Chamblee54

In case you did not know, PG is an old fogey. He has not been hip since before Nancy Reagan said no. It is rather amazing that he would hear about World Goth Day, much less know what it meant.
It all started with a tweet. (@BibChr One-star review: and now a word from someone who HATED #TWTG (http://awe.sm/5sV85). A preacher got a bad review of his book, and his feelings were hurt. PG went over to Amazon to make a comment, but was greeted with a message… You must have purchased items from Amazon to post. PG gave up paying for reading material a few years ago, and was not going to change that just to pick on a preacher. That’s what twitter is for. ‏@chamblee54 @BibChr awwww not everyone agrees with your *perfect* understanding of the *perfect* book. While he was there, a “United States trends” was World Goth Day.
What exactly was Goth? When was it popular? Who were popular Goths? Where did they buy their lipstick? Why are you reading this?
According to the WGD web facility, “Best 80’s goth band: The Sisters Of Mercy”. In 1991, PG hosted a tacky party in his back yard. A person, who arguably had Goth sympathies, went to a Sisters of Mercy concert at the Fox Theater that night.That would date the advent of Goth a bit. In other words, the original Goths are telling their teenage children to behave now.
Getting back to twitter, the Gothoids are tweeting up a storm. Lets take a look.
‏@crocpunch I’m too depressed to celebrate World Goth Day.
@TonyCowards It’s World Goth Day and the sun is shining brightly, who says God doesn’t do irony?
@JDawgMadden World Goth Day? Do we have to dress up in black and write depressing,
Edgar Allan Poe-wannabe poetry?
@prattprattpratt Out of curiosity, what makes today “World Goth Day?”
Did the Goths lobby to have a day? Write their congressman? Who decides? Really.
@NotGaryBusey It’s World Goth Day and somewhere Glenn Danzig is cleaning out kitty litter.
‏ @LauraMcCabe “World Goth Day” Pity no goths will see this trending
as their too busy away slitting their wrists.
@LauraMcCabe_ Just to let Eurovision fans know there is a tranny singing for Croatia
on Thursday. Pretty “woman” with long hair, dress&a nice fluffy beard
@noelfielding11 I personally find world Goth day a bit gloomy.
Might spend it on my own in the cemetery x
‏@Eve_Barlow If I knew it was WORLD GOTH DAY I would’ve stayed at home and played House Of The Dead in my Beetlejuice leggings with Marmite on my lips.
The WGD facility has a forum, which asks the question Are you a true Goth?. There is one comment in the thread. Somebody is trying to generate traffic for his site, www.Vampirewebsite.net. “Keep in mind most vampires have no idea what they are, and most of them will never find out. When looking for a vampire locally probably the worst place to look is in vampire groups, they are generally over crowded with wannabes and posers. It’s best to just use this page and go basically any where, just as an example we all go to the grocery store eventually.”
Bad Goth, Bad! elevates the conversation a bit. “Goths are everywhere these days. The mall, the beach, and some have even been spotted at sports games. Listen guys, THERE ARE RULES FOR BEING GOTH. If you’re going to represent the Underworld and live in the shadows, you can’t just go around being all normy-norms and drinking Cinnamon lattes next to the Christmas Tree. I’m not going to lie- everyone loves goth style and music on some level (HELLO ALEXANDER McQUEEN and THE CURE), but if you are going to own goth, then you must abide by the goth rules, which means you are ultimately an intellectual, emo vampire (which is really actually very cool). So please act like one. Here are some goths who aren’t following protocol and so I present, BAD GOTH, BAD!”
@SkipsMcskippy So it’s world goth day, I really can’t be bothered celebrating though
@baileyhonsinger I’m totally participating in world goth day. Its my favorite day of the year!!
‏@ErinDavis88 “@zachbraff: Happy “World Goth Day”, also known as
“Where Did My Parents Go Wrong Day.””
@whitewe9 It’s world goth day. I was going to get depressed about it,
but then I remembered that would count as celebrating.
@jczreid @vairi the irony that I got sunburnt in world goth day has not been lost on me,
even though I was wearing an impressive amount of black
@SmashinBeauty I just found out that today is World Goth day! Happy Goth Day to goths..
if I had known I would have prepared something .. makeup wise
@azroth World Goth day? But everyday is Halloween.
@paulday15 Are goths happy about world goth day? If they are, are they still goths?
@ohmyblainers World Goth Day? Heeeeyyyyy Tina.
Pictures are from “The Special Collections and Archives,Georgia State University Library”.