"Emo" Dosent make any sense!

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It seems this craze hardly hit New Zealand at all. But, from what I have heard of this disorder (if it could be called a disorder), I think the only crisis the sufferers face is the desire for negative attention. I believe it ais a social status - like nerds (most of us fit into this one), jock/cheerleaders etc...

However, in New Zealand, there is a different craze, called - Skuxx.
A Skuxx is a hairdo, an attitude and a vocabulary.

The hairdo is ridiculous, having the front sector of the hair flat with product, and the back spiked up, usually the hair is black.
The attitude is the lax, cantankerous attitude many of us AS sufferers have, except they act 'cool' in a 'gangster' way (according to Urban Dictionary).
Also, the vocabulary is simply dropping the end of the words, and using 'gangster' words.

Do any other nations have Skuxx's/Skuxxees/Skuxxes (What is the plural form?) ?

People used to call me Emo. Not so much anymore. I think the reason they called me emo was based on the fact that I wear black alot. I'm too happy to be emo. In fact when people are in a bad mood I manage to stay perfectly happy. Story of today. My mom's all pissy because I made a mistake.

Another reason I get called emo is because I don't have any "Real" friends. I have people who say they're my friends but I don't think they are.

Emo music is horrible and generic...

I have nothing against anybody who is emo in specific, but the Goth culture >>>>>>> Emo culture. With the emo thing going on, it's like it's supposed to be cool to be depressed, and that cutting is just an "activity". Wrong. Depression shouldn't be stigmatized, but being genuinely depressed isn't cool at all. As for self-injury, it's just as serious as any other addiction and the way it's become attached to the emo culture, makes the whole self-harm thing look like a laughable joke.

I mean, if you self-injure, you should be told to get help, not be told, "haha emo kid kill yourself".

The whole thing's just stupid.

Emo is supposed to be someone who listens to Emo music, but apparently not anymore, now it's apparently a personality trait. That person's sad? Call him/her emo. Depressed? You're "emo". Cut? You're "emo". I know quite a few people that are depressed and all that, and not a single one of them is emo. :/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7IxliAPjAk

People will do moronic things to fit in to a group.

Emo's just wanna kill themselves. And that's not right.

Emo: A State of intense narcissism pretentiously wrapped in delusional, yet frivolous self-pity.

You could be emo if...

... your funeral is not only planned, it is scripted!

They're not hurting anybody- there are far more malignant subcultures we could be trashing.

I agree with you so much here! My sister is one of those "Emos" and I've almost never understood it no matter how she tries to explain it.

I want to start by saying this: The music does suck. It gives me such a headache and the lyrics can sometimes be just awful. I've found that music has a very dramatic effect on my mood and listening to that "emo" stuff is just a bad experience. Some of it is filled with hate (for oneself and others) and really it just ruins my day and my mood to hear it.

The self-harm and suicide themes are horrible things for 13 and 14 year olds to get caught up in. I remember middle school to be a bad place and having self-harm displayed as a way to escape that stress is not at all a good thing. My sister got caught up in that and it was horrible to see the things she did and the things she talked about her friends doing. She had me and her teachers worried and our parents were scared of what she'd do.

I don't know that if focuses on being alone though. The "emos" I've seen and met because of my sister seem to want really really want to be part of a group. They want friends and they'll do pretty much anything to have them (I actually know the feeling of wanting to fit in and being rejected). By acting "emo" and wearing the clothes and blasting the music they are accepted by that group of kids and they feel like they have friends even if the things they do are wrong. I think of gangs here, and how people say that kids join gangs to have a "family." I really think thats what its like for "emos." Having never gotten into anything like that, I don't really know though. These are just my observations.

So much of it is done for attention. I know that my sister got into all of that to get the attention of a boy she liked. She's never been the same little sister I had for so many years ever again. Even though shes four years younger than I am, being around all of those "emos" exposed her to a lot of things I never saw when I was 13 and 14. It's like she's is years older than I am, and it's scary because she's in with a rough group that experiments with and does things that I've never even heard of. I can't help her if she needs it. I can't even understand who she really is anymore.

The article you read? About the 13 year old girl who committed suicide? That's unbelievably sad. How can anyone want to die before they've even had a chance to really live? And as a fashion statement?

It really is beyond my ability to understand all of this.

It makes total sense to me. It's another "Look at me I'm different!" attempt.

Can someone tell me what's the difference between emo and aspie?

All subcultures are stupid. Emos are no exception.

Aspie: A person with Asperger's Syndrome, which is an autism spectrum disorder that is characterized by significant difficulties in social interaction, along with restricted and repetitive patterns of behavior and interests. It differs from other autism spectrum disorders by its relative preservation of linguistic and cognitive development. Although not required for diagnosis, physical clumsiness and atypical use of language are frequently reported.

Emo: A state of intense narcissism pretentiously wrapped in delusional, yet frivolous self-pity.


While many Aspies can be Emos, not all Emos are Aspies.

It seems to me that Emos usually are children who have lived their whole life feeling neglected by their family or peers, or perhaps were abused etc. When they reach the teenage years they want to try and find out who they are, yet they have such a hard time doing this since their family or friends are not their to help them through these troubling years of peer pressure and stress. They soon find themselves all alone in a crazy world that doesnt understand them, and they fall into almost a depressive stage where they basically give up on life and feel that they can never be happy again. At this point of time they begin to wear black and white makeup etc, and can not keep their emotions under control. I do feel however that all of the depression is mostly in their head, and is only under the influence of the minor hardships they go through in real life that the normal person who is mentally stable would be able to get through without commiting suicide or cutting their wrist. And another thing is that cutting wrists is suppose to be a relief of stress, the pain from it supposedly is releasing all the anxiety inside of the person or something like that, i dont get it either but i guess Emos do it for that reason.

used to cut alot and im NOT emo and so yeah....SH nothing to do with emo.

You're joking, right? Saying that all subcultures are stupid? That's one of the most ignorant statements I've heard in quite a while.