baby bat. I’ve been alternative for a while, recently diving into gothic fashion, music, literature, ect. While doing research I’ve seen a lot of people saying being involved in your local goth scene is important as well as supporting your local artist but, it’s been hard for me to find people and places to go. I also live in Las Vegas everything I seem to find is 21+ for the most part (I’m 20). Any help is appreciated:)

I’ve been wanting to get into the goth scene for a while but due to controlling parents I wasn’t able to until I recently moved out. That being said how would y’all recommend someone from a smaller town find the local goth community?