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Awww, little gothlet's so new, the black paint's still wet.
Heh we all had our moment. As someone in the 50 plus crowd. With an odd sense of humor. It would in a knee-jerk way make me want to do a Dark Knight Bane monologue about it.
But then my eldergoth taught me better. Welcome the new gothlings of any age. It's a big club and you're all in it till you choose to depart. Not all of us are lifers. Just the best of us. π
In my old city, there was a delightful goth night that ran once a month, and I loved how diverse the attendees were in terms of age. Over the few years I lived there, I definitely grew to become more of a goth, and a significant part of that was how refreshing it was to be a part of that community. I was a student at the time, and besides that, most of my social sphere were other students.
Yep. Crazy to think the OGs are pushing 70 now. And while its generally never been a mass appeal thing. Its been a constant undercurrent for nearly half a century. A lot of genera have exploded and imploded. Goth/Post-punk/industrial etc have just all been chugging along doing their thing quietly.
Funny thing, I'm an older guy too, and a while back in the grocery store I saw some kid (late teens, maybe early 20s) wearing all black and a Depeche Mode t-shirt from the early days. I was gonna give them a thumbs up or something but then I realized they'd be like: omg I was wearing this shirt and this creepy old Latino guy was checking me out, I'm never gonna listen to this music again! So I just went on shopping.
(yeah I know DM isn't really goth but you get the idea...)
The best thing we can do for the kids is not let on that we think they're cool. When the parents think you're cool is when you're no longer cool.
Unless you can do something like roll up your sleeve and flash them a RATM tattoo or something.
Strange Love, Master and Servant, Personal Jesus, Barrel of a Gun. All right at home in a goth set ;) Dave Gahan may not be flamboyantly goth. But he's likely bi-goth or goth curious. And fans are at least adjacent. LOL but yeah, never quite sure how the youth will react when you show interest.
Wholeheartedly agree π€πΌπ€