Signs that you might be a goth

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1. Having the following as your .sig:

― Ricardo (RickyT), Friday, 28 November 2003 16:13 (twenty-two years ago)

2. Describing your favourite colour as:

The soft velvety darkness of night once the sun has died; the dark umbrous depths of sea; the absence of light within a raven's wing

― Ricardo (RickyT), Friday, 28 November 2003 16:16 (twenty-two years ago)

3. Reading the Silmarillion at 10 and really liking it.

― Ricardo (RickyT), Friday, 28 November 2003 16:16 (twenty-two years ago)

4. Owning every Disco Inferno record.

― Ricardo (RickyT), Friday, 28 November 2003 16:17 (twenty-two years ago)

5. Reading The Night Land TWICE.

― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Friday, 28 November 2003 16:18 (twenty-two years ago)

5. Liking every Disco Inferno record.

― Sarah (starry), Friday, 28 November 2003 16:18 (twenty-two years ago)

So far that's five for six, clearly I'm doomed.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 28 November 2003 16:19 (twenty-two years ago)

6. You were a regular poster to alt.music.alternative between 1992 and 1998.

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 28 November 2003 16:19 (twenty-two years ago)

7. Beard ants.

― Sarah (starry), Friday, 28 November 2003 16:19 (twenty-two years ago)

7. humourlessness

― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Friday, 28 November 2003 16:19 (twenty-two years ago)

that's not funny

― dyson (dyson), Friday, 28 November 2003 16:20 (twenty-two years ago)

9. You like cider.

Beard ants are hippy Sarah not Goth!

― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Friday, 28 November 2003 16:20 (twenty-two years ago)

10. you favourite club has a 'cloakroom'

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 28 November 2003 16:20 (twenty-two years ago)

11. and no license

― Ricardo (RickyT), Friday, 28 November 2003 16:21 (twenty-two years ago)

Hippy == Goth

― Sarah (starry), Friday, 28 November 2003 16:21 (twenty-two years ago)

12. booze stains on your clothes are invariably purple

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 28 November 2003 16:21 (twenty-two years ago)

13. you don't have a blogspot blog but a livejournal diary.

― DJ Martian (djmartian), Friday, 28 November 2003 16:22 (twenty-two years ago)

14. Your name is DJ Martian

― Ricardo (RickyT), Friday, 28 November 2003 16:23 (twenty-two years ago)

14. And a deadjournal.

― Sarah (starry), Friday, 28 November 2003 16:23 (twenty-two years ago)

16. You are a pervy elf fancier.

― Sarah (starry), Friday, 28 November 2003 16:23 (twenty-two years ago)

15. you think Camden in '99 was better than Camden in '94

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 28 November 2003 16:23 (twenty-two years ago)

17. You understand what 'darkwave' music is and call it that with a straight face.

― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Friday, 28 November 2003 16:23 (twenty-two years ago)

18. Your name is RICHARD TUNNICLIFFE and you are in denial.

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 28 November 2003 16:24 (twenty-two years ago)

18. "What a great EBM track plz fetch glo-stick oh bugger PVC trousis stuck to Devonshire Arms seat again"

― Sarah (starry), Friday, 28 November 2003 16:24 (twenty-two years ago)

I have freely admitted that I am secretly a goth in at least three separate ILX contexts!

― Ricardo (RickyT), Friday, 28 November 2003 16:25 (twenty-two years ago)

20. You wank over Patricia Morrison.

― Markelby (Mark C), Friday, 28 November 2003 16:25 (twenty-two years ago)

"Humorous" answers here: http://gothicunderworld.com/article.php?sid=161

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Friday, 28 November 2003 16:25 (twenty-two years ago)

22. your password for most internet accounts is 'm00nd1al'

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 28 November 2003 16:25 (twenty-two years ago)

23. You call shitey-goth trance 'techno'

― Ricardo (RickyT), Friday, 28 November 2003 16:25 (twenty-two years ago)

23. In Harry Potter you like the evil blonde haired scrote more than good honest Harry.

― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Friday, 28 November 2003 16:26 (twenty-two years ago)

24. Actually just Harry Potter let's face it.

― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Friday, 28 November 2003 16:26 (twenty-two years ago)

24. Your name is DAN PERRY and you exist solely on trivia and short-term memory.

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 28 November 2003 16:26 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.wigu.com/?date=20031119

― Sarah (starry), Friday, 28 November 2003 16:26 (twenty-two years ago)

24. but this conflicts with your belief that blonde is the worst colour ever

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 28 November 2003 16:26 (twenty-two years ago)

27. You write fan-fic abt the evil blonde haired scrote

― Ricardo (RickyT), Friday, 28 November 2003 16:26 (twenty-two years ago)

28. Haha "scrote"! I R juvenile.

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 28 November 2003 16:27 (twenty-two years ago)

29. You're posting here. Seriously, takes one to know one -- I'm not getting any of these references.

― Nu-Enrique (Enrique), Friday, 28 November 2003 16:27 (twenty-two years ago)

29. you thought Buffy was cheap and lame at first but eventually became the greatest tv programme ever

(actually that's 'most people' isn't it)

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 28 November 2003 16:27 (twenty-two years ago)

29. Boots are a subject of obsession rather than footwear

― Ricardo (RickyT), Friday, 28 November 2003 16:27 (twenty-two years ago)

Actually wonder if this works:

http://www.wigu.com/strips/20031119.png

30. You're not a VAMPIRE, you're a BLOOD FETISHIST.

― Sarah (starry), Friday, 28 November 2003 16:28 (twenty-two years ago)

31. Lenor is NOT something you condition your soiled garments with

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 28 November 2003 16:29 (twenty-two years ago)

31. You look at reason #2 and think, "Hey, those are THREE SEPERATE COLORS; which is it?"

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 28 November 2003 16:29 (twenty-two years ago)

32. you're eager to play the part of an orc in the role-play-battle-games you'll be attending this (and every) weekend.

― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Friday, 28 November 2003 16:30 (twenty-two years ago)

33. Role playing.

― Ricardo (RickyT), Friday, 28 November 2003 16:31 (twenty-two years ago)

So OTM

― Dave B (daveb), Friday, 28 November 2003 16:32 (twenty-two years ago)

34. You are not merely human, no. You are actually a cat-spirit in human form.

― Ricardo (RickyT), Friday, 28 November 2003 16:32 (twenty-two years ago)

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 28 November 2003 16:33 (twenty-two years ago)

35. you are called a freak by about seven different people (all either shaven-headed, wearing a cap, black or all of the above) as you walk both to and back from the pub

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 28 November 2003 16:34 (twenty-two years ago)

36. But you wear it like a badge of pride. After all, who cares about MUNDANES?

― Ricardo (RickyT), Friday, 28 November 2003 16:35 (twenty-two years ago)

I move that it's cheating for ACTUAL GOTHS to post to this thread.

― Markelby (Mark C), Friday, 28 November 2003 16:35 (twenty-two years ago)

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Well, it must be true then.

― ChrissieH (chrissie1068), Friday, 28 November 2003 22:35 (twenty-two years ago)

Hey, the coolest of my HS classmates, the ones I wanted to be able to emulate, could've been considered "goth". I thought they were the most awesome people and I secretly wanted to be that bold, that cool, that noticeable. I even befriended one of them. But the closest I got was being a New Romantic. Swooning to Ultravox does not a goth make.

― Tenacious Dee (Dee the Lurker), Friday, 28 November 2003 23:12 (twenty-two years ago)

64. You use 'SQUEE' as an expression of happiness or excitement.

Then Mikey comes and beats you to death.

― Michael Stuchbery (Mikey Bidness), Saturday, 29 November 2003 07:21 (twenty-two years ago)

I mock you. You haven't killed me yet.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 29 November 2003 07:35 (twenty-two years ago)

65. Swooning to Ultravox

― Ricardo (RickyT), Monday, 1 December 2003 10:34 (twenty-two years ago)

66. You may be prefixed by either "ostro" or "visi", or by "Matt" or "Luke"

― Neil Willett (Neil Willett), Monday, 1 December 2003 11:26 (twenty-two years ago)

67 angst contest

― Sébastien Chikara (Sébastien Chikara), Monday, 1 December 2003 11:39 (twenty-two years ago)

68) Dragging out the black fishnet T-shirts from the moth-filled trunk in the attic when you feel like matching your eyeshadow.

― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Tuesday, 2 December 2003 00:26 (twenty-two years ago)

69. Getting sunburn UNDER YR BLACK T-shirt!

― mark s (mark s), Tuesday, 2 December 2003 00:28 (twenty-two years ago)

70. Little kids in the street, giggling, pointing at you and whispering, "Dan Perry... Dan Perry...!"

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Tuesday, 2 December 2003 01:03 (twenty-two years ago)

71. You think you might be a witch.

― colin s barrow (colin s barrow), Tuesday, 2 December 2003 01:08 (twenty-two years ago)

72. You have premonitions of Armageddon....act them out for friends and family.

― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Tuesday, 2 December 2003 01:10 (twenty-two years ago)

73. Someone submits your photo to amigothornot.com or Gothic Babe of the Week.

― Trayce (trayce), Tuesday, 2 December 2003 01:40 (twenty-two years ago)

74. And then you proudly talk about it/loudly complain about it on LiveJournal.

― Trayce (trayce), Tuesday, 2 December 2003 01:40 (twenty-two years ago)

five months pass...

I also forgot My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult! I guess I'm no longer a goth.

― VengaDan Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 18 May 2004 14:50 (twenty-two years ago)

75. You spent most of the second half od the nineties explaining why Marilyn Manson is NOT goth.

― Baaderoni (Fabfunk), Tuesday, 18 May 2004 16:11 (twenty-two years ago)

76. You drive more than 45 minutes to find a liquor store that actually sells Djarum CARTONS OMGWTF!

― Baaderoni (Fabfunk), Tuesday, 18 May 2004 16:13 (twenty-two years ago)

76a. The first cigarettes you smoked were clove cigarettes.

― VengaDan Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 18 May 2004 16:14 (twenty-two years ago)

4. Owning every Disco Inferno record.

I just got Technicolour the other day in my mailbox, so now I am officially (according to this thread) GOTHICK 4 LIFE BIZITCH! :)

― donut bitch (donut), Tuesday, 18 May 2004 16:18 (twenty-two years ago)

FUCK YEAH. Well that's your tattoo sorted, get the DI logo.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 18 May 2004 16:19 (twenty-two years ago)

oddly enough, Ned, the concept behind the D.I. logo is actually a part of the full tattoo design concept I've been mulling over in my head... not shitting you.

― donut bitch (donut), Tuesday, 18 May 2004 16:20 (twenty-two years ago)

Well dang. :-)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 18 May 2004 16:22 (twenty-two years ago)

Yes?

― VengaDan Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 18 May 2004 16:22 (twenty-two years ago)

Ill dang.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 18 May 2004 16:22 (twenty-two years ago)

I may not be shitting ned, but I be danging ned

― donut bitch (donut), Tuesday, 18 May 2004 16:23 (twenty-two years ago)

It sounds like you are desperately in need of a Wet-Nap, DB.

― VengaDan Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 18 May 2004 16:24 (twenty-two years ago)

NAPPIES! Off to that Coldplay video, then.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 18 May 2004 16:38 (twenty-two years ago)

77. You have pet rats (named after Sandman characters, preferably)

― Jocelyn (Jocelyn), Tuesday, 18 May 2004 17:44 (twenty-two years ago)

78. The question "Rozz or Valor?" requires further elucidation and sends you into a deep brooding sulk almost instantly.

― J0hn Darn1elle (J0hn Darn1elle), Tuesday, 18 May 2004 17:51 (twenty-two years ago)

correction, "requires no further elucidation"

79. you take pains to make your goth l33tness clear

― J0hn Darn1elle (J0hn Darn1elle), Tuesday, 18 May 2004 18:15 (twenty-two years ago)

80.alternately, you take pains whenever you can, because they give your pleasure.

― donut bitch (donut), Tuesday, 18 May 2004 19:33 (twenty-two years ago)

81. You quote Criswell from Orgy of the Dead subconsciously, even.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 18 May 2004 19:34 (twenty-two years ago)

82. You've stated out loud that crows / ravens / cats are among the sexiest animals roaming the surface of the earth.

― x Jeremy (Atila the Honeybun), Tuesday, 18 May 2004 19:39 (twenty-two years ago)

83. You wear striped stockings with everything

― Jocelyn (Jocelyn), Tuesday, 18 May 2004 19:52 (twenty-two years ago)

84. http://userpic.livejournal.com/12943444/2049535

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Tuesday, 18 May 2004 20:59 (twenty-two years ago)

might

― x Jeremy (Atila the Honeybun), Tuesday, 18 May 2004 21:26 (twenty-two years ago)

85. You know who Emily is and why she is strange.

86. You owned/own an Edward Gorey poster.

87. You think shopping at Hot Topic is best left to "kindergoths".

88. Cemetaries be fascinating.

― Kim (Kim), Tuesday, 18 May 2004 23:43 (twenty-two years ago)

89. You seem to be denying it to every second person on ILX every five minutes :(

― Trayce (trayce), Wednesday, 19 May 2004 00:48 (twenty-two years ago)

three years pass...

I was just going to mention Emily Strange. Beaten to it, 3 years ago.

http://www.cloggs.co.uk/content/ebiz/cloggs/invt/2687/m-txt-hi-tp-blkred.jpg

Today I will listen to Satyricon, and ponder how, exactly, "every man and woman is a star," and feel vaguely smug that I immediately recognize that as a quote from Aleister Crowley.

― kenan, Wednesday, 23 January 2008 16:23 (eighteen years ago)

I will also revive lots of goth threads.

― kenan, Wednesday, 23 January 2008 16:23 (eighteen years ago)

90. You're refused access to public transport

― Ste, Wednesday, 23 January 2008 16:26 (eighteen years ago)

I'LL BE HERE ALL WEEK MAKING OBVIOUS GAGS!

― Ste, Wednesday, 23 January 2008 16:26 (eighteen years ago)

you're middle class, but not too bright.

― darraghmac, Wednesday, 23 January 2008 16:27 (eighteen years ago)

88. Cemetaries be fascinating.

See, but this is actually true.

― kenan, Wednesday, 23 January 2008 16:29 (eighteen years ago)

But I mean that more in a Morrissey way, not so much a goth way.

― kenan, Wednesday, 23 January 2008 16:29 (eighteen years ago)

I would never buy drugs. I live for drugs. It’s great. I’m the white rabbit

― baaderonixx, Wednesday, 23 January 2008 16:40 (eighteen years ago)

if you could see my chat icon, you would know that it is in fact I who is the white rabbit.

― kenan, Wednesday, 23 January 2008 16:45 (eighteen years ago)

two weeks pass...

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2401/2244678567_7925354f0c_o.jpg

― Curt1s Stephens, Thursday, 7 February 2008 00:47 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.theage.com.au/flash/fashiontribes/goths.html

(loads flash slideshow)

― Trayce, Thursday, 7 February 2008 01:00 (eighteen years ago)

omg Curt1s

― HI DERE, Thursday, 7 February 2008 04:58 (eighteen years ago)

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