some people actually get the joke... From: |jordoh@mindspring.com| Hey dude, I had a blast reading your site. My buddy and I are planning to find some good crying-concerts and beat the smack out of a few of the denizens there. It's too bad I can't be emo, you know, since I like being myself and all. To me clothing is purely fundamental. If its comfy and mom doesnt yell, wear it. And im way to tall, broad, and fat to be emo. I dont know ome emo kid who doesnt talk through his nose or hang his head and sink in his chest. Oh yeah, I don't know many emo kids who like Alice in Chains and Iron Maiden haha. Ironically, the way that these kids who are responding to your site with hate mail is the way you seem to predict in your explanations. They have an independant self-image to maintain, and they dont want any indifel to ruin their cliquish and elitist group/culture/hive thingy. Maybe I'll just bomb all the emo concerts and coffee houses, especially the ones in California. Good luck to you, my friend. Z From: |Surfbetty7@aol.com| hey thanks for amusing me at 1;30 in the morning. a friend tipped me off to your page, and it made my late evening/early morning. quite expansive research and stunning commentary on the art of the emo. two very enthusiastic thumbs up, fine holiday fun. ~katrin~ From: |mariah1@mwt.net| OK, first of all I was reading your site, because I like a lot of "emo" bands, a term first of all I hate, but was bored one night on the internet and stumbled across your page. I must say if it is satire kudos to you because it's pretty damn good, but it's serious you need to get a life. All that hate mail is fucking hilarious, and should be enshrined somewhere. Also my friends and I always joke about how when we're sad we're all emo and have to go off and listen to pinkerton, or dashboard confessional or some shit like that. Some people take it way to seriously. -Mariah From: |rgriffis@cfl.rr.com| hahaha, whatever you were going for with that site, all I got out of was a bunch of laughs. If people take you seriously, then they are really lame haha. I have nothing against EMO, just against all the shitty bands they have, I've only heard 1 or maybe 2 good EMO bands. I do have a problem against all these wannabes, I had a big laugh going through your site because believe it or not it described ALOT of people I know. Whatever you think you're doing this for, keep doing the great job you have so far! From: |serenedream314@hotmail.com| I just wanted to say a few things: Keep up the good work! This site is completely hilarious! I got the joke and it was funny. I also read the hate/love mail. And it made me laugh more. For the fact that, i think people are taking this whole thing to seriously. The fact that you point out that all/most "emo kids" look the same and it's becoming a trend. Everyone gets bent out of shape. Thank you for making this site. I laughed so hard , it brought tears to my eyes. ~Kerena From: |PunkyBrewster92@aol.com| I like your website. It helped me brush up my emo skills and fashion sense. Keep up the funny work Loren From: |not@tinyworld.co.uk| Hey just thought I should just say how great your site is......there are sooo many angry letters on that hate mail page.... so I thought I should just say that your site is really funny and keep up the mint site. Thanks a lot ad : ) From: |LiLxBaBo55@aol.com| hey~ i was just visiting your website and i was ROLLING ON THE FLOOR LAUGHING!! i was laughing so hard i couldn't even breathe ~ it's like the funniest thing i've EVER ever seen in my life! keep making fun of those emo kids! hehe =) byee From: |lilpunkkittie@hotmail.com| Hahahahahahahahaha. Oops...are emo kids aloud to laugh? Oh well. I just wanna tell you that this is the most funny site I have ever found. You are so rad. You just described half the people in Bakersfield, CA. Now we just need a punk page like this one. That would describe the rest. From: |ENKHEL@aol.com| I just have to say, I have never been more entertained by a web page than I have by yours (well, except for davidhasselhoff.com...funny shit). You just described half the kids in the "scene" around here. Great job. From: |GideonRock@aol.com| Hey there, I just got finished going through your site and it is so freaking hilarious! You got everything right about the emo kids. But sadly, I am the epitome of the typical emo kid...I just can't help myself. But you sure have us pegged. I didn't mean to turn out this way...I blame it on the music. And it's a disease, I cannot help but succumb. Not to mention, it's an epidemic. Everywhere I turn, there is someone just like me. It's so funny how we all started out trying to be different, and then we just all ended up being the same again. It's like we all just accepted that we're a bunch of whiny-ass nerds, so we decided to dress and act the part. Who ever thought it would be cool to be uncool?...o help me, I'm as emo as it gets...except I may be a little happier than average ;Þ Now if only these people that sent you hate mail could get it through their emopressed heads that you weren't really trying to help people be "emo", you were poking fun at this strange phenomenon. And I don't get all the stuff about you playing God. Do they really think that God gives a damn what we are wearing? Maybe if you were mutating babies and making clones in your basement, then you would be trying to play God, but clothes really have nothing to do with what the big man's all about. Silly kids...they're feeling threatened. If everyone realizes our plots and ploys of elitism and ultra sensitivity, we will be ruined...my hair is black, my glasses are thick rimmed, and I wear Chuck Taylor's like it's my job...but I know it's all in good fun...but I guess that makes me a disappointment to the emo community, b/c fun is a thing we just don't do. Call me a rebel! Sincerely, just another emo kid, ~Jasmine* From: |neo_g23@hotmail.com| haha this site is so helpful! me and two of my friends are having a "dress like a emo kid" day tomorrow for no apparent reason and your site really helped me out haha. This kid justin, that dresses all 80's hardcore punker with a leather jacket with studs adn buttons and patches and shit is going to be an emo kid! HAHA. now, how could anyone get so offended about this site?! i mean come on, face the facts, it's pretty damn accurate. why would they be pissed off if it wasn't so entirely true? and who ever said YOU were emo! haha these people assume you are some emo poser trying to create an evil army of emo posers that will overturn the government and set up a dictatorship where teh television is replaced by Get Up Kid and Sad Star Alone In The Crying Corner Videos. What the fuck is this CHEER UP EMO KID shit!? hahah if all the EMO kids cheered up, there would be no EMO! it is so obvious that the website is a joke, and i don't understand how any idiot could think otherwise. ohhhh and ONE other thing! that kid that said 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!"- (some 14 year old idiot) HOW THE HELL WOULD HE KNOW WHAT IT WAS LIKE BACK THEN?! HE IS ONLY 14!!!!!!!!! He doesn't know what it was like when there were no labels, he doesn't know shit about music or the scene back then. he's just some kid enjoying some stupid fad, like a scooter or a slinky. this too sall pass. the sooner the better. From: |trentlott@hotmail.com| I beat you to the emo kid photo gallery. Mind if I link you when I get off my ass to create some more content? http://www.artfags.org And thanks for the helpful guide. Now I know how to successfully infiltrate my local emo scene and maybe get some bitchin candid shots of artfags crying or making out or writing in their journals or shooting heroin or something. -Orin Anne Heidelberg From: |SuperMegger@aol.com| It is fucking amazing that so many people can take this seriously. When i read it, i thought it was absolutly obvious that it was a joke. You forgot a couple things though, some areas that i would like to add from my own observations: -tight black t-shirt -art/film school -dating someone in the band -pomade-and make sure you ask a CVS employee for help finding it and choosing one, so that you have a witness that you bought it. you look extra cool that way. (coming from a disgruntled employee) -two-tone hair, the new do in emowear. girls-flip chin length hair out on th bottoms, dye the top blonde and fade to brown and finally black as it gets towards roots. -black flip-flops -those across-the-chest backpacks, i dont know what they are called. These are things I've seen in my area, just some ideas you may want to add. I think the site it fucking hysterical, keep up the good work kiddo. you will be hearing from me again, I enjoy writing to the people who send you hate mail. much love ~a chick who gets it. From: |ObeyInvaderZiM@aol.com| I happened to stumble across your site today in my quest. It's awesome! I love it. I'm not emo, at least, I don't think I am. By your standards, I could pull it off. I was curious to know, though. I bought a pair of the "emo" black frame glasses recently (clear lenses, because I don't need glasses). This was the last pair the store had. I was curious to know if you knew any online stores I could buy some from, just in case the ones I have get damaged. From: |xfallenheartache@hotmail.com| Hello. i have a 2 things to say. 1. I do enjoy reading the "hate mail" you get. you have a great sense of humor 2. i know your sight is just a joke, but for those who don't know it's a joke, they could take it for real, which would really upset me. so maybe you could out up some sort of warning or something, telling people it is only a joke. that would be ncie if you could do that. thats all. later. -betsy. (I would, but the hate mail is quite fun.) From: |the_art_of_lust@hotmail.com| hey, i thought your page was pretty informative. But all these 'emo kids' kicking up a fuss about it is kinda silly... cuz they all know it's true! What it says on your site is all fact, it may be funny or whatever but the damned kids cant deny it or they're just contradicting themselves! Which makes it even more funny... hehe catch ya later *applauds* vari x From: |OrganizmX@aol.com| hahahaha. this website was by far the funniest thing i've read in a long time. but then again, i'm also assuming its a joke. eitherway, it perfectly describes the changes my friends have made to themselves over the last year. goddamn my state of new jersey for doing this From: |silverchica83@hotmail.com| Yo there, guy/girl. I just want to say that was the most accurate and bitterly sarcastic article I've ever read about emo kids. I love it. You rule. You've done your homework. But you have no idea how many kids take that seriously. Honestly, it scares the crap out of me. There's like a thousand impressionable 15 year olds running around with rolled up pants and dyed black hair around here. It makes me want to set them on fire. So anyway, the point of this is that the other day I found my brother rolling up his pants, wiping away tears and getting all Jimmy Eat World on my ass. I wondered what dragged him out of his Dead Kennedys/New Found Glory phase... so oh so cleverly I checked my browser history. And found your page. (it's awesome to read after having been to a show the night before. so true. so sad.) Pissed at my bro's damn lack of spine, i vented a little on my own page... but not at you, just at the fact that so many people take it seriously. go read it if you have time on your hands. http://kungfucat.topcities.com (its on there somewhere... scroll down to posts from yesterday, i think). I basically just used it as an excuse to get into some pretentious monologue about subcultures and mainsteam. thanks for the inspiration. haha and thanks for starting a bit of controversy. its awesome. people need to get stirred up a bit. stop standing there with their arms crossed and mosh a little. merci Gabrielle. From: |plaid_avenger@greenday.org| ha. you hit the nail on your head with your sarcastic wit. it's scary to read your tips, and then see all the people who really do look simmilar to that. myself included. keep poking fun at your scene, that's how it stays fresh. rock. you fourfa wanabee you. ha ha ha! <3 emily From: |KawTek@aol.com| I personally hate emo kids and this vicious satire breaks down their world and makes them realise that they aren't the individuals they think they are. Love your site. Needs updates! From: |emo_geek_boy@yahoo.co.uk| man what a cool site, i haven't had a chuckle like that in a long time. It's all too true though. Mad props to you bro!!!! From: |Krrris@triad.rr.com| Heheh, your site rocks. All those people sending hate mail that are too asinine to know what satire is make me laugh. Here's a great one by Ben Weasel (which you may have read, because it's really old, but obviously those people that sent you hate mail have not) http://www.oocities.org/SunsetStrip/Birdland/4971/punkcode.html *Kris* From: |RG283@aol.com| that rocks! funniest thing i've read in 2 weeks From: |XxJosieDarlingxX@aol.com| that's funny. From: |WSmileygirl17@aol.com| you are hilarious! this is great. i don't know what i would stereotype myself as but apparently since i like dashboard confessional i could very well be tagged as emo. got anymore tips? w/b <3 bridgette From: |starlasaz@neo.rr.com| Damn. This made me laugh for hours. It’s really funny too cause you made me feel like an emo kid. Even though I don’t listen to any emo, I could easily be mistaken as the “indie emo kid”. It’s crazy. Well, if you get shit for this site, it’s even funnier. We should all be able to laugh at ourselves once and awhile. Nothing is serious. From: |okira@lycos.de| well i guess i need your help, i did everything you told me. so i cut my very long blond hair and now its short and black, i put almost 3 plugs in my ear and put any pin i could find at my bag. i am a right so far? but still nobody sees i am emo now, they just wondering, what did i wrong. did i forget something? do i have to write in my face EMO? please help me :)) great page and even more great response and funny people they aren't really funny in the end. well go on and have fun greetings from germany okira well last question, is my name emo enough or do i have to change it too? From: |sarah@Jetstobrazil.zzn.com| You crack me up..that "how to dress emo" page is fantastic and soo funny. Sarah From: |jackiespiro@hotmail.com| i just wanted to tell you that your site is fucking hilarious, and fits almost all the emo kids i've ever known lol love jackie From: |secondnatural@hotmail.com| That was some pretty funny stuff! Really funny stereotypes. I'm in an "emo" band myself (or whatever you wanna call the style these days). Anyways, I don't know if I'd be considered "emo" (as a person) or what, but I think it's kinda funny when people take this stuff so seriously. Everyone wants to fit into a mold, whether the mold is considered "normal" or "different." I guess I fit in the "different" mold or something... Oh, well... You've gotta admit that emo music rocks, though (even though 98% of the songs are about breaking up). From: |HomeGrownMurph86@cs.com| hey, that is a really cool site i am putting a link to it on my band's site ok? Waterproof check us out we suck but we are EMO, and now i am an authority lol -mike, bass of waterproof From: |Sbuffy108@aol.com| originality is ignored today by many teenagers, maybe someone will realize your sites a joke and look @ it for being a wake up call to kids. ~Sarah From: |el_guapo@mail.utexas.edu| i just got linked to your site and thought it was fucking hilarious... i have so many friends exactly like you described, and i wonder if they even realize how unoriginal they are. anyway, yeah, funny shit. From: |humancheese@hotmail.com| Hey, your site fucking rocks. I love making fun of emo/cheesemo kids, they rock that way. From: |carlysfountain@hotmail.com| your site is fanfuckentastic. i take this shit seriously. carly. From: |markhughson@hotmail.com| just dropping a line to say thanks for the chuckle. very good source of many emo stereotypes. i myself have concocted a theory that the rise of emo is due to alien invasion. thanks again. bort From: |Letterswrittenwithourblood@msn.com| your site is the funniest shit ever From: |juniorband@hotmail.com| Hiya mate! Just wanted to say I think your site is piss funny! Keep up the good work! Matt From: |hyperprinzess@msn.com| Hey! I was unable to sleep and came across your site. It rocks! All those hate mail letters are HILARIOUS! Some people take themselves and stereotypes way too seriously! And all the people saying "Emo sucks, punk rocks" or whatever are lame. I love emo AND punk, so it doesn't matter. Your site is so funny and kick ass, I have a website and I'm going to put a link to your site next time I update mine! lol. All the links you have to other sites are awesome! Keep up the cool ass work!! ~Sara http://www.supromapunk.net/punkgurl From: |morpho6@mindspring.com| My sister was looking for good haircuts when she stumbled across your site. oh man...this is such a great site. Can you do how to dress goth and or punk? That'd just make my day. I'm bemused by all the hate mail tho (even tho it amuses me greatly). Wow, people really ARE that dumb. Well, I guess there's hope we'll kill ourselves off yet. Woo, now I gotta go to a club and out-emo my emo friends. Gloomily yours, Xgloomy.pretentious.doomX (otherwise known as Becca) From: |RiotGrls@aol.com| your site is some funny shit... From: |zn02@hotmail.com| hello mate, As a fellow emo wuss-rock hate fan, I applaud your website. Great job. If you want to hear my band, which is not emo, and does rock: http://www.mp3.com/Imaginary_SC In closing, I'd like to say again: great job on your website! Mike View the hilarious, honestly non-made up search terms: |search terms| |back to the main page|email| |