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So wtf IS emo?
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Moriko can vouch for me, she's seen pretty much everything.

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who gives a fuck emos are like the jews except they actually deserve what they get
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I say we form an emo slaying guild.

Let go of all desire for the common good, and the good becomes common as grass.

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AYE SIR

And when the battle is over and all is said and done, ask yourself: "COULD I NOT HAVE KILLED MORE EMO FAGGOTS? COULD I NOT HAVE GRANTED US ADDITIONAL VICTORY?" Yes, yes you could have. BUT THAT DOESN'T MATTER BEACUSE WE WILL HAVE WON ANYWAY! TO EMO MURDERING!
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As long as I get to take a few of the male variety prisoner, it's ALL GOOD.

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CrayolaColours Wrote:As long as I get to take a few of the male variety prisoner, it's ALL GOOD.
But I wanna take the ladies prisoner!
Who we kill then?

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I thought emoes were all genderless, sexless blobs of useless space.

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Zherneboh Wrote:
CrayolaColours Wrote:As long as I get to take a few of the male variety prisoner, it's ALL GOOD.
But I wanna take the ladies prisoner!
Who we kill then?
The male ones. I only need one Biggrin

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CrayolaColours Wrote:The male ones. I only need one Biggrin
This^

Someone dear to me once said "We are the light." But, if that's true, then why am I still searching?
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Thade Wrote:
CrayolaColours Wrote:The male ones. I only need one Biggrin
This^
But you are an emo, and I'm taking you prisoner.

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MORE BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD
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Zherneboh Wrote:
Thade Wrote:
CrayolaColours Wrote:The male ones. I only need one Biggrin
This^
But you are an emo, and I'm taking you prisoner.
I thought SS didn't count. xD Does this mean I have to throw away my goth gloves?

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Wait, how will we face the gothopotamus?

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lolol

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(11-27-2011 10:52 AM)Efs Wrote:  Our Army is more professional than Amerika. Smile
Except ours isn't allowed to have guns
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krissy Wrote:dessert fox
Mmm, flambéed vulpine.
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CrayolaColours Wrote:I thought SS didn't count. xD Does this mean I have to throw away my goth gloves?
They are for everyone but me.
No, then I'd have to toss my trench coat, that fucker is patchwork leather.

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Zherneboh Wrote:
CrayolaColours Wrote:I thought SS didn't count. xD Does this mean I have to throw away my goth gloves?
They are for everyone but me.
No, then I'd have to toss my trench coat, that fucker is patchwork leather.
Wearing a goddamn leather trench coat makes those bandits goddamn bullet sponges.

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Except ours isn't allowed to have guns
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krissy Wrote:dessert fox
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YES! That shit is lace.

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Zherneboh Wrote:But you are an emo, and I'm taking you prisoner.

Holy shit! I have a label?! When did this happen?!

Someone dear to me once said "We are the light." But, if that's true, then why am I still searching?
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I like the little boy's ICP shirt :3

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Thade Wrote:
Zherneboh Wrote:But you are an emo, and I'm taking you prisoner.

Holy shit! I have a label?! When did this happen?!

Since before you were fucking born.

Labels aren't a bad thing, and we use them for a very good reason. It's when people lump things into categories that the things don't fall under is when it becomes a problem.

Seriously, denying a label is like denying being made of atoms.

You are made of atoms, and you have been categorized since before you were a sperm and an egg.

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Oh, that's wonderful.

Someone dear to me once said "We are the light." But, if that's true, then why am I still searching?
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i have no label, I AM A FREE MAN AND NOT A NUMBER
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AWOL Wrote:
Thade Wrote:
Zherneboh Wrote:But you are an emo, and I'm taking you prisoner.

Holy shit! I have a label?! When did this happen?!

Since before you were fucking born.

Labels aren't a bad thing, and we use them for a very good reason. It's when people lump things into categories that the things don't fall under is when it becomes a problem.

Seriously, denying a label is like denying being made of atoms.

You are made of atoms, and you have been categorized since before you were a sperm and an egg.
Oh you and your extreme generalization. Typically, when someone says they disregard labels, they mean fashion labels.

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Labels don't disregard you. I'm willing to say 'I'm an emo' and not let it affect me. That just happens to be how I dress. Being aware of how people view you due to the labels they give you is an ability that is infinitely more useful than pseudo-individuality.

It simply makes sense.

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I'd have to disagree. I can't fit under any labels in or around my school. Not geeky enough to be with the straight-A kids. Don't 'go to enough cons' to be a 'real otaku'. Don't wear brand names, wear bright colours and dark colours, there is no 'Decora' in my school so I can't be that. I don't have enough music background to be a band or musical girl. The only things I can fit under is Techi (Since I'm in the Tech hall, so that doesn't really count.) Homosexual (Because people are dicks.) and arts student which isn't really a label. Hell, quite a few people don't even class me with girl or boy! Which makes me very happy.

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MorikoMisa Wrote:I'd have to disagree. I can't fit under any labels in or around my school. Not geeky enough to be with the straight-A kids. Don't 'go to enough cons' to be a 'real otaku'. Don't wear brand names, wear bright colours and dark colours, there is no 'Decora' in my school so I can't be that. I don't have enough music background to be a band or musical girl. The only things I can fit under is Techi (Since I'm in the Tech hall, so that doesn't really count.) Homosexual (Because people are dicks.) and arts student which isn't really a label. Hell, quite a few people don't even class me with girl or boy! Which makes me very happy.

High-five! I'm the same as well. Usually they just call me my own label- 'that weird girl smiling at herself', which I must say is pretty cool nonetheless.

Still, like it or not, people are going to put labels on all of us. It's a societal obligation and rule. I think we find a bit of comfort in it as well you know, categorizing everyone. Makes things simpler. I guess that's why people who don't fit in any kind of label are judged so harshly.
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