Thread: What do you think when you hear the word "Goth"

When I hear the word "goth" I think of people. They are people and just because they are different they different taste than most people doesb't mean they are "werid". Gothic people are different I will admit that but I would be evil and start talking bad about them because they have feelings like anyone else.

well i think of it when somebody is called it and i think somebody who is sad miserable and is weird because he cant handle something and is trying to make people fell sorry for them .

To answer the thread title: I think of the Ostrogoths, Visigoths, etc. And then I get the urge to yell out "Vikings! Woo!" Though I am aware they're not really vikings.

COncerning the stereotype, I usually get a vision of the typical "depressed" / "emo" person, and suddenly I feel this... THis sense of altruism, and I feel like I want to help them. Maybe it's because I can actually relate to them, with the whole feeling rejected and ignored thing. I know not all "goths" are like that, but still, that's the second image I get in my mind, and it's engraved in there.

I don't make judgements of people based on stereotypes; only until I know them and have interacted with them I'll make up my thoughts.

when i hear goth i hear a clothing style or lifestyle choice. i sconsider myself "goth-esque" but in all seriousness i see it as a term of open or closed mindedness.

one person, and ive gotten this before, may say something like "but your gothe! you like the dark! lught burns your skin and your gonna go to hell!" now, there are all kinds of things wrong with this sentence. i like the darkness, but because im irish, and me and the sun dont mix, not because im a vampire. i am not going to hell just because im gothy. i am not an atheist, and i believe in all the christian morals i was brought up with.

however there are the people who view goth as just a person wearing black clothing, which i prefer. if you see a "goth" as a person, then i simply have to problem with you. you see the world how it should be and for that i applaud you.

and why is it that the old term for the barbaric tribes of mideavil germany are now used to describe a lifestyle choice a person makes?

Originally Posted by NeoDeath90

and why is it that the old term for the barbaric tribes of mideavil germany are now used to describe a lifestyle choice a person makes?

Because it is short for "Gothic" and originally referred to people recreating the feel of the old Gothic Romances of the 1800's.


Which is why when I hear "Goth" I think "Still?" Goths have been around for decades and probably even before that. You get all types and as long as they are under 21 I couldn't care less, drama is normal when you are a teen and it takes all types of facades. It is when they start engaging in harmful behavior or should have grown out of the drama stage and still LIVE that way (and not just on the weekend) that I worry. There is nothing wrong with having fun but choosing to live a life of depression and drama just isn't healthy.

Originally Posted by tsurara

My impressions?

geekgoth - people who wear all black, maybe black nailpolish, they usually have frizzy longish hair (the boys anyway). They might listen to music everyone else thinks is scary... sometimes gay or bi... they usually don't concern themselves with goth fandom and hang out with a wide range of generic geeks, nerds, dorks, LGBTs, etc. In other words, they are all-purpose outcasts who fit in with everyone else who doesn't quite. Usually friendly, geeky, and into all kinds of geeky things I am. They make cool friends.

Sweet! I'm a geekgoth! ^_^ Well actually my style now is a mixture of punk/urban than goth. . . I like goths, well I'm a ppl person so I kinda tend to like ppl alot. .

hhmm I think a lot of things when I hear the word goth..I mean but everybody has their own terms or defintions of being goth..I think of goths being alone in one click all the time..,not talkable..wearing all black (that's kinda awsome ^.-) pericing and listens to ONLY heavy metal..but then u have ur emo gothics too ..so it's hard to tell what kinda goth ppl is...but three is nothig wrong with being gothis..