Aspies For Freedom

Ah.  Sort of like the Bon Jovie et al (soft cock rock) of Heavy Metal then.

Oh - Springsteen got close but never put down the pole.  He remains cool.  Sorry about giving you that association with your neighbour AT.  I hope you don't giggle next time he's in a cue or something.  ))

I don't believe thats true. Emos are just whiny teenagers who feel traumatized because their parents wouldn't let them stay up to watch the x files at night when they were little.
The grunge and goth bands of the nineties were awesome.

No offence but you must not get out much if you've never heard of emos, as its been a massive scene for around 5 years, in the UK and USA (unfortunately).
Its followers listen to bland mainstream rock bands with zero talent.
I've never heard of gen-x-ers though whatever that means to be honest.

My reply wasn't aimed at you, or anyone else. It was just my opinion.

Jack looks like an emo stereotype in that he's being miserable all the time. Most emos don't actually do that- there are people in my year who could be called emo, who are really cheerful most of the time.

However, some people do try to get into a subculture by reading the manual. Jack looks like he's being miserable all the time because he thinks that's what you have to do in order to be an emo. It's no different to some twonk thinking that they can't be a hippy unless they smoke weed, or can't be a goth unless they sound like Wednesday Adams.

Why are you facepalming? I wasn't talking to you when I posted my post. And it is true.. some people do think that they can only become a punk/goth/hippie etc by reading a website on how to do it. They genuinely think they have to wear certain things, listen to certain music even if they hate it and act a certain way. They are idiots, but they do exist. Why else would there be people on YouTube arguing over whether a band is Gothic Metal, Vampyric Metal or Vampyric Gothic metal or saying that you can't be a real emo/goth if you don't do xyz.
YouTube comments are scary, but great if you want to research chavs, elitist music snobs and village idiots.

Why does everyone think I am addressing them personally today? You're the second. Is there a little birdie flying around telling people that I was talking about them in my post?

You have annoyed me though, Pikajedi5, through no fault of your own. I decided around a year ago that I wanted to go alternative, but I didn't know what I was aiming for and kept changing my mind, so now, thanks to my own indecisiveness, I am stuck with a sort of mosher/emo style which isn't really what I want. I am hopefully going to get some new trousers and the boots in the summer hols (even though Mum isn't keen and gave me what you could call 'the Sophie Lancaster lecture') but it will be ages before I manage to get the image I want, thanks to my budget and my school's rules regarding hair dye and piercings, the squares.

OK- now I've ranted and calmed down I will apologise for being bitter and having a chip on my shoulder, and take my turn to facepalm.

I don't hate you, Pikajedi (or, for that matter, anyone else) and I haven't been eating blue smarties- any waffling in my post was down to my random mood. Honest.

Oops, sorry.

It looks like I've started thinking people are talking to me.

*facepalms again, before crawling into a hole in the wall.*

Exactly. I hate chavs with avengence, but I'm OK with regards to everyone else.

As far as I'm concerned, you ave to act like a chav (ignorant, stupid, a bully, nasty pack mentality) to be one- people who look a bit chavvy yet are OK as people don't count IMO.

I see the word chav as an insult, so I don't throw it around.