What's "Emo" mean?

[gdeangel]

LMAO with those pics... in my day the checkered shoes were in with the breakin' crowd. No self respecting rocker would be caught dead in anything that didn't look like it had steel toes...

[sam_levi_11]

lol stop using my face

ayways....the emo on first....its not alwayts in the hair, i had red in it. yes i have eyeliner, liprings and ear plugs. normally its a band t-shirt, i want full sleeve tatoos, the belts can be any colour but should be studded lowlife ones lol. not chickis jeans, just skinny jeans, which are usually unis*x. and its normally converse or skate shoes lik emericas or sumin.

The screamo one, normally the same hair as emo, wearing band t shirts too, or pretty much anything, they dont have a limp wrist and they dont shave their arms(well not all of them), they also wear unis*x skinny jeans and skate shoes/converse. really they wear the same as normal emos, you wouldnt tell difference.

also to gdeangel, have u heard funeral for a friends juno, they is true emo and that is screaming mixed with heavy guitars.

[reminisco]

I think a mosh pit would be distinctively un-EMO, but whatever... all that angst has to get released in some form of catharsis, right?

yeah, no mosh pits. in my day, you could tell the emos because they'd be standing still at a show, with their v-neck sweaters and satchel bags trying to look bored. of course, we generally called them hipsters at the time, but that was co-opted by the emo culture. the most dancing they'd do is nod their heads up and down out of rhythm to the music. maybe mouth the words.

i'm from an older school, of mosh pits, sweat, and jumping up and down. it' was frustratingly stilting to go to a show that i THOUGHT was rock, and sublimate the desire to "kick out the jams" as it were.

maybe if i had ever taken anti-depressants, like the majority of the emos seem to be on, i'd understand the appeal in standing still and looking bored at an indie rock concert. oh yeah, and paying between 8 and 12 bucks for the chance to be bored.

[gdeangel]

also to gdeangel, have u heard funeral for a friends juno, they is true emo and that is screaming mixed with heavy guitars.

I'll have to check it out. I dig the stuff, so don't think I'm putting any of it down... just I couldn't imagine listening to it constantly or I'd be overcome by the urge to go cry in my downy-fresh Tide smelling socks or something...

[reminisco]

oh, and i should say, i have no problem with the emo thing, per se. some of my favorite acts have been described as emo...

like Death Cab or Pedro the Lion. even though i think it's a misnomer.

[muy_thaiguy]

lol stop using my face

It fits so well though!

[dustn64]

Never Fear Uncyclopedia Is Here!

[Neoteny]

lol stop using my face

It fits so well though!

I couldn't believe how well it turned out, considering it was just a Paint job...

[sam_levi_11]

u even lined up the fringes, it could have been better, maybe i should give you the full size pic lol

[jonesthecurl]

Thanks everyone for being all over my initial question. Especially Sam.

Hey, Sam, I used to date a girl in Islington back when I was a single person. I worked in Hackney at the time and lived in Basildon. This will become relevant in a moment.

So, what other "types" are there out there?

Someone mentioned "Chavs". I need no help with that one (though non-Brits might), it's just a modern name for "Essex Man/Essex Girl" (Why does Essex Man drive a BMW? Because he can spell it. What does Essex Girl put behind her ears to make her more attractive? Her ankles).

See? I said it would be relevant!

Oddly enough, I live in Essex again, but this time it's Essex County, NJ, not the County of Essex, UK.

Unlike the "emo" thing, I don't think anyone ever thinks of themselves as a "Chav". According to them, they're just normal. everyone else is odd.

Also, unlike the emo thing, you can be a Chav at any age from pre-school to old people's home.

I got severely beaten up one time (by what we'd now called Chavs) because I was reading in a pub. Obviously that was conclusive proof that I was gay. For the most part, this is NOT a pleasant memory, but I still take pride in my comment as the third or fourth boot went in - "I guess I must be gay - I've got no use for C*NTS like you!"

[muy_thaiguy]

Aren't chavs basically street urchins?

[reminisco]

Essex County... good old Essex County.

jonesthecurl, if you happen to see American Gangster, you should know that Ritchie Roberts is a living legend from the Essex County Prosecutor's Office -- grew up in Newark, even... he's a public defender now.

that's about the most current relevant fast fact i can give you, but you should know that where you live now is basically where the Industrial Revolution got started.

probably a good place to live, at your age, but i had to get out of there. there's just nothing for you in Jersey if you're between the ages of 18 and 36, or if you're single.

[Ditocoaf]

Why are you still discussing this? I thought I resolved this issue on page one!

Goth and the Internet had a love child that had some self-awareness issues. and it was called Emo.

[sam_levi_11]

no, I RESOLVED IT. credit where credits due...

also a chav is a gangsta.

and remi, he means essex in england, which u dont seem to mean.....

[jonesthecurl]

no, I RESOLVED IT. credit where credits due...

also a chav is a gangsta.

and remi, he means essex in england, which u dont seem to mean.....

Both actually - I grew up in the County of Essex, now I live in Essex County.

[Nataki Yiro]

EMOs are angsty and complain about everything...
They try to be the focus of everything...
They want others to see their "pain"...

[MeDeFe]

EMOs are angsty and complain about everything...
They try to be the focus of everything...
They want others to see their "pain"...

But not to understand the pain or even symphatize with them because that would totally ruin the mood.

[pmchugh]

A chav is an english version of a Ned, but that only helps if your from Scotland. Anyone heard of it before?

[reminisco]

A chav is an english version of a Ned, but that only helps if your from Scotland. Anyone heard of it before?

nope, never heard of it before. ever heard of Soccer?

[sam_levi_11]

chavs are even more cowardly versions of gangsta's

[muy_thaiguy]

chavs are even more cowardly versions of gangsta's

They throw little dolls at their targets in drive-byes instead of shooting them?

[sam_levi_11]

chavs are even more cowardly versions of gangsta's

They throw little dolls at their targets in drive-byes instead of them?

no they get out the car, shout "you being cheeky" and knife them in the back, then climb in a modified citreon saxo and drive off listening to rap music

[Dancing Mustard]

no they get out the car, shout "you being cheeky" and knife them in the back, then climb in a modified citreon saxo and drive off listening to rap music

Good times, good times...

[Nataki Yiro]

Gangstas just cap foos...