They have no reason to get
embarrassed. Its just a 'look'.

No different from wearing jeans and a t-shirt.

Hell, people even wear tracksuits in public!
(thediscokingpin, Tue 26 Aug 2008, 17:10, archived)

it's all part of teenage exploration of self.
7 years later, i still see bits of it bleed into my personality and even work.
(WhiskyForAll! b3ta isn't the place to bully people., Tue 26 Aug 2008, 17:15, archived)

Why shrug it off
if you enjoy it?

There is a little Norwegian black cartoon called Nemi. I can't find it online, so i've typed it out for you here:

Cyan: "Have you seen what my little sister looks like these days? I'm totally embarrassed now she's got piercings too! It's probably just a phase she's going through. Most people stop wearing extreme clothing by the time they're thirty"

Nemi: "I don't think its necessarily about phases at all. I think it because people like you make it so hard for others to be different that after a few years they cant bear being themselves anymore"

I think that sums it up.
(thediscokingpin, Tue 26 Aug 2008, 17:22, archived)

no, i just grew up and realised i looked like a dick with socks on his arms

(WhiskyForAll! b3ta isn't the place to bully people., Tue 26 Aug 2008, 17:26, archived)

haha
this too.
I think that there's probably a bit of both to it. When it comes down to it, Goths are still following a fashion trend, however alternative it is. It's not about being different so much as it's about fitting in with a different group of people.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Tue 26 Aug 2008, 17:50, archived)