Emo kids vs. three angry Store Workers.

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

Probably not. So I'd have to dig his wallet out of those roof tarp like pants of his and finish the transaction on his behalf.

You're braver than I am. I think I'd lose a hand in those tight-ass things.

And besides I don't want to touch him anyhow.

[Lace Neil Singer]

He might take it as a comeon... seeing as a lot of emo teens seem to see bisexuality as a lifestyle choice, rather than just as something you are or are not.

[theredbaron47]

He might take it as a comeon... seeing as a lot of emo teens seem to see bisexuality as a lifestyle choice, rather than just as something you are or are not.

That made me laugh out loud.

[Imogene]

Yes, thats a terrible mental image. No, I won't apologize for it. It's true.

... Yeah, I can see that. I USED to have a friend who tried, many, many times to force me to watch Gundam. Any series, didn't matter, just watch the damn robots fighting in space, RJ!

I watched maybe three episodes of 0083, and started calling the bad guy Annabell. Pissed him off. Was lots of fun.

[blas]

Around these parts "emo kids", the males wearing tight black girls' pants with studded belts and Sex Pistols T-shirts, the girls wearing bondage pants and Bob Marley shirts (wtf?) tend to haunt Hot Topic and Spencers (we lost Gadzooks years ago). We call them "posers". They go around collecting band t-shirts because they are oh so cool, they play around on the benches in the middle of the hallways, they harrass security guards and taunt employees with their pent up rage and desire to kill themselves.

I just wanna shove a stick of butter at the boys to help them get their girls' pants on easier.

[ArenaBoy]

Around these parts "emo kids", the males wearing tight black girls' pants with studded belts and Sex Pistols T-shirts and Bob Marley shirts (wtf?)

We call them "posers". They go around collecting band t-shirts because they are oh so cool.

Do what I do. For Sex Pistols say "Hey cool band, Nevermind the Bollocks was awesome wasn't it?" For Bob Marley say "I love the Kaya album." They give you a confused look it means that they know shit about the musician. I did it a lot in high school and it entertained me.

[Tigress]

You're right though. I never thought about the whole emo + anime connection. They probably spend Saturday nights sitting at home furiously masturbating to reruns of Gundam Wing.

In my area, all the emo kids apparently do is watch anime and camp out in the bookstore to read manga in the middle of the aisles. (Though it seems the store has cracked down on that, since I haven't seen much of them lately.) Unfortunately, the only anime they watch is what they see on Cartoon Network, so they aren't very capable of deep conversations.

[zzapp the witch]

Was out with my new man, who wears the whole leather pants, band t-shirt, all his piercings in, and some nice boots. Someone called him a "old emo wannabe faggot" which we both ROFL'd about. He's 43, and ex roadie and has been dressing like that for over 20 years. He's actually said he got most of his fashion ideas when he was working throughout Europe...../shakes head.

I'da taken that kid over my knee and taught him what real pain and suffering was.

[Onar]

All right, I have two things on this.

First, Emo+Anime makes a lot of sense to me. The past 5 or so series I've watched start to end, have all had some sort of emotional cryfest at the end. Even the action series; for instance Gundam Wing was mentioned- certain characters die and the main characters themselves could be said to be angsty teens; as most of them are. Anime just seems to be full of sad endings.

Second: "Jumped the Shark" ?

[zzapp the witch]

Its a Happy Days reference. I forget which season, I want to say the last one (and Happy Days was on for quite awhile), the Fonz does a Evel Knevel-esque stunt inwhich he jumps over a shark on his motorcycle. When something is said to have "jumped the shark" its pretty much over, they're just using cheesy stunts to try and save it.

[jb17kx]

One could also use the "dream season" of Dallas to describe it, but arguably that was the producers trying to killthe show, so...

Anyway, I've always though that emo boys wearing girl pants was just asking for reproductive system difficulties later in life - I don't know how they can wear them...

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

Do what I do. For Sex Pistols say "Hey cool band, Nevermind the Bollocks was awesome wasn't it?" .

"God save the Queen, eh? The fascist regime? Mean anything to you? How 'bout Pretty Vacant? Oh we're so pretty, we're so pretty...vacant!"

[XCashier]

.....well, we had one. That is, after this emo kid took the box from a display near the registers, proceeded with his buddies to some seats, and proceeded to open it.

LP, the SM, and I were not amused.

So, what happened? Arrested, made to pay for it, parents called, what? Don't keep us in suspense like that!

[Lace Neil Singer]

Do what I do. For Sex Pistols say "Hey cool band, Nevermind the Bollocks was awesome wasn't it?" For Bob Marley say "I love the Kaya album." They give you a confused look it means that they know shit about the musician. I did it a lot in high school and it entertained me.

I used to do that too; still do, in fact whenever I see a poser wearing a Guns n Roses or Motley Crue t-shirt. There are quite a few kids who buy those shirts cuz they think it looks cool; but would struggle to even name any of the band members cept Tommy Lee and Axl Rose.

I also, back in my teen days, managed to reduce this girl to tears cuz I quizzed her on the Manic Street Preachers (she was wearing a t-shirt and was pretending to be a huge fan, but couldn't even name any of the members or any of the albums before Everything Must Go) and she failed every question. I used to be a real music snob as a teen; I've mellowed out a bit now tho.

[Aggravated Associate]

Its a Happy Days reference.

Try http://www.jumptheshark.com. It's brilliant. A now almost cult-following of shark jumpers.

P.S.- Sorry for going OT!