Those damn kids, part 22

A few of the people that I sent my Emo pictures too (I was going to post them here, but have decided to stay faceless) said that I looked kinda scary as an Emo ... I told them that most of the kids in the teen area kinda scare me, so now they know what I'm up against. There's this crazy kid that has been in here the last few days who walks around talking to himself about white supremacy and "not gonna fucking fit in their mold - not gonna do it" and stomping alot ... he hasn't done anything officially wrong yet, but I'm sure it's just a matter of time. And to hear these kids talk about jail time is like the way I used to talk about music, boys and lip gloss when I was in high school - it's gone past being a cool thing to be in jail, and now it's just a given. How long you are in jail and for what is the main topic of interest. Really, they should be talking about how Nate just died on Six Feet Under and how Mr Echo was killed by black smoke on Lost ... these damn kids really don't have their priorities straight.

Lately, my English muffin and I have been having email discussions about the "yoof" of today ... and I've decided that they are exactly like the yoof of yesterday and the day before - they want to appear like they are shit disturbers, but when it comes down to it they just want to fit in. The hippies, the activists of the 70s, 80s, 90s, the Greenpeacers, the Nine Inch Nails fans - they are really all the same, and just want to be part of some sort of group. Doesn't matter what kind of group it is, as long as they have friends in it who understand them. I think the yoof of today also want to be part of that group, but don't even know what the groups stand for, hence their rallying for lost causes or caring for a week before they go back to their Ipods filled with punk bands (when really all they want to listen to is N'Sync). On Halloween I had the tv in the teen area on Muchmusic and they were playing "classic" Halloween songs, including "Everybody - backstreet's back again" and this tough goth chick was talking about how much she liked the Backstreet Boys when she was in grade 1, and how everyone thought they were dreamy. Meanwhile I was thinking about how everyone loved the Backstreet Boys when I was in 1st and 2nd year university. And of course the funniest thing about these kids wanting to be all goth and punk and alternative is that by piercing and tattooing and dyeing they are spending money on the exact things the marketing execs want them to, and by doing so are definitely not alternative in the least. But it was the same way when I was in highschool ... so really, nothing has changed apart from the price of pop culture.