Goths Of Colour. - Page 3

Underwater Ophelia · 02-09-2011, 05:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Renatus

Actually no, the Egypt stuff Ann Rice and others use is completely made up and has no roots in Egypt. In fact as far as I've seen, Egypt is one of the few societies without a vampire legend of some sort. Though the vampyre legends actually predate Egypt.
I read all of Rice's vampire stories years ago, before I even joined gnet, so I do know what you're talking about.

Are you implying that there is vampire lore that ISN'T totally made up...?

Renatus · 02-09-2011, 05:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Underwater Ophelia

Are you implying that there is vampire lore that ISN'T totally made up...?

Yes, because I am really Dracula! muahahahaha.. Now if you will excuse me, I'm going to count to 12 with the help of my pet bats muahahahahaha!...

.....Anyways what I mean is by made up, is lore that doesn't have actual origins in past cultures.

Oddly enough, on that note, there are some bits of vampire lore that have vampires which are compelled to count everything, so if you want to get away from one, just drop a bunch of rice or other numerous items on the ground, and they'll have to stop and count each grain. So yeah, kudos to Sesamie Street.

Saya · 02-09-2011, 05:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Renatus

Oddly enough, on that note, there are some bits of vampire lore that have vampires which are compelled to count everything, so if you want to get away from one, just drop a bunch of rice or other numerous items on the ground, and they'll have to stop and count each grain. So yeah, kudos to Sesamie Street.

I heard that before about vampires, but I never made a connection with the Count on Sesame Street. Everything is so clear to me now!

6SixSick · 02-18-2011, 12:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Pathogen.

Fortunately, that pressure from other Blacks to embrace the Hip-Hop lifestyle hasn't gotten to me. Otherwise, I wouldn't be on this board. And WolfMoon, I can also agree with you on 2 points: 1) Some people of colour feel alienated from embracing a subculture where everyone is expected to look pale as a ghost, despite claims of inclusiveness & 2) I love women of every colour damn self! Not to deviate from the topic of a discussion-thread I started, but I love Rap music. However, I choose to listen to it in very small doses compared to the rest of civilisation who choose to listen to it 24/7. Oldschool late 1980s-mid 1990s Rap--the "Gangsta" kind & the "politically-conscious" kind--is the best to listen to, to me anyway. After Tupac & Biggie were assasinated, the content of Rap music started to become more materialistic. "Buy this, buy that, flex this" or "it's all about the Benjamins" replaced "fight the power" or "know the ledge". Rap started to lose whatever intelligence the lyrics once had since the advent of this New Orleans "Bling-Bling"-inspired bullshit in 1999, but that's another discussion-thread of its own. In Hip-Hop clothing [Southpole, Pelle Pelle, Ecko, FUBU, G-Unit, etc.], I look/feel like a total jackass! Somehow, Gothic fashion looks better on me. The mass Rap culture is populated by mostly sexist/homophobic/anti-Semitic/racist individuals [most, but not all of them]. It is because of that mass culture's adherents' macho-ass "survival of the strongest" behaviour that I distance myself from it. I still love Rap music, but not the culture, the clothing or the mindset. Fo' shizzle.

I look awesome in everything, but prefer the Goth look over everything else.

Catch · 02-18-2011, 12:39 PM

I've been noticing an upserge of hot pink, violet, blue and orange Goths. It is kind of exciting.

6SixSick · 02-18-2011, 01:00 PM

I'm an English Goth in the homeland perfect Gothy weather grey, dark, depressing, rainy. In England everyone is miserable to a certain extent because of the weather if an eskimo has 500 words for snow and englishman has a thousand for rain! It is spotty, drizzle, slashing it down, pissing it down, Matrix rain (lol) shower, light shower, heavy shower with spots of drizzle, piddling, middling, dribble, chucking it down, raining cats and dogs, mizzle, scotch mist, pelting etc etc to the power of 100
it makes me wonder though can you have a really "gothic" viewpoint in the perma-sun of california??

Catch · 02-19-2011, 05:59 PM

Here are some white people

... yellow people

and purple people

ape descendant · 02-19-2011, 09:12 PM

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Originally Posted by 6SixSick

I'm an English Goth in the homeland perfect Gothy weather grey, dark, depressing, rainy. In England everyone is miserable to a certain extent because of the weather if an eskimo has 500 words for snow and englishman has a thousand for rain! It is spotty, drizzle, slashing it down, pissing it down, Matrix rain (lol) shower, light shower, heavy shower with spots of drizzle, piddling, middling, dribble, chucking it down, raining cats and dogs, mizzle, scotch mist, pelting etc etc to the power of 100
it makes me wonder though can you have a really "gothic" viewpoint in the perma-sun of california??

You know that California gets rainy and foggy, right?

6SixSick · 02-20-2011, 01:12 AM

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Originally Posted by ape descendant

You know that California gets rainy and foggy, right?

No geography and meteorology were never my strong points. Thanks for educating me. How about Orlando though?

Solumina · 02-20-2011, 10:32 AM

Orlando is in Florida and Florida gets plenty of storms.

6SixSick · 02-20-2011, 10:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Solumina

Orlando is in Florida and Florida gets plenty of storms.

yeah I got "D" in geography. I know where America is though.....vaguely..... I am a fan of America though the cultural head of the Eastern world :P

Spookycreep · 03-02-2011, 02:49 AM

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Originally Posted by 6SixSick

I'm an English Goth in the homeland perfect Gothy weather grey, dark, depressing, rainy. In England everyone is miserable to a certain extent because of the weather if an eskimo has 500 words for snow and englishman has a thousand for rain! It is spotty, drizzle, slashing it down, pissing it down, Matrix rain (lol) shower, light shower, heavy shower with spots of drizzle, piddling, middling, dribble, chucking it down, raining cats and dogs, mizzle, scotch mist, pelting etc etc to the power of 100
it makes me wonder though can you have a really "gothic" viewpoint in the perma-sun of california??

A thousand words for rain... that says alot. I like rain, but I don't think I'd like that much of it. My perfect day is grey skies, no rain and mild temperatures. A nice, mellow kind of day ( where the sun decides to stay in bed).

Spookycreep · 03-02-2011, 03:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Catch

Here are some white people

... yellow people

and purple people

Purple? Again with that California grape shit! (I'm joking! I'm joking!)

Catch · 03-03-2011, 12:08 AM

lol yah modern gothic is going in various directions.

Here is a green...

and pink emo

Ya, I feel kind of old. We didn't have multi-color extensions and everything else growing up. It is fun, but I'd probably feel ancient attempting any of these looks.

6SixSick · 03-03-2011, 01:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Catch

lol yah modern gothic is going in various directions.

Here is a green...

and pink emo

Ya, I feel kind of old. We didn't have multi-color extensions and everything else growing up. It is fun, but I'd probably feel ancient attempting any of these looks.

She's not green she's moldy!

Catch · 03-03-2011, 05:57 PM

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Originally Posted by 6SixSick

She's not green she's moldy!

Mold is green.

Solumina · 03-03-2011, 06:07 PM

She doesn't look moldy. Perhaps mossy but not moldy.

Jonathan · 03-03-2011, 07:39 PM

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Originally Posted by ape descendant

You know that California gets rainy and foggy, right?

I hear they also have night time.

6SixSick · 03-04-2011, 12:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Solumina

She doesn't look moldy. Perhaps mossy but not moldy.

Posh mold.

JJ_Spade · 03-04-2011, 02:37 AM

Hey The Count On Sesame Street Was My Favorite When I Was Little! I Should Have Know That I Was A Goth Back Then But Oh Well Lol! Then Came Oscar, My Second Favorite...He Was Always A Smart Ass. I Always Liked The Grumpy, Dark, Or Smart Ass Characters...Even Grumpy From The Care Bears. Should Have Known I Was Different When Everyone Loved Elmo And I Didn't Lol! Although Grover And Cookie Monster Was Alright I Guess Lol!

JJ_Spade · 03-04-2011, 02:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Saya

I heard that before about vampires, but I never made a connection with the Count on Sesame Street. Everything is so clear to me now!

Thats Interesting, Perhaps It Was Based On (As Far As The Lore Goes And The Count From Sesame Street) O.C.D (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder). Maybe Back Then People Felt That These People Were Crazy Enough To Actually Give Them An Image. Perhaps From Their Countless Counting...People Figured That The Image Should Be Immortal. That's Some Pretty Mind Blowing Shit!

Spookycreep · 03-04-2011, 06:37 AM

Hey JJ! I like your signature. I use to work in the ship yard here and had a hard hat that I painted black with a little white halloween type ghost on one side. I called the hat Plato.
Here's one of my favorite quotes from him "The visble is the shadow of the invisble." Spooky.

Spookycreep · 03-04-2011, 09:20 AM

I need some help. How do you post messages to friends? I can only access the page when some one sends me a message but after I leave the page I can never find it again...until someone sends me another message. The FAQ answered a few of my questions but didn't tell me the main thing I wanted to know.

JJ_Spade · 03-04-2011, 10:44 AM

If They Left You A Visitor Message On Your Page Just Click On Their Name. Yeah The Faq Don't Help Me Much Either. Lol

Catch · 03-05-2011, 06:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Spookycreep

I need some help. How do you post messages to friends? I can only access the page when some one sends me a message but after I leave the page I can never find it again...until someone sends me another message. The FAQ answered a few of my questions but didn't tell me the main thing I wanted to know.

Go to User CP and go to send message. Type in their user name. Mine is Catch and send. That's it. I don't think it helps if they are in your contacts list or not.