• Rose@slrpnk.netEnglish
    1·
    8 分钟前

    If you’re a goth, it’s Halloween all the time.

    If you’re drinking, you can probably get weird brainfarts and utter things like “well it’s gotta be Halloween-o’clock somewhere, am I right?”

  • galoisghost@aussie.zoneEnglish
    24·
    16 小时前

    Become Goth, spooky is everyday. I don’t know why people resist.

    Edit: I will say I’m not Goth. I like certain sports which just rules me out, however I appreciate Goths and will champion their cause and enjoy their art.

    • Eldritch@piefed.worldEnglish
      5·
      12 小时前

      You can listen to show tunes and still be goth. Repo the genetic opera exists. Not saying its peak. But Paris Hilton loses her face at least. Sports isn’t a deal breaker either. Just remember your SPF or you might end up looking like Beelzebob. It’s all on the back of your goth card. Just check. And don’t forget to renew it every once in a while.

        • Eldritch@piefed.worldEnglish
          2·
          8 小时前

          Sure. Though like Cats or Rent if you like. It doesn’t have to fit an aesthetic. There are popular aesthetics in the scenes. But remember the aesthetic doesn’t define the scene. We absolutely adore gothic and horror aesthetic. But about the least punk/goth thing you can do is tell someone that liking X means they can’t be punk/goth.

          You like Joni Mitchel? Fawkin rawk right? You wanna pogo or slam dance in a black toga? Sure why not. You love goth, and Korn, Slipknot, and My Chemical Romance are your favorite “goth” bands? I’ma stop you right there and say. Here try all these other groups more goth associated. You might like them too. I ain’t gonna gate keep or discourage someone that’s open and interested in learning. Even if I don’t care for those bands or think they fit. Cyber goth, pastel goth, glitter goth, Summer goth, baby bat…whatever Let your freak flag fly. It’s about self expression and rebellion. Even if it’s against a suffocating aesthetic regime in your local scene. =P

      • its_kim_love@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPEnglish
        2·
        10 小时前

        Repo would be a lot better if it weren’t written by who it was written by, but I guess it probably wouldn’t exist if that were the case.

        • Eldritch@piefed.worldEnglish
          1·
          10 小时前

          100%. Outside of Zydrate all the other “songs” are just badly written sing talking. The story over all is just barely even mid. But a fine enough watch through once. Still, slip zydrate into a DJ set and there will be a gaggle of goths singing along.

    • teslekova@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      3·
      15 小时前

      Hmmm. Beach volleyball? (too perky.) Equestrian? (Horses don’t like the paint smell.) Rugby? (Getting paint all over the other players.) Cycling? (Boots don’t fit in the pedal stirrups.)

      • yetAnotherUser@lemmy.caEnglish
        5·
        15 小时前

        Cycling? (Boots don’t fit in the pedal stirrups.)

        Someone please fix this quick. Bikes are way too convenient for goths to be missing out on them.

          • SharkWeek@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
            3·
            8 小时前

            Before SPDs, road bikes used to have a thing where your shoe was strapped to the pedal. You need that for going fast, since it allows you to pull up as well as push down on the pedals

            • Zagorath@quokk.auEnglish
              2·
              42 分钟前

              I’m now wondering if @teslekova@sh.itjust.works may speak a language other than English. If that’s what they meant, the usual English term for it is “toe clips”, in contrast with the more modern so-called “clipless” pedals (a name that makes sense in historical context, but is patently absurd today, and on that basis I usually refuse to use it). I wonder if the term for toe clips in their language more literally translates to English as “pedal stirrups”.

              As a side note, I feel obligated to point out that Shimano (owners of SPD) did not invent “clipless” pedals. Look did.

              • SharkWeek@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
                2·
                38 分钟前

                Right you are, I just understood what they meant by stirrups because I grew up around horses.

                The only reason I remember the name SPDs is because my brother (who is very into mountain bikes) used to call his “spuds”, so it stuck in my head :-)

                • Zagorath@quokk.auEnglish
                  1·
                  31 分钟前

                  I think if I had actually known what stirrups were I might have understood. Unfortunately some quick googling now, I think I was confusing stirrups with bridle & reins.

                  Personally I’ve always pronounced SPD “speed”. I assumed that was the name they intended with the acronym, but honestly have no real idea.

            • teslekova@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
              3·
              5 小时前

              Yep. Competition cyclists these days probably just have the special shoes which lock onto the pedals. Dunno if there’s any goth boots that have those.

              I’m old, and my dad and granddad were bicycle mechanics, so I grew up with the stirrups.

              • SharkWeek@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
                2·
                4 小时前

                I’ve never done anything that would warrant them, lol … just trundling along on my shitty old mountain bike with big wide platform pedals :-)

                • teslekova@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
                  3·
                  2 小时前

                  They make pedalling a lot easier, believe me. Very useful on hills. They will also exercise muscles in your leg that haven’t been used for cycling before, so you may feel the tops of your thighs burning for a little while! :-)

  • supersquirrel@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    19·
    16 小时前

    Summer is the flesh that hides the bones of October and we choose to cast our superfluous flesh away now.