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10-16-2009, 11:59 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: colorado USA
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Gothic Charm School- opinions
Do any of you read the Gothic Charm School website? http://www.gothic-charm-school.com/
What do you think about Lady of Manners?
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10-16-2009, 12:19 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Tennessee
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Just bought her book again, as I gave my first copy to my girlfriend.
I adore her, personally. I have a feeling there's going to be a fair portion of this forum who dislike her. She's not too keen on the whole elitism thing; and this is a hub of elitism.
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10-16-2009, 12:29 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: viola arkansas
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i geus im just sociopathic then
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10-16-2009, 01:18 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Um, lower, oh yeah, uh, uh ... YES THERE!
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A sociopath from Arkansas? How can that be?!?
LMAO!
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10-16-2009, 03:54 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Somewhere you'll never reach...
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I love her writing style! I've got her book & that site is saved in my faves.
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10-16-2009, 04:16 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: colorado USA
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I guess I should answer my own question?
I like the advice she writes, but I didn't like her videos.
How does she answer the "Am I A Goth?" question? Happy to have the URL if she enlightens us on her website.
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10-16-2009, 04:26 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2009
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Lame............................
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10-16-2009, 11:53 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Sheffield UK.
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Why be charming when you can bang people over the head with a brick...
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10-17-2009, 02:17 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Sunny South Wales
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I enjoyed the book, although a good chunk of it was recycled straight off the website so if you'd read that you'd read it already.
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10-17-2009, 07:47 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Tennessee
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Quote:
Originally Posted by carakitty
I guess I should answer my own question?
I like the advice she writes, but I didn't like her videos.
How does she answer the "Am I A Goth?" question? Happy to have the URL if she enlightens us on her website.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQb4rQm-7_M
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How to tell a Goff from a Goth:
Goffs think you have to rip off the wings of a butterfly to show your love.
Goths know that love has already broken the wings of a butterfly on a wheel.
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10-17-2009, 09:37 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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When did she start making videos?
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10-17-2009, 10:40 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Harlem
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DepthsofSpace
Just bought her book again, as I gave my first copy to my girlfriend.
I adore her, personally. I have a feeling there's going to be a fair portion of this forum who dislike her. She's not too keen on the whole elitism thing; and this is a hub of elitism.
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I don't think it's strictly a means of elitism, but a means of trying to avoid lame shit such as GOTHIC charm school. Why go to her when you can learn charm from someone who is a bit more reputable?
The one thing that I've learned from interacting with the scene is this: Too many, nearly everyone, is trying to adhere to an arbitrary sense of dark aesthetic instead of just being them and allowing themselves to be as naturally dark or morbid as they are without being a caricature of their real selves.
This site is for those who thought it was at first cool to draw pentagrams on their walls and say how much they love blood but just barely matured enough to insist that now they should be arbitrarily charming to appear more darkly cutsie.
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10-17-2009, 12:06 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Um, lower, oh yeah, uh, uh ... YES THERE!
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BINGO!!!!
Also, you might as well seek out a gothic karate school to learn karate for all the sense this makes!
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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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10-17-2009, 02:42 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: SO-IL
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"Goodness, Snarklings!"
Ew. NOT punk-rock.
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10-17-2009, 04:30 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Tennessee
Posts: 797
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Quote:
Originally Posted by SiouxsiePernova
When did she start making videos?
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A couple of months ago.. I think June-ish.
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How to tell a Goff from a Goth:
Goffs think you have to rip off the wings of a butterfly to show your love.
Goths know that love has already broken the wings of a butterfly on a wheel.
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10-17-2009, 04:35 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Posts: 9,548
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That video was painful. Its like if Catch was normal and had a sense of confidence but still awkward.
And she looks suspiciously like an older lady I work with.
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10-17-2009, 09:20 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: On the fast road to Nowtown!
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On one hand, I have the book and can definitely agree with the whole "Show people you're not (entirely, depending on the person reading this) depraved and don't fly off so much" routine. The illustrations are actually rather neat too.
On the other hand, that "snarklings" shit needs to stop with the quickness, I'm not fond of the obnoxious sprinkling of "decadence/decadent" in nearly every mention of goffness, and I also don't like the assumptions that a "no play" list at a club is rude and that every single goff is looking to be a fancypants.
I've doled out her links before but it was only successful half of the time, if at all. Usually because that advice seeker wanted someone to give them an excuse to backhand the offender(s) instead of actual sensible advice.
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Originally Posted by KontanKarite
I don't think it's strictly a means of elitism, but a means of trying to avoid lame shit such as GOTHIC charm school. Why go to her when you can learn charm from someone who is a bit more reputable?
The one thing that I've learned from interacting with the scene is this: Too many, nearly everyone, is trying to adhere to an arbitrary sense of dark aesthetic instead of just being them and allowing themselves to be as naturally dark or morbid as they are without being a caricature of their real selves.
This site is for those who thought it was at first cool to draw pentagrams on their walls and say how much they love blood but just barely matured enough to insist that now they should be arbitrarily charming to appear more darkly cutsie.
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That's funny because I think you used to like her.
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10-18-2009, 04:59 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DepthsofSpace
A couple of months ago.. I think June-ish.
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Was that when her book was released, by any chance?
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10-18-2009, 09:23 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Fiddler's Green
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I actually rather enjoy her.
P.s. Saya, please don't encourage Catch!!
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10-18-2009, 12:59 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Harlem
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Lolly PopMuzik
On one hand, I have the book and can definitely agree with the whole "Show people you're not (entirely, depending on the person reading this) depraved and don't fly off so much" routine. The illustrations are actually rather neat too.
On the other hand, that "snarklings" shit needs to stop with the quickness, I'm not fond of the obnoxious sprinkling of "decadence/decadent" in nearly every mention of goffness, and I also don't like the assumptions that a "no play" list at a club is rude and that every single goff is looking to be a fancypants.
I've doled out her links before but it was only successful half of the time, if at all. Usually because that advice seeker wanted someone to give them an excuse to backhand the offender(s) instead of actual sensible advice.
That's funny because I think you used to like her.
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Nope. You got the wrong guy. However, let the record be straight. At one time I was a ravenous fan of Limp Bizkit and Korn. Does that help clear the air a bit?
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10-20-2009, 06:50 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: North Florida
Posts: 646
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I think her book might be a useful ruse for making grandma more comfortable when we show up at family reunions. But a guide to live by? Haha, never.
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