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The labels, goth, emo and punk get mixed up, rather annoying.

I nearly got my self beaten up with the Chavs in Weston. I was buying my lunch before I went to photography and was talking to Gina about the size of the ear-rings people wear, with out realising a chav could hear me and next thing i know, i can hear her outside the shop going "'i'm going to beat up the ginger kid."

So you also get label for your hair colour not just dress sense.

I find the labels me and mine get to be just funny. Then again that's prolly why I find Scenesters to be funny, ya'll should pick up this comic.

It makes fun of people labeled punk/emo/goth, all that jazz. Ya gotta laugh at yaself sometimes.

Here's my thoughts about...
Punk: If you are a punk, then you probably hate labels. So by calling yourself a punk, you are really calling yourself a hypocrite.

Emo: "Oh no, I'm an upper middle class suburban white kid who is miserable because nobody loves me... so now I'm going to cut my hair so my bangs can wipe up my tears (but only one eye), wear all black to show how bleak and depressing my life is, write really horrible poetry about suicide, cut myself in random easy to see places, and listen to music that just accentuates all of my teenage angst."

Goth-which originally is called Gothic: Its a style of architecture complete with stained glass windows, flying buttresses, pointed arches, etc. It has absolutely nothing to do with wearing black, putting on make-up to make yourself look dead, or thinking Robert Smith or Trent Reznor are gods among the living. stare

Yeah, but so many of the Punks who call themselves punks hate labels... so technically by calling oneself punk one is also calling oneself a hypocrite. But hey... everybody is a hypocrite, so what's the worry?

I'm too lazy to bother reading all of the posts on the second page about labels, so I'm sure I'm not going to be really adding on to anything or even saying something someone already hasn't said, but I don't really care.

It really does depend. I mean, stereotyping sort of labels have pros and cons. So does everything else.

A good thing about stereotypical labels is that usually, depending on the stereotype, there is a certain common belief or point of view in which most people in the stereotype share. You can relate to a lot of people in it, or share the same tastes in something.

One of the bad things about it is when people start deciding who they will and will not hang out with just by looking at them and picking out what their stereotype may be. I can understand, but that's only if it's someone who can be considered emo or some really annoying "stereotype". When they constantly complain about how bad their life is while they're sitting at the lunch table after finishing their discussion about the mansion their parents are getting, yeah, I wouldn't hang out with them either.
Then again, that's a personality. At least in some way it is.

I don't know, I don't really pay attention. If I'm going to use a stereotype, then I'm going to. If not, then I'm not.

Life goes on.

smart... i dont ever get stereotyped and im like wtf!!! but its hard to put a name on me though so that might be why