/b/ - Random

I was goth till last year too. I'm 24 now and I just don't feel the need to look edgy anymore, also for me, surrounding myself with dark stuff didn't really help my depression. But if you want to change because you're worried people are gonna judge you, then don't, fuck them

If you care so much about what others think then you only seek validation and weren't sincere from the beginning.

am 22 and im alt n dont dress goth all the time but sometimes i do if i feel like going for that look. i just mix it up with other stuff

>>230011
This. The people I know who were goths 20 years ago remain goths today at 40 because goth is their identity and culture and they don't care what others think, it's just what they like and their tastes haven't changed.

It is expected to be, 20+ is still young. It depends on your appearance, type of figure and the style you prefer. I even would think it’s acceptable to look cringe-goth up to 40 if you are slim and not very obnoxious about it? But I don’t understand people who see renaissance fair core elderly on wgt and go awww, that’s just…
Besides, one can look goth in a normie way, people often wear total black, platform boots are still trendy, plus metal accessories, belts/harnesses are also still in, leather clothes - big in

20 still baby
Wearing gothic clothes is cool
I remember when i turned 20, i felt so old.
I thought i should let go of vidya, manga and anime even though it kept me alive and creative lmao… now 3 years later i couldn’t care less.

>>230011
I think it can also be interpreted as the opposite, the need to want to stick out that badly is also a form of seeking validation.

>>230007
i couldn't afford to be alt as a teen and now i can afford it as an adult… cringe or not i just want to have fun

>>230025
It's not really that expensive. Just some black hair dye and black nail polish will do. Also a black sweater or jacket. Maybe a piercing or two.

>>230026
No no i didn't want to make it seem like it was expensive, but as a teen I literally had no money but dreamed of dressing alt. See it that way. If it makes you happy, go for it. It's not worth stressing over what others think.

it's cool at any age. don't worry about being "cringe" or people who say you're too old to do it (especially when you're not old to begin with!) and just have fun. i only started wearing egl fashion very recently after wanting to for 10 years. i feel self-conscious sometimes especially since i'm unattractive. but it'd be a huge waste to stop wearing the clothes i spent money on just cause someone might think i'm getting too old for it when it's what makes me happy. so do what makes you happy nona

>>230105
>Everyone else

That means you and other cookie cutter lemmings.

>>230105
"Everyone" goes straight to their death after marriage and an office job anon. Stop pretending you don't know

>>230129
If it was people would care a lot more but they don't. Only boring milk-toast people try to suggest otherwise.

>>230118
Do you honestly think you are special for dressing goth/emo/alt/scene/egirl when its insanely mainstream now? Goths are all cookie cutter at this point, predictable music, style, taste, but whats worse about them than other people is usually they are raging pickmes and nlogs just trying too hard to be special.

>>230007
Be yourself, Nona! Do and wear what feels right, don't worry what other people think.

People who consider stuff "cringe" are less happy than those expressing themselves.

>>230129
But honestly who is really and truly cringe in the situation?? The nauseating placeholder with the miserable opinion or the goth. Can we even really know? The cringiest thing of all to top both would be not deciding on your own terms because you live to please people waiting in line at walmart

It depends on where you live I think. If it's a big city, no one really cares. If it's a smaller city/town, it's kinda cringe.

>>230152
oh no you can't wear band shirts because elise who lives down the block might tell barbara at the grocery store, the horrors

>>230156
band shirts are normal on a normal outfit. but i was thinking of outifts like picrel

No way. Personally, I find older goths (including grandmas, or especially grandmas) much cooler. Older people had more time to experiment and find their style, don't care as much about following trends, and their music taste is probably amazing as well.
I find that most people under 20 who cling onto the label "goth" are not even really goths.

>>230400
imo that's not goth that's just internethoochiecore
i guess it's better to ask op what she means by goth in the first place. if she thinks that is goth she needs to reconsider her life choices

gothboy clique

>>230400
Yummy

When I was in high school it was so bad I wore black lipstick regularly.
I look back at my fashion sense back then and cringe immensely.
I looked half like a lesbian who repairs her own harley and half like Siouxsie Sioux but without any of the swag she had to actually pull it off.
I guess it's fine up until you are married and have a kid.
Addams family wannabes are cringe.

YOLO! cringe outdated saying right? and it still rings true. Have fun nona.

>>230728
It does not ring true at all and didn't back then either. People with no sense of shame or self awareness are a plague.

I still dress in completely dark clothing because it's my favorite color, you can still be goth without looking like a teenager that listens to mca

if you look mall goth, egirl "goth" or like any instagram ethot goth, then it's cringe. but using all black outfits isn't cringe or teen-like, you can look mature or your age while still using silvery jewerly, a bit of edgy makeup and black clothes.