BATTY'S COMPLAINTS PAGE

There are a few things that I just really get my fishnets in a wad (well that is if I ever wore fishnets much anymore..heh) here are some of them:

1) Mopey Goths with no reason to mope- These are the ones who act all depressed when the wrost thing they have probably been through that day is losing a pair of fishnets or maybe thier mom made them clean thier room or something. Usually these are the early teen type who think to be cool you gotta be depressed. Although some of the older set seem to still have that "woe as me I am so forlorn" attitude too. I like to dance around them singing Strawberry Switchblade untill they cry. You'll also notice these types at goth clubs doing the "plaster my hand premenatly to my forehead because I am so full of angst and depression" dance (TM).

2)The ever annoying "I'm SOOO Gothic" people- Yeah yeah you know the ones I'm talking about, and if you are one..yeah you know who you are, those people who sit around saying they are "gothier than thou" when they are really the most cliched acting people of all. Like the most important thing in the world is who's better than someone else, or who knows more "Goth Trivia"(tm). You are not living the Gothic Soap Opera, get a life folks.

3)Rednecks- These are always the dorks who come up to you in clubs and think you are gonna wanna dance with thier beer-guzzling, hunting cap wearing, slurred speach selves. Actually they are more entertaining then annoying. Since I lived in TN for 2 years I've devoted a whole page to Rednecks Interpretation of Goth.

4)Valor's Christian Death- YUCK BLAH EWWW BLASPHEMY..enough said? If not be sure and check out my ValorYuck page. It's even more blasphemy to listen to Valor now that Rozz is gone (R.I.P.).

5)People who love Marilyn Manson, NIN, and Vampire the Masquerade- Not just people who like one or the other, but those people that like all three, you know, the little Mansonite I think I'm a vampire kids. I call them "Doom Cookies" or "Pop Up Goths"(tm). Don't get me wronge vampire imagary can be beautiful but it's about 1 percent of goth. So doom kiddies think about this a) Alice Cooper, did it 20 years ago did it better. B) Anne Rice created Lestat, he is not real, and you are not a vampire because you read her books. C) NIN is not original. Try listening to some real industrial as well.

6)People who like to waste thier breath trying to insult me with typical "gothic" insults like "it's not halloween" (oohhh I've NEVER heard that one before HOW original are they!), or "ohhh your so depressed, are you gonna go kill yourself?" (to which I laugh loudly at considering I am usually wearing some from of PINK or Polka Dots on my body and if they had a clue they could tell I wasn't into that sort of mopey thing.)

7) People who sign my guestbook telling me I am full of crap and my page is an Elitist Gother Than Thou page, ever heard of SATIRE? Look it up. Or people who just don't get the whole Perky Goff thing and think that I know nothing about "GAWF" because my page is pink.

8) Goths who's whole wardrobe was bought at HOT TOPIC, ok I know some people may not have any other stores near them, but good god, try mail order! Hot Topic goths have been springing up far too much here lately, and it doesn't take a very smart person to realize that thier clothing is low qaulity and cheesy. All it does is make one look like they should be (and they usually end up being) a Doom cookie/ Pop Up Goth kid (see the complaint above). Ok they are good for some accessories and make-up, but if you MUST shop there please stick to just buying the basics.

9) Goths who put up webpages making fun of other goths (ie: stealing pics off thier pages and ripping on them etc). Some of these pages are done well, and not personal attacks on the page owners, but when all you can come up with is stupid jealous teen-angst type insults like "so and so is a fat whore" or "so and so is a bitch/bastard" than please don't waste your breath or your band-width. If you have a personal problem with someone than keep it at that. This also goes for those people who have to sign other people's guestbooks with the same childish insults discussed above, no one forces anyone to go to pages they don't like, the owners of the pages that you are bitching in the guestbooks of prolly could care what you have to say.

10) Houston goths who refuse to support our local scene yet sit around on message boards and email lists bitching about how much it sucks. Get a life people..obviously it's not gonna get any better untill people like you get out and support it and help change what sucks. Of course we are never gonna be able to keep a decent club open if all people wanna do is sit at home and whine and not go out. All I have to say is unless you've actually gone to a new club or tried the new events or got out there and tried to get something going then you won't know how things are coming along and you are in no place to judge anything.

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