Scenes: How useless do you think they are?

[Maverick Zero Unit]

I think the concept of scenes are just out right stupid and most contradict their own beliefs. Just about every "scene" say they are that way because they are different and unique... Umm... Millions of people all pretending to be different sounds kind of like, they are trying to fit in?

Places like Hot Topic which (hopefully) do not intentionally promote this type of behavior (EX: I got this spike bracelet from Hot Topic! I'm a punk now!) is used as a weapon and a basis for this "scene" war. If you shop at Hot Topic because it's Goth, Punk, Freak, or etc., your missing the point of the store. It does have "Goth/punk" clothes, but a lot of it is nostalgic t-shirts and such. I know somebody, he's been to prison, small tough guy that listens to rap. He saw my Mighty Mouse shirt from Hot Topic and he told me about when he was a kid watching it and how that was his nick name. Didn't care where I got the shirt, just wanted one.

Note to all you "Punks" or "Goths" all those shitty $60 plaid pants and crazy pants with millions of zippers and chains you buy at Hot Topic to be punk/Goth/etc. you know the original people didn't spend anywhere near that amount for their stuff. Punks were poor and if they didn't steal it was the cheapest of the cheap. Goths wear the same stuff every day so you can't even tell if it's even different.

Tune in next week when I poke fun at: Strait Edges and Jocks/Cheerleaders: Americas most loved and hated groups.