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ohh she dumped me! ohh i need to cut myself, its soo good... need more blades!

and whats with the hair? all short and the bangs in the face... looks really dumb

in my day when we felt bad we just got into a fight to hurt are selves, and atleast hurt someone else

Edited, Mon Jun 5 20:53:20 2006 by Micitan

No pun ?

always pun intended! because i'm evil like that.

You say tomato...

I used to cut myself on occasion in high school. Also burned myself with lighters - Bics on the left arm, Zippos on the right - one such Bic scar looks like a football helmet. I've always been rather emotionally disturbed.

And, to respond to another stereotype posted here, I usually went to class *regardless* of how stoned or drunk I was.

"People just don't know how to have fun anymore. Really, I'm one of the "loser" (not emo, just loser) kids, and I have never felt an urge to cut myself. I've been denied dates, gotten in fights with friends, been laughed at by the "cool" kids..." --Dodo

Doesn't that pretty much sum up everybody's experience in high school? I have yet to meet a high schooler who believed his experience was golden, even those who others perceived as being the popular kids. In fact, those are often the ones most afraid of being different or the butt of public scorn.

As for these kids who supposedly have terrifying hurdles to overcome in Ivy League schools and thus self mutilate as a form of stress relief, that is nothing more than an excuse to be hip and fit into yet another passing fad in the abscence of any other good or logical reason to beg for attention, even though they are blessed beyond their wildest imaginations. Let's face it, if anybody had reason to cut themselves, it'd be the poor and disenfranchised, not the priviledged and wealthy.

But, hey! Everybody wants to fit in, right? And who ever claimed human behavior was predicated on solid reasoning?

Totem

I don't disagree with that statement, but what I was trying to point out is, at least according to certain researchers, body modification/mutilation as a whole has had a presence as a whole in society for centuries; sometimes as a coming-of-age ritual (tattooing in New Guinea), sometimes as ornamentation that runs the gamut from accepted to shocking(body piercings), and sometimes, as a method for expressing emotion or grief (Anishnabe shave their head to show grief, old Catholic self-flagellation to show humility, piety).

I don't agree that self-mutilation is your "in" to being emo, but, like any behavior, surrounding yourself with people who practice it helps the rationalization of the reasoning behind it, if any.

Ah. You may have the newly minted Intermittent Explosive Disorder. In any case, using physical pain to center/calm yourself isn't the bees' knees. I'm sure you're aware.

Here's looking at you, kid.
Technically then, Deb, you wouldn't be a loser.

That sounds like a precusor to Spontaneous Human Combustion.

As for these kids who supposedly have terrifying hurdles to overcome in Ivy League schools and thus self mutilate as a form of stress relief, that is nothing more than an excuse to be hip and fit into yet another passing fad in the abscence of any other good or logical reason to beg for attention, even though they are blessed beyond their wildest imaginations. Let's face it, if anybody had reason to cut themselves, it'd be the poor and disenfranchised, not the priviledged and wealthy.

Yeah, really not that simple. The much higher percentage of kids killing themselves at Ivy Legue schools aren't doing it to fit in either.

Eh, I've found tattoos, piercing, and bdsm to be a much better way to deal with things. At least the first 2 leave nifty souvenirs and the last is a group effort. A healthy social environment is important to a well adjusted life. /nod

The ones killing the other kids might be though!

You want non-conformist loser? I look like f[Azure][/Azure]ucking John Lennon, and the 60's ended 36 years ago! These emo kids have no idea how to not fit in.