Saturday, August 18, 2012

Where Have All The Goths Gone?

Everyone says they know a Goth or two. Everyone I've met knows someone who prefers the dark side, or at least can understand the attraction. So where is everybody?

For every person I meet who “knows someone like me” I meet surprisingly few actual Goths. Searching the web only brings up a sad collection of defunct sites, abandoned years ago. Going to the local Goth club, I'm greeted by a vast majority of ravers and, dare I say it, posers. Poor lost souls attending for the techno music and cheap drinks.

So where are all the real Goths hiding? Are we technophobes, hiding from the vast interwebs on some fundamental principal? Have we become so disillusioned by the club scene that we no longer even bother going? Where is everybody!

Maybe it's time for us to take back the night from those who don't appreciate it's potential. A fantastic start is to become approachable. Talk to your fellow Goths. Don't perpetuate the myth that Goths are all stuck up snobs who only converse with their own select crew. We all share the dark side, that's what binds us together! That alone gives us all a great opening line.

Let's face it Gothlings, without a solid community we are doomed to wander alone forever and as appealing as that is, it's only fun for so long. So spread the word and spread the love. Let's start building a community to be proud of! Let's build a place we are excited to visit again and again, where our like minds can expand and our dark beauty can flourish.

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