An Important Distinction
This has been getting me frustrated for a long time now.
So I figured rather than just letting it stew in my brain I’d let people read it.
I hope I can get my point across.
It’s about a new trend which no doubt everyone will have heard of “emo”( short for emotional apparently.) and it’s subculture and music…
(in this blog i’m gonna assume you know what it is)
The reason i am annoyed is not because emo exists , but because it’s misused and it’s been hi-jacked by ignorant people and used as an insult against anyone different to themselves.
Picture this scene:
I have a mate called Andy in year 9, he is about as emo as your granma.He barely wears any black , no dyed and straightened fringe , no nothing.
He is sat listening to a favourite band of his on his Ipod – Cannibal Corpse…
His friend comes up to him and asks him “Why are you listening to emo music?”
I have several problems with this question:
Cannibal Corpse is a death metal band.Most people who consider themselves emo would not not touch death metal with a bargepole.
Metal is characteristically, very fast, low register, with low tuned distorted guitars, harsh vocals,angry lyrics about almost anything, complex and aggressive drumming.Basically very precise and aggressive music.
Emo on the other hand is nearly always has clean vocals, not as fast , not where near as aggressive, hardly any down tuning of the guitars, less distortion, kinda like watered down punk rock with more depressing lyrics.
Not much alike are they???
(Ever called anyone goth? goth is something different entirely)
It annoys me greatly that people should automatically assume that any “heavy” or outcasted music they hear is *insert name of lastest subculture/trend here*.
It’s NOT.
Metal predates emo by 20 years. Even metal as extreme as death metal predates emo 15 years.
So please don’t call metal, emo , or vices versa(OR goth for that matter)
because it simply isn’t, if you wanna insult someone just because their music taste differs from your at least get your facts straight.
Other thing that pisses me off about that question is:
Why does the questioner need to approve of the music???
Andy’s, or anyone Else’s for that matter? Can’t he listen to whatever the fuck he wants?
What is it to the questioner? It’s not like he is being forced to listen to the music? If he doesn’t like like it… he can f**k off and listen to his own.
It’s like the questioner and many like the questioner (and there are alot believe me) are striving for a universally accepted idea of what is good music.
He can f*ck off.Simple as.
People shouldn’t listen to things because it’s cool and acceptable.It’s f*cking stupid.
Many people are always telling me how metal is shit and providing vague and flawed reasons for it and I intent to pwn their arse in a later blog ,
As I still have something to explain on this subject of emo.
In this blog I have another aim besides showing the differance between emo and metal.
I am always getting these retards coming up to me saying *puts stupid voice on* “Go slit your wrists you fucking emo” (No I don’t do it 
).ARGH.I wanna talk about this as well. I’m not gonna say whether self harm is good or bad.I’m gonna say
“What the f*ck does it have to do with emo???”
Again, self harm predates emo by f*ck knows how many years.
I know myself many people who aren’t “emos” who selfharm,
and many many “emos” who don’t.
I’m not gonna say self harm and emo are completely unrelated, as many idiots who are trying to fit with the bounderys of the trend, think it’s nessersery to be “emo”(which shows they don’t understand what selfharm is for).
You notice that these are the people who show it off??? The ones who actaully roll up their sleeves to show the world.
So it’s easy to see why you would think Emo = Selfharm, but think of the masses of people who haven’t rolled up thier sleeves! whats under there? I bet those people outnumber the pretenious idiots.(use your brain folks)
Those “emos” only show it off because they want to be seen as more emo.
That is a large smack in the face to all those genuine people who are suffering with the problem.
They are actaully ashamed and therefore won’t parade it around so you don’t notice them.But you notice that minority of attention seeking emos don’t you?
People shouldn’t form their opinion based on that.
So net time you think of calling the Emo at the back of class” to go slit his or her wrists.THINK before you make a stupid ignorant retard of a comment.
I mean 5 years ago, if you self harmed, you were called goth???(which is another type of music (It’s not all the same :O (the shock))
It seems to me that goth, mosher and emo have become interchangable terms for the ignorant retards amoung us to use as insults against anyone they happen not to like.
Also.
I find it odd that thier are people who actually actively try to fit into these inane human catagorys too!
But slating sterotypes is for another blog.
I intend to do blogs like this for stuff like:
Stereotypes ,
Irrational prejudice
Politics (waits for the reader to cringe 
Religion
and lots of other stuff
In abit.
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