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I am always somehow intrigued by a subculture like this. How can so many people who think it's very important to be original express this by basically trying to be exactly the same? Why are all these subcultures so full of rules while they should be free from the rest?
Still a pity since a lot of subcultures bring us something. On the other hand Ian Curtis (Joy Division for the culture barbarians ) did not need to dress up anything while singing Atrocity Exhibition to be more intense than any goth, ever.

Actually, there's a LOT of variety among the different goth types (compare the victorian romantic to the rivethead in the neon-dreadlocks), and few goths claim to be original these days. Most that do are in places where goths are so uncommon that there's no goth culture to conform to.

Hah.

Whether or not your "goffic," you have a funny as hell screen name. XD

Why, thank you. I'm rather fond of it myself, since I've been attached to it these last five years. ^_____^

i have a strange image in my head with a mass murderer with a Purple fluffy chainsaw.

One of the Gothest rules in is that you must have interests that aren't Goth. In fact some Goths go as far as not being into Goth at all and simply keeping the eclectic part, TheLadyMary is a good example of a Goth who isn't a Goth.

My house was "accidentally" built in the gothic style.

Of course I did have to take up 666 jobs, but I consider that a bonus that I can live with.

I feel a Goth joke coming on.
How do you get a Goth out of a tree?????
Cut the rope.

How many Goths does it take to turn on a light bulb??
Whats a light bulb.

Why is it so hard for Goths to get work?
Because all they can do is mope the floors are depress the buttons.

Ofcourse there are different types. If a subculture becomes too big there are subsubcultures etcetera. In the early 80s all Goths (don't know if the name existed in this way then, so the Avant-la-Lettres). To be more precise I have nothing against Goths as people and as a subculture as such there is nothing wrong with it. I am just always surprised by people saying things like 'to be a real .... you have to ....' or 'you can't do....'. That seems like binding oneself.
Hmmm, basically I am just saying I like eclectisism .

Well I like cold/dark wave, etherial, phychobilly and some old school goth like The Cure. I wouldn't really call myself a goth. I like the music, not that fussed about the culture and besides I like a wide range of styles of music.

People would always assume I was Goth, I thought they were very confused, I was into the Ramones and always wore black jeans and the Black Ramones t-shirt, its all I wore for 20 years, I do like some goth music, but consider goths to be to dramatic

A bit, but not exactly. It's too complicated to explain.

I plead the Foamy Amendment. <_<

I don't claim to be anything.

I think you're really a goth when you stop claiming to be a goth even though you're obviously dressed like one, and when people aks you if you're a goth you say, "No f*****g way man! I'm just my dark, depressing, morbid self!"

But honestly, all those clothes, music, World of Darkness role-playing games, vampire movies, Queen Victoria wearing her funeral garments permamently after her husband's death and all of Europe following the trend, its all awesome and gets a thumbs up in my book.

I listen to industrial, but identify more with the cyberpunks and rivetheads. Oh well.