People lack originality. The idiots that email me prove it. Granted, all of these kids are under 15. Feel free to email them and tell them how stupid they really are. Page two is here. Page three which is messed up and will probably never get fixed is here. This was found posted in the ujournal community "xdontxlabelxmex". I guess even though she put a link to this site she thought we wouldn't find it.. This is something I wrote for my webpage a month or two ago. It's about labeling and thought it'd be appropriate to share here. It's not really well written, and it looks cuter with some of the images I put together for it, but here it is. Enjoy. While looking around for a new name for my new journal, I decided that I wanted an emo name for it. Something like Twitch always comes up with. She has the coolest names! So, I typed in "emo names" at google and I found a very interesting site on "how.to.dress.emo." Being morbidly curious (I don't claim to be emo... I like some emo music, and I may even DRESS emo, but in the words of Jos "labels disable!"), I clicked on the link. What I saw was horribly cruel and mean. After scrolling through what emo kids wear (apparently, I dress like a "dressy emo kid," whatever that means...), there was a small paragraph about what ELSE you need to be emo. This is copied word for word: "Also, to be emo you have to be really skinny. Why do you think so many of them are vegans. If you are not skinny, you have to loose weight before you can officially be emo. How many emo girls do you see walking around with a big tank ass? That's what I thought." Let's assume for a minute that I DO want to be emo. Now, I'm not what you'd call skinny. I'm 5'2" and 145-160 pounds. So, are you saying that because I have child-bearing hips that I cannot be emo? That's a load of bull crock! That's like saying "Oh, to be American, you have to be overweight, rude and loud." These are common stereotypes about Americans, but that doesn't make it true for everyone. I'm an American, but I am neither rude nor loud. By the definition that "all 'officially' emo kids have to be skinny," than I know a LOT of kids who shouldn't be considered emo, but they consider themselves to be. I'm not going to bash the owners of the site. They seem to get plenty of hate mail as it is, which is MORE than understandable (of course, half the people who e-mail them with "hate mail" are dumb). Instead, I'll just say that the "punker/more emo/more goth than thou" thing is old and annoying. So shut up. The people that say the "punker/more emo/more indie than thou" thing is old and annoying are old and annoying. So shut up. And anyway, the fact that you said "While looking around for a new name for my new journal, I decided that I wanted an emo name for it." shows quite clearly that you are one of the kids we are making fun of. From: |"Tina Williamson"| Subject: its uncool to not allow people to take pics from ur site hello while browsing around ur site I saw a picture that I would really like to use. So what did I do? I right clicked on the picture only to read a message from you calling me a jackass. So I was somewhat disappointed for the moment that I could not take that picture. So what did smart me do? I went into the source and got the picture from there! So take that fucking jackass I bet u thought u were all sneaky not allowing people to use ‘your’ pictures. But within 5 seconds it seems I have stolen one right from under your nose. So u fucking loose buddy. Take that. And why would u not want others to use these pictures? (example: the person throwing out the word emo) being an emo hater u would think that u would want as many people as possible to be using your shit. Well consider this a fuck u from me. Looks like ive outsmarted yet another stupid fuck wow. you're a quick one. i thought that anyone that knows how to turn on a computer knew that to take a picture from someone that had right click block on their site was to either do what you did or to hold down the left mouse button and then click the right. i don't care what pictures you take. i just took them from other people anyway. but congratulations for figuring that out, you're smarter then most people that go to my site. From: |Tarynkel@aol.com| your website sucks, you guys are fucking stupid. Go back to your MTV and find a different trend. If i saw you two on the streets and knew that you were responisble for such filth, i would jump your retarded poser emo ass. Are brass knuckles emo? Oh well they arent on your website, i guess not, since you are the all knowing godesses of emo. I hate the word emo. fuck you. I hope you post this on your hate mail along with all the other mail from the people that really know what they are talking about. You wanted it, you got it. From: |fidgitpunker@yahoo.com| Hey, How are you? I just finished reading some of you website. Done very nicely *claps*. it was um..very *interesting* i guess is the world to use. Id like to ask you a few questions though.... Why are you trying to "teach" people how to be emo? why do you care? shouldnt you let people be who they want to be and let them make up their own identity??? Another thing i dont understand is why must people conform to this "mold" in order to be considered themselves "emo". your giving people the impression that they must dress this way or look this way in order to "fully" enjoy or tell poeple that they like emo. That is absoultely the dumbest thing i've ever heard! Anyway, I'm not sending this email trying to say you're dumb or piss you off i just dont understnad why you are trying to "make people emo". It just doesnt make sense. Be you're own person! Stop w/ all the lables! Laterz, Kat Sometimes when I get an email like this I go back to the main page and read it and wonder how the hell anyone can think that it is serious. From: |bigbootybabe_6489@hotmail.com| humm...wow...what has come over us now a days? labels labels labels! emo, punk etc. dude...its music. it seems like the whole world revolves around entertainment for some odd reason...i really dont understand this. a site on how to be emo. ok what if im not skinny enough but i have all the other things "required" to be "emo" am i a poser? can i not BE emo? last time i checked emo was music. not a style. not a person. MUSIC. why wont everybody understand that it doesnt fucking matter what type of music u like. must every1 fucking critisize eachother on everything. oh yeah and do u guys have a life? i was just waiting to scroll down to the bottom of the page to see that this site was just to make fun of "emo" people. guess i was wrong...this right here just proves how fucked up people are. im sorry for speaking my mind. DemonSpeaker6489 ----aim if u got any beef go ahead im on pretty much 24-7 speak ur mind. i wanna hear ur opinion. peace ~Adriana~ someone harass this girl on aim like she did to me. please. From: |konstantine1111@hotmail.com| ok i have been labeled emo by many people...and i've been puzzling over what exactly this emo crap is. it seems to me that the emo community is nothing but a bunch of posers trying to altch onto something that will make them look cool. i suppose they think that by being so elitest and exacting they seem more mysterious and thereby "cool." all i see is a bunch of whiny depressed assholes who like to think that they know more about music than everyone else. so withthat said. i refuse to be emo. i totally reject this label. yes i listen to emo music and yes i ocassionally dress the dress, but damnit i'm not going to associate myself with this bunch of pricks. thanks and have a nice day. Right...I still don't understand why this was emailed to me. That's the kind of shit you post in your livejournal. From: |peanuthead_301@msn.com| YOUR SITE FUCKING SUCKS!!! AT THE TOP OF YOUR E-MAIL PAGE YOU SAY THAT PEOPLE LACK ORIGINALITY AND SOMETHING ABOUT PROVING IT... WELL YOU ARE THE ONE THAT FUCKING LACKS ORIGINALITY! YOU ARE TELLING PEOPLE HOW TO DRESS, ACT & EAT EMO. YOU CAN'T ALL OF A SUDDEN EXPECT TO BECOME EMO BY FOLLOWING AND PRACTICING WHAT YOU HAD TO SAY. YOUR SITE SUCKS!!!! Intelligent. From: |"Andrea Hoppus"| Okay..first of all, who would want to be emo? If they did want to be, then why would they want your shitty advise? Clothes don't cry or smile, dumb ass. So, how can clothes be considered emotional? I can't see why anyone would want to wear clothes that look like an old faggot Mr. Rogers Jr want to be smart ass. Also, what is with the whole skinny thing? You fucking anorexic bitches. I hate meat, I'm not fat, but what about the kids who cry every night over their size? That's not emotional? You're so pathetic, or maybe it's just your site. Fuck you. Your email brought a tear to my eye (that means that I'm really emo). From: |lilkittytears@hotmail.com| Please tell me your site isn't real. PLEASE. I.am.begging.you (sarcasm) You are not "turning people emo"....you are creating posers. Oh please....you can't teach someone how to be emo. That is the stupidest thing I've ever heard, and trust me when I say I've heard a lot of stupid things. You and your poser clones need to get real lives. Life is about being who you are, not trying to be something else. Telling people to pretend they know what they're talking about and to go to shows of bands they don't like is so lame. But, to save you your dignity and reputation, I decided that your site is a sarcastic slap in the face to all the posers suddenly popping up everywhere who have no idea what they're talking about or where they really fit in. In that case, I loved your website. It's funny. Right... From: |rockkstarr@juno.com| A quote for you "When I encounter or hear about prejudice, stereotyping, ignorance, cruelty, and our inhumanity to other humans, I like to think that I will resist this mindset and behavior and work to replace it with love and compassion for each other." God Bless I don't know who the hell this is but I'm guessing she's really a big fan of jesus. From: |DasHBoaRD1015@aol.com| this site is just another site that promote posers y have it im just speakin the truth all it is is lettin more stupid people in the emo scene and i think its dumb you a walkin talkin site for emo posers its dumb. no offense i thought ud just like to know. i think this site is insulting the true emo fans... emo is pure not acted. and u say most "emo" kids are skinny looka t most emo grls there kindof chuncky and most of them are truly been in this scene for a long time. emos alrighty gettin worse enough there all turning to mtv now and it sucks we dont need people teenie boppers makin it worse thanxs um. you listen to dashboard confessional. From: |anewfoundloser42@yahoo.com| HAha how to dress *emo* emo isnt a trend like this guy likes to make it seem to be emo means "Emotional" you cant dress out a feeling you have.. haha its funny and Indie Means "Independent" so in other words they would dress the way they like not the way society Percives them to be.... so get a Clue you make me sick stop labeling people its not nice Or *EMo* what ever you would use to explain it... Emo means emotional? Indie means independent? I had no idea! Thanks for enlightening me. From: |riveras@vcss.k12.ca.us| this is a joke right? i mean you guys talk about not liking poseurs yet, you guys are giving others directions on how to go to shows even if they dont like the band and how to dress. that's just pathetic! to be a true emo kid, you dont need directions...you just have to feel it inside, stop trying to be emo and stop shopping at hot topic and stop trying to school kids on the scene. you guys know shit. smooches, erin ps-you guys suck and it's funny you guys take pride in being elitist fucks I'm afraid I have used up all my witty remarks. Yes, I am speechless. From: |hubbyiscool@hotmail.com| I'm sorry to tell you that dressing emo is fucking gay and so is the music and don't give me that its really deep shit cause I used to be extremly EMO but i finally got over that girl. Listen to so music that actaully has a point of view like Rancid, Anti-Flag, Ignite, Ten Yard Fight and Bad Religion. they actually have a point that they are proving and they arnt fucking trendy as hell like emo. Also you say like b vegan because its cool be Straight edge cause its cool. It is as if they lost what they used to stand for like if u were vegan or vegitarian then u belived in animal rights but u r just telling the people who look at your site just do it so u can be a cool EMO person and wicked trendy. Also i am actually straight edge and i really strongly believe in it but all these poser people r coming up to me with X's on there hands thinking that makes them kool. i mean seriously Y would you b emo. My deepest regrets go out to your mother and father they most done a bad job raising you. I'm sorry you suck at life :( What? But he wasn't done yet: Even if it was i joke why would you waste your time making it. Because as i have already said EMO is GAY and DRESSING EMO is GAY. So you are still a gay waste of life for making that site. Sorry to tell you. So go cry me a river and ill build u a bridge half way across and u will drown in it cause EMO is fucking gay and has no point. P.S. You and your emo fagget friends can all die From: |JohnnyQuest521@aol.com| Your such a loser... you cant tell people how to be "emo".... you either are or you arent... you cant and i repeat cant turn people " emo "... sorry to say!!! It's people like you that make people like me and my friends sick... you try way way to hard to be smething your not and you bring othewrs right along in w/ you!! Please get this site off the net... please..... dont ruin something good for me.... your not doing good... just be yopurslf and let others do the same... anybody who uses y7our site to be " emo " is not emo.... emo isnt just the way you dress.... it's all about the music and a state of mind that obviously you do not have!!! Your not " emo " just like all the kids that have used your site!!! The only reason i saw it was due to it being posted on th DC forum and getting mocked!! Sorry to say!! ..... You eithewr " emo " or you arent..... you cant change to be like it..... emotional.... everbody isnt.... and obviously you arent!!! Please trake you site off the net!! Please.... -Johnny Quest I feel bad for this kid. He typed all this for nothing. But at the same time what the hell was he thinking while he was typing it? From: |unknown| WOW! .I. .don't. .know. .if. .that. .is. a. joke. or. not.. But. .if. .it. .isn't. that. .is. .the.most. .ignorant.piece.of .pure.horse.%*$!e. i hav.ever. read..I really. pity. theoperson. that.wrote.that.. You need. to quit. .doing.or"being".something. to.feel.a.sense.of.belonging. "If your fat you have to lose weight to be emo" and that statement isjust pure ignorant i feel bad for the author!!(and hoe for his sake it ws a joke) Can i be emo or is lazy make me not aloud?? Yeah. I really don't know what to say for this one. I think it speaks for itself. I "hoe" for your sake that you don't really spell like that. From: |CJonathanBeane@aol.com| that is sick you cant pretend to be something ur not dont even try lie to people to be emo? be emo? u suck u know nothing emo is music and u will understand that when u have cryed listening to a song because it fits exactly to your situation in a relationship or when u can never get enough of it u cant pretend to be emo get a grip i read ur site and u didnt turn me emo i am not emo emo is just something i really enjoy not something i can be you cant be it no one can what im trying to say is to stop making people to beleive that theyre something that theyre not thats the worst way to be thats the furthest from emo that u could ever be if u could be emo... e-mail me back with a response i wanna know what u think not what u want them to think u think... get it? k good scincerely, john ha ha ha. I probably shouldn't post this because once I explained the page he actually did apologize but still... My favorite line is "not what u want them to think u think". Who's them and why do I care what they think? From: |jeff@jeffpriest.com| help, something has gone terribly wrong! i tried to follow your directions, but took a left turn somewhere and ended up looking like a cross between mister rogers and an oshkosh b'gosh model. help! the only place i fit in is the library. i reek of musty old books. my grandfather is the only one who will hang out with me anymore, and he says that smelling me reminds him of the funeral home. help! cheerily yours, jeffpriest.com At least he has a sense of humor. From: |dpollard69@hotmail.com| I seem to have stumbled across your site from a link on a friend's page. At first I thought it was a joke, but then I read it. Your conformist views are not only harmful to a society that thrives on individualism, but it is also very ignorant. You cannot tell someone how to dress and expect that person to do so, and still think of him/herself as an individual. Try reading some of the hate mail you've recieved, instead of critisizing their ability to spell, count, and use proper vocabulary. And one last thing, you are not God, and just to stoop to your level, it's supposed to be capitalized. My reply: (I found this on a message board that had recently linked me. The person that posted this had the same email address as the person above.) "yeah, I sent some politically correct hate mail, she won't be able to mock me. She'll be so distraught by it that she'll be forced to take down her page. Oh well!" Yes, yes I can mock you. You sound like such a smart guy from your email. I'm impressed. Really, I am. It made you stand apart from the idiots that I usually get mail from. However the content just puts you in with the rest of them. How many times do I have to say it? It is only a joke! I didn't post that for people to follow, I made it for people to laugh at. If anyone out there is going to follow it, then they are the stupid one. Not me. And, by the way, there is a reason why I don't capitalize god. A reason which I am sure you would not understand. Therefore, I'm not going to go into that with you. Have a nice day. His reply: A friend of mine pointed out that it was all just a joke, I still can't see it, but I believe it, and you do realize that there are people like that out there. I didn't send you that message that said, "yeah, I sent some politically correct hate mail, she won't be able to mock me. She'll be so distraught by it that she'll be forced to take down her page. Oh well!" You must have been talking to some of my friends. I am impressed that someone can make fun of an entire culture so well, you've done your homework. I appologize for my recent ignorance. From: |vicious_twink@hotmail.com| i have 3 major things to say: at first i was amused by your site... cuz its the most retarded thing ever, and then you made a comment about being overweight. one of my close friends has a weight problem that is not her fault, and she listens to more emo then anyone ive ever met. its just as if you're saying you have to be stick thin to be a model, body type doesn't matter when it comes to liking emo. you never actually said anything about LIKING emo music, i mean you said everything that you believe can make you look emo, but its all about the music now isnt it...? and third of all you are a rude jerk. people are allowed to their opinions here. take a look around, we're not in afghanistan! we can feel free to say what we want. who are you to play God and stereotype every kid who gets mad when they see your site because you're ruining everything they love? we're not all "stupid un-original pre-15 year olds". no you can make fun of me on your site, have fun. -k-a-t-i-r-i- -back in the beginning of time, there were no labels. the older ameoba didnt look at the young ameoba and go "hey look its a poser!"- A) Learn to count. That was 2 things. B) I am god. C) Is a "pre-15 year old" a 14 year old? From: |munchkin44@yahoo.com| its been said, its probably all been said. i just thought i'd contribute. rock on dude. if you're seiously that proud to be that materialistic and superficial- then you keep it up. rock on dumbass.... Meredith Mishkin My reply: Please explain how I was materialistic and superficial. Make it long. And have lots of swearing it in. And I mean lots. Her reply: i hate to dissapoint you..... And I hate to "disappoint" you. You are an idiot. From: |thenameisjohnny@hotmail.com| Weird.. are you making fun of the emo style? Cause you really got it down. Remember: It's not very emo to not know when someone is joking. Now this kid must not have liked the answer he got from me because he came back with this: Is that how you dress? What the hell? Why does it matter? Do you even care? I don't think so. From: |toofukknpunk@hotmail.com| what the fuck is your problem...emo is not a subject to be 'taught' you can't just say one day yup....i'm soooo emo now. it doesn't work that way. you are a pathetic poser and you are breeding more posers which make people look bad...posers in any tribe make the true 'followers' if you will look bad and very unimportant and unauthentic people. have fun being a poser and spawning duplicates of posers just like you. Looks like somebody didn't read the hatemail page. (PS: Your email address is mad cool bro.) From: |zerosoldier@hotmail.com| hey pal whats up? what exactly are you tryin to do with this whole how to be emo thing makes no sense to me i mean you cant just magically wake up and become emo. is that how you did it? well.reply.back.to.this.please your a loser cya Cheer Up Emo Kids! Punk Forever! You forgot to type "Crappy Pop" before "Punk Forever". From: |Edmf88@aol.com| Ok. you got it all wrong... if you have to cry over a song you must be a fag ass mother f*er cuz thats jsut f*ed... I hate Emos.. Theres all these stupid emos at my school.. All they do is feel bad for them selves.. Though, us punks we do something. we except that lifes fucked up ... oh well.. DEAL! we just chill and scream alot to GOOD music. ALL EMOS SUCK CHEAR UP EMO KID punk will live forever and emo will die If I posted every email I got like this there would be, like, a lot of them. And then this "punk" emailed me again: One thing that is wrong with your site.... Well first of all its an emo site... Second... Converse are a punk thing... All the pops and emos have taken that and distroyed it.... We wore them way before there was somthing called 'emo'. The ramones wore um back when. -TETNUS If Converse are so punk, then my dad must have been pretty punk when he was 14 and I was the punkest 6 year old ever. From: |Theinsidesout@aol.com| what the hell is this crap? How are you going to say whether or not someone is emo or not, and have a page saying all the shit that the little bitch kids at school try to do so they can say they are emo, emo is music you stupid shit, get a fucking life and listen to music not try to tell people if they are emo or not..... Annoyed person...... Main Entry: sar·casm Pronunciation: 'sär-"ka-z&m Function: noun 1 a : a mode of satirical wit depending for its effect on bitter, caustic, and often ironic language that is usually directed against an individual b : the use or language of sarcasm Synonym: see WIT From: |afi000@aol.com| I do take it its a joke. Thank god. If not then you are the stupidest piece of shit I have ever had any sort of encounter with. How bout I beat the shit outta you? Can you write a song about that? Cheer up emo kids. No. But you can still write a song about it. I'll post it along with this stupid email for everyone to make fun of. Your parents should have never bred Ouch. I'm crying. Really I am. From: |GeEkYcHiCk182@aol.com| thanks for changing me emo you change my way of life I try my best. From: |xtrememainstream@yahoo.com| your page is really funny. i had a lot of fun studying it and thanks to you, i am now emo :)! all of the kids at school read my poetry and livejournal and it has really helped with the ladies thinking i am cute! i wish some would date me though so i could write better poetry. oh well, just something to dwell on. thanks a lot for making me emo! billy I erased the guest book because it kept cutting things off. And I really do care what you think. Really. So email from now on. View the hilarious, honestly non-made up search terms: |search terms| |back to the main page|email| |