• Flying Squid
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    85 months ago

    I wish whatever people call “goth” today had a different name, because “goth” to me is people like this-

    Now it’s people like this-

    I think both looks are fine, but it’s weird to me how substantially different goths today look from goths of my youth compared to, for example modern punks, who still basically look like punks have always looked.

    • @abysmalpoptart
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      5 months ago

      To me, goths are the people who sacked Rome in 410. None of this makes sense to me.

      • Flying Squid
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        45 months ago

        Listening to The Smiths is good for your health.

        • @abysmalpoptart
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          25 months ago

          Ha, i am somewhat familiar with the genre, i just wanted to contribute :) studied ancient rome, so that is legit what i typically think of when i hear goth.

      • Flying Squid
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        55 months ago

        The color has nothing to do with it. You really can’t see a complete difference in look?

        But if you want color-

        • @[email protected]
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          115 months ago

          The clothing is actually quite similar, I think the big difference is the hair is smaller these days. Which kind of tracks- most hair today is smaller than 80s hair.

        • @SkybreakerEngineer
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          95 months ago

          Still fake goths. Not one of them looks like they could sack Rome

          • Flying Squid
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            65 months ago

            Don’t underestimate Robert Smith. He’s only in love on Fridays. He spends the rest of the week training for combat.

        • @[email protected]
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          85 months ago

          On the one hand, I was going for the cheap joke.
          On the other hand, it is not obvious to me which group is supposed to be superior to the other.