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[ohrlyeh]

i have a question

is "you look like you go to hot topic" considered a compliment or an insult?

i've had this said to me before a few times but i woke up today with my eye color changed and now even more people are telling me this

i do not know hot topic's reputation enough to know if i want to be associated with it. please help

Comments

[thesettingsun]

It's an insult 99% of the time unless you are currently inside a Hot Topic.

[ohrlyeh]

okay i guess that settles it but

why is it an insult? what is bad about that store

[sivard]

I guess it depends on who said it to you.

Was it a goth telling you this or someone who doesn't dress like a goth?

[ohrlyeh]

you mean the people who have like 100 piercings?

is that what a goth is

i think pretty much people who are not goths??

[adoringpast]

why would you even think that it's a compliment

[ohrlyeh]

i don't know it didn't necessarily sound like an insult

i've never been in a hot topic maybe its a good place to go

[odasaku]

I think goth teenagers go there?

[ohrlyeh]

the ones who wear those weird shirts with cartoon characters? is that what goth teenagers are

[originallutece]

Yes.

What color are your eyes now?

[ohrlyeh]

oh dear.

they're purple now. i'm 1000% sure that's not a real eye color but there you go

i hate it

[okitactless]

what's hot topic [yams please stop commenting unhelpfully to people's posts]

and what's your new eye color

[ohrlyeh]

it's a store. i think it sells clothes. apparently goth teenagers shop there

theyre purple now. its terrible

placeholder for when our other thread finishes but I couldn't resist

[imaginex]

[/Sakura, reading Shuji's response:

It's a insult 99% of the time]

Howard-san, do you remember who said this to you? (⌒‿⌒)

[ohrlyeh]

some students at the university? is it important to know

[floret]

Hi Mr. Carter!

Hot Topic is fine, I think? People can buy cartoon lunchboxes from there.

[ohrlyeh]

lunchboxes? i thought it was a clothing store

[mincingminuet]

Ooof.

No it is not a compliment.

They're calling you a wannabe Goth. You're classier than that.

[ohrlyeh]

wait is a goth not classy then

[justchords]

yeah. that's an insult

typically associated with "edgy goth kids"

out of curiosity, what did your eyes change to?

[ohrlyeh]

edgy??

and they're purple. i want my old eyes back

[me_matey]

hot topic's legit, bruh, but ppl like to hate on shit teenagers like

-Not that May's ever... actually paid for anything she got there. Ever.-

[ohrlyeh]

and i assume that you, yourself are a teenager

i'm 28 years old. is it okay to be referred to something that teenagers like?

[aintjustaweapon]

Mm
I dunno, I mean, seems like if you're goth, people are gonna say that
Are you?

And do ya really care what they think?

[ohrlyeh]

i honestly have no clue if i'm goth or not because people are giving me varying descriptions

i do care. i care a lot. in that i care that there's a lot of attention on me when i don't want it

[lesinset]

if you are a goth its an insult
if you are a teen its almost an insult
if you are neither it is an insult
anyone telling you that are insulting you

also weird eyes are cool
people have no account for taste

[ohrlyeh]

oh no

count me as one of those people because i would like a refund thank you very much

[frostythehitman]

it's only an insult if you let it be

[ohrlyeh]

i'm afraid i would take 99% of things as insults if i let them be

[rebellions]

if you don't know what something is always assume it's an insult
works 99% of time

[Citation needed.]

[ohrlyeh]

i do that but its sad thinking everything is just an insult towards you...i'd like to be complimented too

[hadeir]

It's usually an insult because of the sheer unoriginality of it all.

What's your eye color right now?

[ohrlyeh]

is it that unoriginal? i haven't seen anything like hot topic i don't think

they're purple. of all colors, they're purple

[livingdeadgirl]

some people think its an insult
but they are mistaken!
because hot topic is the best

[says.... the teenage goth......................]

(what color did your eyes turn?
just curious
for no particular reason)

[ohrlyeh]

are you sure

people keep telling me it isn't the best

and they're purple now. like a light lavender