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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.

[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?

[adoringpast]

why would you even think that it's a compliment

[odasaku]

I think goth teenagers go there?

[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??

[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

[ohrlyeh]

okay i guess that settles it but

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

[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

[odasaku]

Maybe? I think they also dress in lots of black.

[adoringpast]

please

don't

[originallutece]

Take a picture.

[ohrlyeh]

wait

I wear lots of black

but i'm not a teenager?

[ohrlyeh]

please explain why not i am confused

[thesettingsun]

It's associated with a subculture - goths - that is usually considered 'weird' in mainstream opinion. Most people who aren't goths couldn't name any other store or brand that caters to them, so they default to Hot Topic.

Furthermore, Hot Topic has relatively inexpensive products and is popular with teenagers, so the association it gets is specifically with teenagers trying to seem cool by being a part of that culture.

[odasaku]

Maybe there's something such as an 'adult goth'.

[ohrlyeh]

[Image attached. Open?]

[Congrats, it's a super awkward close-up of his eyes. He didn't even get his face in the picture. What a loser.]

see?

[ohrlyeh]

maybe i was an adult goth all along and never realized it

[ohrlyeh]

i think i understand

but why are they "weird" then

what is so weird about them

[adoringpast]

well aside from the fact that their clothes are outright horrendous
they've also stolen artwork from artists and used their designs on t-shirts
so let's not contribute more to that, shall we?

[originallutece]

Good lord, you weren't exaggerating.

I suppose you can always tell people they're contacts, though it will admittedly add to your 'Hot Topic' vibe. Or you could buy colored contacts.

[odasaku]

It's good to discover new things about yourself.

[ohrlyeh]

do hot topic people wear contacts??

i guess i could but is it really worth the hassle

[ohrlyeh]

oh dear

i didn't know that. that's really bad. shame on them