{"id":958,"date":"2006-08-01T05:39:00","date_gmt":"2006-08-01T05:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theogeo.com\/blog\/?p=958"},"modified":"2006-08-01T05:39:00","modified_gmt":"2006-08-01T05:39:00","slug":"one-way-to-perplex-your-host","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theogeo.com\/blog\/uncategorized\/one-way-to-perplex-your-host\/","title":{"rendered":"One way to perplex your host"},"content":{"rendered":"

My most popular post ev-ah is this one<\/a>, in which I designate four particularly offensive emo-indie-kid hairstyles I’d like to see instantly halted. <\/p>\n

I wrote this post last Novemeber, and lately I’ve gotten at least 20 Google referrals each day to it. I don’t know what kids out there are searching for (I’m the top result for “indie hairstyles” and “asymmetrical hairstyles” if you do an image search, and I’m near the top if you do an “indie haircut” search), but, increasingly they’re finding themselves here, which is probably a huge disappointment for them when they realize I’m ridiculing their fashion choices (as only a fashion-challenged doofus such as myself can do). <\/p>\n

But, as literarily prolific as you might think people using these search terms might be, comments from these hairstyle-seekers are few and far between. <\/p>\n

I got my first comment on the post from someone named Laura a couple of weeks ago, many months after the actual publication date of the post. She seemed to enjoy the humor, which I appreciate greatly, as I did put much thought into the illustrations of emo-hairstyles-gone-wrong. <\/p>\n

But the most recent comment, left Monday morning, sort of lost me. <\/p>\n

Let me quote from one aptly named “indie kid”: <\/p>\n

EMO!!!! ak i concider myself an indie all the way – H&M belt, green converse, drainpipes, the kilers and i find it OFFENSIVE that emo freaks like u should be allowed to walk the streets. BLACK IS SHIT!! get it into your head thayt blac shirts, baggy trousers, hair and converse that are black are NOT KOOL! fuking emo freak<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Seriously, emo freaks like me? <\/p>\n

Yikes, dude, you’re at an emo nine; I need you to take it down to a four. <\/p>\n

Because if I’m somehow coming across as emo, then you must have just come from a frigging Donny Osmond concert.<\/p>\n

Doooood, I’m not emo! I’m, if anything, painfully a-emo. Or anti-emo. <\/p>\n

Sorry, “real” emo kids, but I remember being in high school and talking about the term “emo” and what it meant as it was emerging in pop culture. It was a joke from the beginning; that any of you would take it this seriously is depressing the bejesus out of me. Sure, there were cardigans and boxes of Kleenex and a general consensus that emoting was a natural way to get laid, but we didn’t actually concoct a dress cocde that involved particular brands or colors. We were far too sensitive for that. And if there is anything in the world that is anti-emo, it is the idea of exclusion. <\/p>\n

Harsh, dudes. So chill out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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