<p>holy crap. that's odd.</p>
<p>^ Ditto. Holy crap. Anime, not my cup of tea. But the kids at my school who obsess over anime have no drawing skills whatsoever. </p>
<p>Is it like that CSI episode with the people in the animal suits?</p>
<p>yup, just read it on the wiki article for furry fandom</p>
<p>I don't really like anime, but most of the kids at my school who are into anime aren't that bad, and we don't have any furries, but I have never understood what's so great about anime.</p>
<p>I used to adore anime. Now I don't remember why I loved it so much. The stories were trite and derivative, if not sickening and perverse, and the characters were cardboard cutouts.</p>
<p>Something about the art style appeals to me, though.</p>
<p>u know I like emos but the real ones"!!!.. I don't know if u get what I mean but I hate those girls or boys that call themselves emos just because of their hairstyle.. I mean they try to look cool but I think they are idiots.. and if I'd be an emo I'd be really angry at these guys...</p>
<p>Read the urbandictionary.com definitions on emo. Funny stuff!</p>
<p>The word "emo" has become so bastardized in the past few years that it doesn't even seem to resemble its original form. For quite some time it was really just an off-shoot of post-hardcore punk (think Texas Is the Reason, Rites of Spring, even really early Jimmy Eat World, Fugazi, etc. etc.) and the group of people who listened to it. Now, anything that's even remotely alternative or teenage-angsty is referred to as being emo. There aren't really any emo bands anymore; the genre has evolved into a few others. But I certainly wouldn't call My Chemical Romance, Fall Out Boy, From First to Last, Hawthorne Heights, Taking Back Sunday, or any other associated/similiar bands emo. At all. And they are certainly NOT INDIE. Emo is really a dead genre and most bands you'd think of being as emo nowadays would probably be classified as being indie (even though indie is such a broad label in itself - there are as many types of indie rock as there are rock music itself).</p>
<p>Back in the day when "emo" actually meant something, it certainly didn't refer to this mass culture of typical dyed-black hair, hot topic garb and vans shoes or whatever. Those would be scenesters. "Emo" itself doesn't really mean anything anymore BECAUSE it means so many things. It's more of a stereotype now, a word to use so you can pigeon-hole people.</p>
<p>Anyway, I'll get off my high horse now.</p>
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Emo</p>
<p>Genre of softcore punk music that integrates unenthusiastic melodramatic 17 year olds who dont smile, high pitched overwrought lyrics and inaudible guitar rifts with tight wool sweaters, tighter jeans, itchy scarfs (even in the summer), ripped chucks with favorite bands signature, black square rimmed glasses, and ebony greasy unwashed hair that is required to cover at least 3/5 ths of the face at an angle.
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You're right, that is hilarious. And 10000000000% true.</p>
<p>LMFAO ^</p>
<p>so true so friggin true</p>
<p>But at my school, the 'ebony greasy hair' also includes burgundy, various shades of greenish-black, and the ever popular grease-laden platinum.</p>
<p>I just find it funny when people who listen to screamo/'emo' music try to act superior... because the original emo bands purposefully changed their sounds to -avoid- being associated with the newer wave of 'emo' bands. (of course, I'm not an emo expert, so parts of that might be a bit inaccurate... but I'm 99% sure it's true).</p>
<p>I'm friends with two girls who would definitely be labeled as emo. They are both smart- the first girl is REALLY intelligent, and the second is always in a good mood and energetic. And, while there is definitely a group of emo's at my school, I'm trying not to be too judgmental. For a little while, I was on a radio shift with a girl who I had always seen as the typical apathetic, depressed, emo, but I found that she was pretty nice when I actually had a conversation with her =)</p>
<p>But... I have to be honest, I've never heard an emo song that I like. But then again, I like happy indie rock, so I just wasn't made for emo in the first place.</p>
<p>I generally dislike all emo kids.</p>