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06-16-2011, 12:05 PM
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Fun with the clueless
I believe I may have achieved the ultimate in clueless parents. It is rather amusing. (You do have to read to the end to get the irony though.)
My mother and I had gone out to a makeup store; under pressure from her I had agreed to allow a makeover. I informed the lady that I wanted a "darker, gothic-type style". Mom immediately gets That Look on her face, the one that means you've said something not approved but she doesn't want to bring it up right away. Once we are finished, she proceeds to go into her lecture about how Goth is evil and I don't really know what it's like and don't be associated with that et cetera ad infinitum.
The irony? I am standing there wearing black jeans, black shoes, and a black t-shirt with bats on it. A shirt that she bought for me. Along with a dragon-claw necklace that she greatly admires. With the result of me wondering if she would actually recognize goth if it got up and danced in her face...let's see, you know your daughter wears all black, listens to "some weird 80's music", and has a thing for bats, skulls, and graveyards. Denial is wonderful, is it not?
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06-16-2011, 12:30 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2011
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Cool story, bro.
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06-16-2011, 12:30 PM
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Join Date: May 2011
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This should have gone in the rant thread...
Godammit, DOOBZ, quit being where I'm being.
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06-16-2011, 12:50 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2011
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Grausamkeit
This should have gone in the rant thread...
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Ranting would imply I was actually annoyed.  I'm mostly amused.
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06-16-2011, 12:52 PM
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Okay, we have a hread about nothing in the general section and a thread about what has made your day, as well. 
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06-16-2011, 12:52 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2005
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Maybe she pegged you for a nerd. Twas how my mom identified my goth phase.
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06-16-2011, 12:56 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2010
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Then why is it in whining?
Anyways, to add to this thread, I told my parents I am most probably transgendered. The reaction was golden and they acted as it were a phase I would pass. When told that it was just a phase because I don't look or act feminine, I slightly chuckled and pointed out my enormous collection of nail polish, high heels, and other such articles of "non-masculine" items. They replied that they just thought I was goth... lol.
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06-16-2011, 12:56 PM
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We called it 'the black phase' in my family. Some of us never grew out of it...
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06-16-2011, 12:59 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Murder.Of.Crows
Then why is it in whining?
Anyways, to add to this thread, I told my parents I am most probably transgendered. The reaction was golden and they acted as it were a phase I would pass. When told that it was just a phase because I don't look or act feminine, I slightly chuckled and pointed out my enormous collection of nail polish, high heels, and other such articles of "non-masculine" items. They replied that they just thought I was goth... lol.
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Yeah, it's totally a phase, like being gay or bi...... I remember the hetero phase I went through in school.
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06-16-2011, 01:49 PM
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It's in whining because I am incredibly bored and apparently too sleep-deprived to be patient and explore exactly Where Things Are Definitively Supposed To Go. This looked at least relatively appropriate.
And some parents are quite good at seeing exactly what they want to see in their child's life and not noticing anything else. Actually, that goes for people in general.
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06-16-2011, 02:15 PM
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I already strongly dislike this person.
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06-16-2011, 02:17 PM
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Doobie, do you like anyone?
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06-16-2011, 02:19 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2011
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Originally Posted by Mr.Doobie
I already strongly dislike this person.
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Your opinion has been duly noted. Are there actual reasons other than putting a thread in the wrong place? 
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06-16-2011, 03:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Murder.Of.Crows
Doobie, do you like anyone?
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I've grown to like Grausam, you and CarrionCorpse are cool but don't post enough, Desp and KK were alright until their workplace was IP banned, CptSternn is cool enough, Alan is a pretty cool guy, Stormtrooper is cool, Ophelia offered to let me party with her so I have a bias towards liking her.
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Your opinion has been duly noted. Are there actual reasons other than putting a thread in the wrong place?
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How about the fact that you made an entire thread dedicated to your intensely boring story that happens to every teenager with a vampire fetish and two Bauhaus songs on their iTunes?
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06-16-2011, 03:13 PM
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I like you too, Doobz! Write me a song about life being pain and how painful it is being alive when people don't understand you and stuff.
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06-16-2011, 03:16 PM
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We can sing it to the newbz.
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06-16-2011, 03:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Mr.Doobie
How about the fact that you made an entire thread dedicated to your intensely boring story that happens to every teenager with a vampire fetish and two Bauhaus songs on their iTunes?
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You know, I've never actually heard another person say that their parents refuse to believe their child is an actual goth. Especially not while actively encouraging their tastes in gothic fashion. Slightly different from the usual tales of wholesale banning of clothing, no?
Besides, if it's not for trivial boring stuff, why do we have a section entitled "whining"?
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06-16-2011, 03:39 PM
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To make you ask questions. It works quite well.
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06-16-2011, 04:36 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BlacKat
You know, I've never actually heard another person say that their parents refuse to believe their child is an actual goth. Especially not while actively encouraging their tastes in gothic fashion. Slightly different from the usual tales of wholesale banning of clothing, no?
Besides, if it's not for trivial boring stuff, why do we have a section entitled "whining"?
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1) My parents misunderstand me because I dress like a freakshow and I have piercings in weird places. This not only describes most people here, but probably about half of the teenage population of most 1st world nations.
2) You made an entire thread dedicated to it.
3) Based on the tone in your post, you expected us to be amused by your tale. I can't speak for anyone, but I am not amused. Not only that, you seem to think your case is special and unique. It is not either.
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I like you too, Doobz! Write me a song about life being pain and how painful it is being alive when people don't understand you and stuff.
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Naw dood...
I want to write a love song.
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06-16-2011, 04:41 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2010
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Nuh uh! I thought it was super special! Like one of those things that you press the button and lights fly out and there is candy in the center.... yeah candy.....
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06-16-2011, 04:51 PM
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Join Date: May 2011
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I like candy! Are we having candy? I want Black Candy!
Mmmm, now I want Danzig!
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06-16-2011, 04:53 PM
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I may be the only one here who thinks this, but she wasn't complaining about the 'rents, but chuckling over them being in denial.
Which means it probably could have gone in The New Thread About Nothing, but this isn't that big of a deal. And I'm big with the thread policing, yo!
Mom doesn't want her to become Gothic when the girl is already sporting the Gothic threads right in front of her and Mom doesn't recognize it? ... That is kinda amusing.
I'm all for roasting the "I'm so misunderstood and special" noobs, but this one isn't behaving like that.
And if the qualifier for being able to post something here is that it has to be unique and highly entertaining, we've all got a lot of posts we should be required to delete.
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06-16-2011, 04:57 PM
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How dare you suggest that everything I say isn't unique and special!
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06-16-2011, 05:00 PM
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Mostly I'm just sad I didn't make the list of people Doobie likes.
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06-16-2011, 05:00 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2005
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Don't cry, Grausamkeit. I'm sure some of the things you say are twice as unique and special as some of the ununique and unspecial things I say.
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Lead me not into temptation ... follow me, I know a shortcut!
As the poets have mournfully sung,
death takes the innocent young,
the rolling in money,
the screamingly funny,
and those who are very well hung.
Your days are numbered - 26,280 per person on average - 2,000,000,000 heartbeats ... tick, tick, tick
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