fakeidealsandtragedies wrote: If everything thing you say about being a poseur is true. Than I am one.... but don't you think that most have to start out being "a poseur"? How can you learn what it is to be emo if you aren't a poseur first. I thought being emo meant you liked the style of music, dressed scene, and that you were a deeper or more philosophically thinking person.
So does that make me a poseur???
That's true, you can't know everything from the beginning. but that alone won't make you a poser, unless you're >trying< really hard (without success, of course).
also, that checklist is exaggerated and you shouldn't take it too seriously. after some discussion we also came up with the thought that there may be some kind of 'emotional mentality' after all (not involving depression or any of that shit however). I don't fully agree with my own checklist anymore ^^
I think you're so right. that's what scene/emo is about.