| Submit your comments on this article |
| -Short Attention Span Theater- |
| I have seen the future - and it's goth |
| 2006-03-22 |
| Well, goths are people too, normal people even, according to this... ok, they're normal, but funnier... and they make me feel all manly and upbeat in comparison, that's nice. |
| Posted by:anonymous5089 |
| #8 Goths are neither normal nor funny. They are mostly kids with attitude and self-image problems who feed on negative attention and who need help before they totally ruin their teen years with anti-social behavior. Our 14-year-old daughter went into a Goth phase and we eventually reached a tipping point and resorted to "tough love". Her hair got cut by her mom and her Goth clothes and makeup went into the trash. Hanging out with the mall rats used to be forbidden and required some sneaking, but now she can only get the mall with her mom. She has to get approval for wardrobe each day and there are random room and bookbag searches. The pressure is subsiding in part because some of her Goth friends have voluntarily re-entered the normal world. She may go Goth again when she moves out of here, but I've had my fill of sitting across the dinner table from a Goth. "Goth" is a social disease that can be treated with good old-fashioned parenting. Unfortunately, there's not so much of that around anymore. |
| Posted by: Darrell 2006-03-22 21:36 |
| #7 Still a Regency kinda guy. |
| Posted by: 6 2006-03-22 14:50 |
| #6 Irefer the Edwardians, myself. |
| Posted by: mojo 2006-03-22 13:47 |
| #5 Well their knowledge will certainly improve :) (Mine certainly did (thanks to OP and others) and I'm over 40...) Their grades however will probably suffer since they no longer toe the 'party line'.... |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2006-03-22 13:37 |
| #4 I think Rantburg should be required reading for every high school student. I'm sure their grades in history, science, geography, and "social studies" would improve greatly. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2006-03-22 13:33 |
| #3 rofl - can we open up a goth helpline?? who cares about the problem of youth violence or drug taking and gang wars - lets all worry and fret about goths. lol only al - gaurdian can print this stuff and get away with it :) ,thanks for the laughs for posting this up. |
| Posted by: ShepUK 2006-03-22 10:11 |
| #2 A lot of Goths are that way because they are afraid. That is, public school is infested with a "cult of nice" that discourages teachers from teaching the whole truth, if it is nasty, mean, unpleasant, cruel, or basically, "not nice". This is why history, for example, has been so utterly gutted in the public schools, giving pages to vapid nonsense. The Goth kids are smart enough to realize that they are being lied to, by omission, and they see things on their TVs that show that the world really isn't Hello Kitty and the Teletubbies in soft pastel colors, like their teachers have said. So something so fearful that the adults around them won't talk about it must be scary indeed. And the Goths seek it out, not to embrace it, but just to put a form on it, so they will know what it is, and can avoid it. The cure for a lot of Goths, then, is to be honest with them. To show them that being aware of evil, and knowing what evil is, is not the same as being evil. In other words, they need to surf Rantburg for a few weeks. At the same time, they should learn a little discrimination; that is, just because it looks good on paper, doesn't necessarily mean that it is good. In fact, that those who preach "goodness", can often be the most evil of them all. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2006-03-22 10:03 |
| #1 The most terrifying realization for youth is the near-certain knowledge that they will make a pointlessly vain attempt to appear the opposite of their parents, but will eventually, after the stuporous fog finally lifts, end up precisely the same as their parents. Give or take a nose-ring or pierced nipple. It's a time-honored tradition among the privileged offspring of the tolerant West. Most parents needlessly fear this phase, though it does usually coincide with the waste of immeasurable hard-earned money poured down the educational rat-hole. Though you paid for the equivalent of a law degree, that he turned out to be a poodle-clipper shouldn't unhinge you. Buy a poodle and gloat over the fact that you get yours trimmed free. Lemons. Lemonade. |
| Posted by: Creater Crater3500 2006-03-22 09:25 |