br d said:No offence to forever, I'm a relatively new runner myself and this
exchange is very informative, but I just don't get this Goth stuff.
If you worship darkness and death then why not just kill yourself?
Why wait?
Perhaps I'm just reading too much into it.
i don't worship darkness and death. in fact i worship the earth and
the life within it.
the difference between being a goth and not-goth is that i don't shy
away from darkness, death, and dispair. it doesn't scare me.
i'm also the type that believes in embracing all emotions... the good
and the bad, because it proves that i can still *feel*. if i'm
depressed, then i feel that depression instead of fighting it. i know
that i'll get past it, so it's no big deal. i expierience it, learn
from it, then move on.
Quoted message said:There's so much awful [censored] in this world for those with no escape
from it, that frankly, spoilt, western, nihilistic teenagers
professing to love pseudo-vampiric dreams of dark non-existence makes
me sick to my stomach.
you're not talking about real goths then. you're talking about
spoiled wester nihilistic teens that dress in black and claim that
they're goth.
a girl once said something about what a definition of a goth is. it's
not clothes, the hair, the choice of music, or an eternal anger at the
world:
Goth isn't *just* about a look. Goth is almost a way of life, and it
is for most people. The definition of a goth, which I carry around is
someone who was forced to experience adult problems at a young age,
and had to growup quicker than others. Through their experience, they
grew a bit wisened and jaded to the world, and so a goth was born...
- Bif, agf
a lot of those teenies goths are out to rebel against the norm and
their parents. heck, almost all teenagers do it to some degree. i
was a "headbanger" back in my teen years, wearing huge chains,
crosses, lots of black and listening to offensive music. i naturally
moved to the goth look because of how it fit in with my tastes. yes,
i still listen to angry dark music (NIN qualifies), dress in a lot of
black, dye my hair various colours, get tattoos and piercings.
but i don't run around believing in hurt, pain, death and destruction.
if you met me, you'd think i'm quite normal, albeit a little quirky.
i'm pagan and believe in the sanctity of life. i love animals and
donate to animal based charities. i'm training to be a police officer
so i can help people. i've been a volunteer for over 3 years with an
organization that helps victims of online stalking and harassment. i
don't do drugs, i don't smoke, i'm a vegetarian who has studied food
to make sure i'm getting the right foods.
and yes, i'm a goth. because i like black, velvet, and lace. i like
skinny puppy, rammstein, vnv nation. i like skulls, vampires, and
creepy dolls that look like they're dead. i read true life books on
serial killers and documented ghost stories.
i embrace the dark side of life for the mysteriousness of it. but i
have a lot of good things in my life to counter it.
so does that help explain it a bit more? 🙂
cassandra
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