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So my kid wants to be a goth...

JohnE

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So he asks me what I would do if he "went Goth" and started wearing make up and acting like a fruit. This while he is wearing an AC/DC shirt. He is a standard issue suburban kid, and I dont think he knows what being "goth" is. Hell, I dont think I know. All I know is they look silly, and tend to mope about quite a bit. When I was in HS, the hottest girl we had went goth, and totally ruined 94.5% of my fantasies. Sheeesshhh...

Do I-
a. Straight kill him and start over :bonk: :bonk:
b. Send him to Dr Phil
c. Force him to watch every Chuck Norris movie ever made, followed by a "Shaft" marathon with a "Dolemite" intermission?
d. All of the above

They never mention stuff like this in HS health class when they talk about having kids...
 
Westy

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Isn't being Goth about being all dark and hopeless? Show him what dark and hopeless really is about. Lock him in the basement with no light and force him to catch and eat raw rats for sustenance, for a special treat lowere a bucket of cows blood for him to drink. After a month or so he will develope the ideal goth pail sullen look too.
 
BurlyShirley

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Calmly set him down and tell him that the 'costumes' people attempt to wear to create an image and define their personality are trite and useless. Tell him that "goth" just means "attention hungry" and that you dont mind him wearing what he wants, but you'll think less of him for buying into some pointless fashion trend. Fashion is for girls, tell him, and men dont let their clothes do the talking unless its in business. Tell him its fine to rock hard and get crazy once in a while, but to base his life around some trendy fad is shallow. People who dress that way for attention usually do so becuase they dont mind enough to be an individual WITHOUT the stupid costume. If he's a smart kid with a good personality, there's no need to make himself stand out. He'll do it being himself, not someone else's idea of 'controversial'
 
H8R

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Tell him that goth is lame, but some of the older bands that goths listen to (or used to listen to) are quite good.

But yeah, it's a fashion statement.


Buy him a Joy Division record and leave it at that.
 
DRB

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BurlyShirley said:
Calmly set him down and tell him that the 'costumes' people attempt to wear to create an image and define their personality are trite and useless. Tell him that "goth" just means "attention hungry" and that you dont mind him wearing what he wants, but you'll think less of him for buying into some pointless fashion trend. Fashion is for girls, tell him, and men dont let their clothes do the talking unless its in business. Tell him its fine to rock hard and get crazy once in a while, but to base his life around some trendy fad is shallow. People who dress that way for attention usually do so becuase they dont mind enough to be an individual WITHOUT the stupid costume. If he's a smart kid with a good personality, there's no need to make himself stand out. He'll do it being himself, not someone else's idea of 'controversial'
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What have you done with the real Burly? Or should your name be changed to ShirleyBurly?
 
H8R

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BTW - if I had to pick one fad that a kid would grow out of FAST it's goth. You don't see alot of older goths.
 
BurlyShirley

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H8R said:
BTW - if I had to pick one fad that a kid would grow out of FAST it's goth. You don't see alot of older goths.
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Yeah, but nobody forgets the guy who used to wear black lipstick and made "death lists" in Spanish class. Altho goth chicks ARE easy, Id still recommend against it.
 
Da Peach

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BurlyShirley said:
Calmly set him down and tell him that the 'costumes' people attempt to wear to create an image and define their personality are trite and useless. Tell him that "goth" just means "attention hungry" and that you dont mind him wearing what he wants, but you'll think less of him for buying into some pointless fashion trend. Fashion is for girls, tell him, and men dont let their clothes do the talking unless its in business. Tell him its fine to rock hard and get crazy once in a while, but to base his life around some trendy fad is shallow. People who dress that way for attention usually do so becuase they dont mind enough to be an individual WITHOUT the stupid costume. If he's a smart kid with a good personality, there's no need to make himself stand out. He'll do it being himself, not someone else's idea of 'controversial'
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Awwww Shirley...

or rather Uhhhhhhhh...Burly?
 
H8R

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BurlyShirley said:
Yeah, but nobody forgets the guy who used to wear black lipstick and made "death lists" in Spanish class. Altho goth chicks ARE easy, Id still recommend against it.
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Ok, I am feeling so old right now.

I'm remembering the eighties, where all you needed to get laid was a couple Bauhaus records and a 4 pack of Bartles & James. (goth chicks loved the wine coolers if you poured them in a fancy goblet)
 
H8R

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BTW - why is this thread in Politics and World News forum?

:think:
 
BurlyShirley

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H8R said:
BTW - why is this thread in Politics and World News forum?

:think:
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Cause he lives in Europe and we're in the US and Canada. That makes this 'world news' doesnt it?

EDIT: WTF it says "so cal" in his location. I could swear it used to say germany or soemthign.
 
$tinkle

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H8R said:
Buy him a Joy Division record and leave it at that.
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dude! that's the most depressing music ever. didn't the lead guy kill himself on the eve of the release of 'Closer'?...which then spawned new order?

frikkin bauhaus. can't believe i actually liked them & big black.
 
Da Peach

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On the mention of a particular "style" choice, just say:

"Yeah Son, that would be great, FOR ME TO POOP ON!"

Then cast an anti-goth spell on him, and run off with a grand swoosh of your cloak.
 
Secret Squirrel

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JohnE said:
When I was in HS, the hottest girl we had went goth, and totally ruined 94.5% of my fantasies. Sheeesshhh...
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Same thing happened at my HS....After the initial fantasy killing, I created 150% more fantasies post-Goth-change-over.... heh.....Didn't help that she didn't really wear clothes per se under the trench coat....and she let most find out the easy way....can you say daddy issues? I can.
 
narlus

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$tinkle said:
frikkin bauhaus. can't believe i actually liked them & big black.
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wait a minute....did you just lump big black into the goth ghetto????

johne, better he turns goth as opposed to collar poppin', backwards baseball hat wearin', and jeans and flip-flop-shod date rapin' frat boy.
 
$tinkle

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narlus said:
wait a minute....did you just lump big black into the goth ghetto????
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'twas back in the day; thanks for the correction.
narlus said:
johne, better he turns goth as opposed to collar poppin', backwards baseball hat wearin', and jeans and flip-flop-shod date rapin' frat boy.
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if there's one thing that pisses me off about resorts is all the 40- & 50-somethings who prance arond w/ their collars popped. most notably aspen. it's beyond annoying.
 
JohnE

JohnE

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Front Range, dude...
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johne, better he turns goth as opposed to collar poppin', backwards baseball hat wearin', and jeans and flip-flop-shod date rapin' frat boy.[/QUOTE]

You are so right, that would really require a Dr Phil intervention...
 
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