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Epeople drive me fucking MAD dude you have no idea. Maybe I’m just being annoying and gatekeeping, but, it bothers me a lot seeing the same kiddos who told me to cut deeper in middle school suddenly start calling themselves emo or goth or punk without really knowing any artists/bands under those labels or knowing any of the culture in general. If you’re gonna steal our fashion and change the public view of our labels at least know about the fire you’re prodding at.
Maybe this next part is just my anger making up more reasons to be spiteful towards them, but, they don’t fit in so they change the community to their liking. The main example that comes to mind is ACAB. ACAB has been a thing within the alt community for god knows how long, but as far as I can tell, only with this mass influx of tiktok kiddos in the last few years are you seeing people WITHIN THE COMMUNITY start to say ‘well not ALL cops…’ and ‘it should be SCAB not ACAB!’
Again, maybe I’m just being annoying and gatekeeping for no reason at all, but, it just really irritates me to see these people wear alt like a fucking costume.
I could totally be wrong and just an angry lil fuck for no reason, but, idk I felt like I needed to get this off of my chest.
TL;DR
E-People, E-Girls and E-Boys alike, please go and find yourself a community that you’re willing to actually get into for more than just the trend.
1Why did every early 2000s alternative music video seem to have some sort animated bug crawling around? There was never a need for it! It added nothing
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