Teen Gothic

I know, I know the point has been made before, so if the mods want they'll probably just cast the post into the darkness, but I have a slightly more elaborate point to make than just "poseurs bad".

I was thinking earlier. I actually only goth into goth in my like, mid 20s, by wondering randomly "what's goth actually about, anyway?" And looking it up, finding some music that struck me like a shot to the heart and getting hooked.

Only, then I remembered, that wasn't the first time I'd thought that and looked into it. The first time was when I was a teenager. But when I looked it up at the time, what I came across was instead forums and stuff by those "goth is a feeling" types who think they're goth because they like spooky shit and dressing in black. So back then, I thought "if it's just a feeling, what's the point? You'd be one by accident. That's just putting a label on nothing." And so, I bounced off it assuming it was basically just some people wanting a special label to feel important and different.

I got a bit annoyed remembering that. If there'd been better information back then – or if I was more thorough, perhaps, and they weren't hogging the most obvious goth site names for their poser shit – I might've got into goth way sooner and got to have good experiences with it and come across the music I like so much sooner. And that's why they suck.