*ugh*
It's called teenage rebellion. Every decade has their own way of going through it, and usually, the decade is split up into two separate points. If you look back to the '90s, it wasn't about dark clothing and such until Antichrist Superstar came out. Before that, it was about gangsta rap and ICP. Once Marilyn Manson came around, that's when you saw a big shit in the "goth" scheme coming to the mainstream.
Before that, there was KISS and Alice Cooper. Before that, Black Sabbath. Before that, Led Zeppelin.
The fact is that, for some reason, there's always some big change as to how teens are supposed to rebel or believe they are "different". The problem is not due to them being "emo" or anything of the sort. At that age, you are coming into the world. Eventually, you'll be living on your own and experiencing REAL life. Until then, you are taking the time to find yourself. It's part of growing up, and during that time, everyone goes through their own phase. I used to be in the "Crow" crowd...you know, kids that would paint their faces up like The Crow just for the hell of it, wore a big ass wallet chain and Jncos. You learn that, once you leave high school, that shit is pointless and it doesn't matter. It wasn't because I was invisible or ignored or anything. I had tons of friends. I just did it because it was the influences that I found around me that I liked.
Everyone has their own idea of what cool is, and for someone to say that their definition of cool is better than another is a brick wall debate. Cool isn't what it used to be.
So whatever. Kids are going to dress up in whatever they want. I see it everyday at work. Kids that used to be 11 and 12, just regular everyday kids. In the course of a year, they start throwing on some metal bracers and Lamb of God shirts and changing their hair to spike up...and now they think they are metal. But they aren't.
I was there for leather pants, Thriller, grunge, and goth. I've seen plenty of trends come and go. That's the thing...it's just a trend. People make it out like it's a huge deal. Most never understand that at 16 years old, the problems you are facing are the same problems that EVERYONE faced at 16. Who am I taking to prom? Am I going to prom? Why should I care about school? Does this person like me? Does this person hate me? Does this look cool on me? There are tons of questions, and these are the ones that matter to most high schoolers. That is, in fact, their world. We were all there at once (or are still in there), and there is no wrong or right. There is simply living.
So, get over your stupid bullshit about "these people are whiners and bitches and blah blah blah" and realize that they look at you the same way for the same reasons: because they find what you do to be strange. In the eye of the beholder, the beholder is never wrong, sir. You can't change it. The most you can do is hope that once they get out of this stage in their life, they'll end up doing good for themselves.
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