alright- i see a bunch of locked threads here.
I think there's a moderator or two who get just as carried away as myself and other flamers.

btw-the "Goth Grocery Shopping" was a "make fun of goth everything events" idea i had weeks ago.
I snapped at Cup a Joes about how rediculous it is to put "goth" in front of everything.
A few days later me and some friends went to krogers and took tons of pics. While we were standing in line there was a dude behind us whispering to his girlfriend 'light as a feather.
She replied 'stop it'
He continues 'this isn't salem!'
So "goth" prejudice does exist.
Anyhow, man-the pictures are HILARIOUS!
(Me shopping for shampoo.heh.
Cassandra buying a black 'parasol'
Black hair dye, etc.)
I'll try to get them up somewhere.

So now i'm having a god damn goth identity crisis.
Will somebody please-PLEASE-explain what "goth" is?
Because i'm not sure i really understand.
Although there are a FEW people who i know can set me straight.

So yeah-what is goth?
What makes you goth?
5 fave goth bands inb ten seconds?
(*nods to zeo)
ANYONE-please explain goth...

TOMMY you big bald FUCKER.....

tell me you DID NOT just start the 'what is goth' discussion

Goth is... whatever you make it. There is no true definition to goth, but here are a few amusing persepectives on it....

A Goth Primer

Goth With A Sledgehammer

Who really cares what goth is, just have fun, thats my credo.

X wrote:tell me you DID NOT just start the 'what is goth' discussion

im with X on this one. totally. this will get ugly......

Isn't it just wearing black, being mopey, being antisocial, playing Vampire LARPs, and listening to NIN &/or (insert trendy quasi dark punk band name here)?














Thats a joke btw.

I wouldn't know.

Erin is Alternative, with an 80s twist.

X wrote:Erin is Alternative, with an 80s twist.

Oh, I forgot about that. I am.

I don't know about anyone else, but I am a very purple goth

Main Entry: 1Goth·ic
Pronunciation: 'gä-thik
Function: adjective
Date: 1591
1 a : of, relating to, or resembling the Goths , their civilization, or their language b : TEUTONIC, GERMANIC c : MEDIEVAL d : UNCOUTH, BARBAROUS
2 a : of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a style of architecture developed in northern France and spreading through western Europe from the middle of the 12th century to the early 16th century that is characterized by the converging of weights and strains at isolated points upon slender vertical piers and counterbalancing buttresses and by pointed arches and vaulting b : of or relating to an architectural style reflecting the influence of the medieval Gothic
3 often not capitalized : of or relating to a style of fiction characterized by the use of desolate or remote settings and macabre, mysterious, or violent incidents

Balance wrote:btw-the "Goth Grocery Shopping" was a "make fun of goth everything events" idea i had weeks ago.
I snapped at Cup a Joes about how rediculous it is to put "goth" in front of everything.
A few days later me and some friends went to krogers and took tons of pics.

It wuz fun.

I'm up for "Goth Sunbathing" by the coffin pool next time...black umbrellas and all.





As for a Big Goth Definition - what do I know? I just like wearing too much makeup and flailing my arms all around while I dance.

Nexxus23 wrote:Main Entry: 1Goth·ic
Pronunciation: 'gä-thik
Function: adjective
Date: 1591
1 a : of, relating to, or resembling the Goths , their civilization, or their language b : TEUTONIC, GERMANIC c : MEDIEVAL d : UNCOUTH, BARBAROUS

Yeah... thats about right.

Mellifluosity wrote


"As for a Big Goth Definition - what do I know? I just like wearing too much makeup and flailing my arms all around while I dance."




hahahaha!!


so balance where are the pics...

The interesting thing about the term "Goth" is, that its original association is with, as the dictionary highlights, a "barbarous" group of people. Though, of course, they were "barbarians" to the Roman perspective and since most of our culture (or I mean, Anglo-American culture) descends from Roman culture, then we consider them "barbarians" as well.

The modern Gothic movement is really an extension of the spread of Germanic culture throughout the 19th, 20th, and now 21st centuries. It was Germanic culture's influence that has really created the alleged "loosening" of Western values. Germanic culture has always stressed equality, dynamicism, freedom, and ferocity. Roman culture on the other hand is hierarchical, conservative, reasoned, and ordered. Of course, the actual term Gothic, I believe, has to originate from the architecture and its dark feeling. Though, it does seem kinda strange that as far as culture goes, we are the radicals, more in line with Germanic cultures than conservative Roman culture.

So, yes, it's no surprise that Gothic sub-culture in the modern world does shock the more conservative elements of society. Its a move away from traditional Roman values into those "barbaric" Germanic values.

As I was telling Iblis the other day, it doesn't matter what it is, whether it's a massive spider ranch on the Seventh Plane of Hell or sunshine and puppy dogs, if you people like it, you're going to call it Goff, and nothing's going to stop you.

who cares? There's been 3 or 4 different discussions on this in the last month on NG.

Now those pictures I want to see though.

Maybe its not something you can call your self its a catigory title (the joke when you ask a goth if its a goth it says no). Its like rebel, terorist, poser,.... its not something you call yourself (for you its just what you do) but is imposed by others so you can be defined properly. We should stop using the word goth and instead use gothic (as in the page title), that way we nolonger have to worry about what is goth and instead ca just injoy all the gothic substance in our lives

OH this is SOOOO easy to explain....its me. Be like me and everyone gets laid. Plain and simple I AM GOTH. oh ...wait. I thought this was the what is god? forum. Fukk. sorry.

Bizarre is fucking your best-friend's wife and/or husband's corpse.

Goth is writing cheesy poetry about it, afterwards.