Why is emo turning into such a trend? What's the big deal...thick glasses...spiky hair... studded belts...are there actually that many lost kids searching for the next band wagon to jump on so they can feel part of "SOMETHING"....im quite lost... emo has tremendously changed since it's origininated..or so I read..

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Not exactly on topic, but humorous... I used to date a girl who was into the Cleveland (Ohio) harcore scene. At the time I was big into the rave scene (still am, just don't dress the part any more) and of course your typical raver wore big ass pants and some generic athletic gear you can find at footlocker type of stores. Well anyway, the Cleveland hardcore scene was filled with big pant wearing raver types. It was kind of a mixture of clothing between the two musical scenes.

Anyway, this girl I was dating was friends with numerous emo kids (this was about 5 years ago). White belts, pumas, etc (this was before saucony was "the shoe"). So these ten or so emo kids, my gf and myself were sitting in someone's living room. I had on my obligatory big pants, an adidas shirt and a backwards adidas fitted cap. One of the emo girls said something like "you look good with your hat on backwards" (odd comment, I know), and one of the other emo kids literally scolded her for complimenting me on my choice of clothing. Apparently in addition to the clothing requirement, you're not allowed to stray from your emo clique or else you'll get in trouble.

For some reason that just sticks in my memory as a really odd thing. I've never seen anyone scold another person for commenting on anoter person's clothing choice who wasn't in their clique.

people always jump on tends,
that's what trends are.....

but, i've noticed that you have issues with other peoples choice of entertainment....

are we to believe that you've never participated in a "trend"? or that the things you enjoy are better than the things other people enjoy?

are you that unique?

why not tell us what you like........
as opposed to what you don't, for a change.

Great pic, but seriously....did you just get here? I dont even consider myself a fan of emo, but during the 5 years that I managed my old Indie Punk band, this was nothing new. Theres nothing like a good old punk rock fashion show to liven up a boring rock show. Don't forget about the highwaters, flip flops, greasy black hair, and obscure literature.

This is the same old coming of age story that has been played over and over again on after school specials, and episodes of degrassi Junior High.

If someone dresses within a trend, and you bash them for not being an individual, you have just made a judgement on them without knowing them as an individual, instead you have catagorized them as you youself hate to be catagorized, because after all you are an individual, a free thinker, not one to follow the trends (unless of corse the trend happens to dress just like me and file their disposition under "free-thinking".

Yarr. I look like the stereotypical emo kid. I've had my thick black glasses for 3 years. But I kind of need them, because I can't see 2 feet in front of me without them. The most annoying thing is when people take them off my face because they think they're fake. Because, if you have thick-rimmed black glasses, you must be emo and they must be fake. I must be ready to kick someone in the chin.

it's no different than any other individualist-but-not-really movement. a bunch of people who want to be different and have a bunch of people do it with them. sure, it's hypocritical, but it's hardly hurting anyone. practically human nature.

seems like most people want to be agreed with, but at the same time want to be oppressed so that they can complain...at least in the exaggerated, middle-school-politics sense.

all strikes me as sort of silly, but we all are. oh well.

im sorry if this seems hostile but i have long shaggy hair and wear faded jeans and shirts from goodwill, i also have somewhat thick brown glasses...does that make me some sort of fashion militant? "emo" is becoming a prejudice generalization these days. being "emo" as you say is not a cult, i do not go out of my way to fit into a group. i listen to the get up kids and am in a band, however i am not one to critique peoples style and i do not look and act the way i do to jump on a band wagon. i was suprised also by the comment which said something about emo peoples "obscure literature" ...look around this board. this is all obscure thoughts.

i think of all places this is somwhere that generalizing people into groups shouldnt really go on....but then again you are free to express yourself.

Trends are evil. They spawned a culture of white teenagers dressing in 'gangsta' gear and running around threatening the one's who wont convert to their 'code' endlessly.

I think trends are just people tagging on something that they percieve as 'cool'. Trying to be the in thing, etc etc.

There's nothing wrong with it - humans have a need to feel accepted by their peers. It's just so, so... BLER!! lol.:)

More to the point, it's media driven. The media wants to push emo, it pushes emo. When it pushes the bad behaviour of your black bucktoothed grade school failure making megabucks onto the TV screen news at night, it just encourages young people to want to be like that.

Emo cliques can go assimilate themselves - i'll just stay home with my beer and be average guy.