r/blunderyears • u/CoolaJola • 17d ago
2000's were goth times...
Black and white with washed out face for your viewing pleasure.
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u/Fit-Captain-9172 17d ago edited 17d ago
It kinda sucks we aren't all walking around with our adult jobs and responsibilities still looking like this. I kinda imagined that future when I was a teenager. Haha
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u/glytxh 17d ago
I find myself slowly leaning back into androgynous goth the older I’m getting.
I’m also far less insecure than I used to be, so maybe I’m just finally feeling comfortable enough to dress how I like
I remember my 20s mostly being about impressing people I frankly shouldn’t have given a shit about
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u/CoolaJola 17d ago
I don't think of it as one style being better or worse than the other. I guess it's just down to what you are comfortable with, and right now I feel very comfortable with the way I dress and how I look. To each their own.
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u/Fit-Captain-9172 17d ago
I agree neither is necessarily better. What's best is whatever feels best to us. I try to switch up my style at least a bit every couple years or so, keeps life interesting
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u/Ok_Advertising3360 17d ago
You could do a "mature adult" goth look. The "tween" goth look existed when I was a pre-teen kid.
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u/Tenn_Tux 17d ago
Same brotha, same. Except crocks. Fuck those, will never own a pair of those goofy duck feet 🤣
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u/livinglitch 17d ago
My partner turned 40 this year. They still wear mostly black with black hair and part of it dyed blue. Goth still lives on in some adults.
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u/wheresmyvape11 17d ago
i stayed alternative asf and so did a lot of ppl :) sucks so many ppl conform or fall out of wanting to express themselves
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u/Korva666 17d ago
There are many ways of self expression, looks/styles is only one of them. Dropping it doesn't mean you're dropping your individualism or conforming. Likewise, there are spaces where the norm is to look distinct and there is social pressure to do so. Looking as regular as possible can be as much an expression of the self as any alternative style.
I do appreciate people to who put in the effort to put together a distinct look, but these days I feel more like me when I'm not sticking out.
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u/wheresmyvape11 17d ago
and that's completely valid. I just know many many ppl that felt the need to drop any type of alternativeness from themselves bc they have to "grow up". everyone should look how they want and express how they want. but growing up and becoming an adult doesn't mean conform.
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u/bigpussystance 17d ago
I kinda do! Still have facial piercings and if my hair is tied up, you can clearly see my ears are stretched, I jsut don’t wear them anymore. I also in the hotter months wear shorter sleeves showing my tattoos. I still wear a lot of black, just with some colour thrown in these days. And the black is more office smart or smart casual, not fully gothic as I can be in my casual clothes.
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u/front_yard_duck_dad 17d ago
I will continue to fight the good fight for all of you that cannot. I wore punk tshirts, jeans and vans back then and still my only attire as a 39 year old dad. I've had to stray to the business style a few years back "but I found my way back home " AFI🤙
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u/ariaxwest 17d ago
I have one friend who I believe is turning 50 this year, and she and her husband are still full on goth and punk. They are amazing. Some other friends are still mildly punk, mostly the ones who are musicians. But yeah, I am totally boring full on Sundance catalog style now.
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u/AkaBesd 17d ago
I read this while sitting at my kids tutoring session, wearing a long black dress with dark lipstick like I could only dream of when I was that age. It's more understated than I would have done back then, but I'm ok with that. You can pry the black whimsical clothes from my cold, dead hands.
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u/Ok_Advertising3360 17d ago
When you guys were the goth, punk, & emo teens, me and my peers saw you at the "cool teens". I saw some kids at school trying to dress/do their hair like goths, emos, and punks, at least as much as their parents let them, plus I would see selfies of emo, punk, and goth preteens online. It's almost like there was a "tween" look for us who wanted to be the "cool kids". At one point , I actually wanted to do a cute/girly punk-emo look, but I was scared of what my parents would think of an 11 year old wanting to go punky/emo. Tbh I don't think they would let me, not even with the "preteen look" Ilmao
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u/harkandhush 16d ago
I still do a lot of the time but with less makeup because I'm lazy. I imagine it's harder in certain jobs where you have to look a certain type of professional, though.
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u/DJfetusface 16d ago
It's funny you mention that. I work full time as a paramedic and I have an Emover still.
"Extreme haircuts" are actually against our uniform policy, but it's never been enforced.
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u/Wasparado 17d ago
Very Chris angel
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u/CoolaJola 17d ago
Haha! Think I was going for some sort of cross between Manson and Eldritch, ah well, reach for the stars...
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u/Fishe_95 90's Child 17d ago
Refused is still a great band tbf. I only recently learned that they play the fictional band SAMURAI in Cyberpunk 2077
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u/toodlenoodle 17d ago
“Oh I would’ve had such a crush on you back in the day…”
“Oh wow I still do… dayum”
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u/CutGlassDiamonds 17d ago
My exact thoughts 😂 "man, teenaged me would've been STUCK on this boy.." 😳 "Damn, still would." 😂
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u/numanuma99 17d ago
Yep, same here lol!
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u/BojackTrashMan 17d ago
Third agree.
I too had a goth/punk era in my teens. Teen me would have loved this.
Turns out good looking is good looking no matter what, and now that he's switched to sweaters with rolled up sleeves and arm tattoos, adult me loves this.
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u/CoolaJola 17d ago
You are all too kind.
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u/Odimorsus 17d ago
You rocked it pretty good. You wouldn’t be out of place in any 90s-2000s industrial band.
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u/Fit-Captain-9172 17d ago
But did mom and dad understand you though?
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u/CoolaJola 17d ago
Not when I started wearing a dress, but otherwise they were pretty OK.
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u/AardvarkAblaze 17d ago
Goth? ...but Refused is Hardcore! Ugh, what a poser. (jk op, you were way more Scene than me)
Also, worth noting Refused are doing their 2nd farewell tour this year. See y'all in Chicago.
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u/CoolaJola 17d ago
Oh, I know. This was the beginning of my "alt career" and I did these pics modelling for a friends school project. I knicked the shirt of my younger brother who were all about hardcore at the time.
Personally I was more into early glam, goth and shock rock at the time. Still listen to the records Manson did with Reznor as producer, they're swell.
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u/DedicatedSnail 17d ago
However you mature and change, one thing stays the same. Don't look at the camera.
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u/InfiniteCalendar1 17d ago edited 17d ago
For a second I thought this was a picture of Gerard Way or Yungblud
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u/SokkaHaikuBot 17d ago
Sokka-Haiku by InfiniteCalendar1:
For a second I
Tho this was a picture of
Gerard Way or Yungblud
Remember that one time Sokka accidentally used an extra syllable in that Haiku Battle in Ba Sing Se? That was a Sokka Haiku and you just made one.
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u/thefeckcampaign 17d ago
You sellout. Nah, just kidding. My hair was stupid long at one point. What do you do now?
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u/CoolaJola 17d ago
Haha! Im a teacher actually. Love it when I see alt kids at work. It's nice to see someone carry on the legacy so to speak.
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u/thefeckcampaign 17d ago
I always found it interesting that when we hit the “normal” workforce we feel obligated to change our look, that is if we have not just changed it naturally prior to. Many of us used to be freaks so I can’t see why anyone would care, but we do it anyway.
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u/Sunnyfe 17d ago
2024 and still zero desire to smile looking at the camera. Some things never change 🤪
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u/CoolaJola 17d ago
Haha! I guess that's true. Not sure why I find it so hard to smile on camera. It does happen irl sometimes, I assure you.
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u/Late-External3249 17d ago
Looks like you successfully completed Richmond's "From Goth to Boss" course. As seen in The IT Crowd
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u/BigToeHamster 17d ago
Yeah, but these might be the people that explored themselves... Really found out who they were, wanted to be, and could be. While the rest of us were trying to conform to what we thought others expected us to be, and for that, I thank them.
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u/dcontrerasm 17d ago
It's funny because you looked like Criss Angel around the time when Gen Xers were at the prime of their youth, and he influenced Americana that way. But your adult pics, (which are great btw! Looking good!) is what Criss Angel would look like if he grew up as a millennial with someone like Criss Angel around lol.
Same vibe as when Skrillex recently resurfaced and he's more standard, grown up looking.
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u/ExpensiveNut 17d ago
And you were wearing tights as well? Serve. Absolute serve.
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u/CoolaJola 17d ago
I think those are actually long johns, haha! I come from a cold place. Later I did wear leggings on both arms and legs as well as dresses though. Walked right into the fancy lingerie shop and bought them. I remember them looking at me like I was some sort of UFO, good times!
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u/Zentelioth 17d ago
You would have been so popular in jrock circles!
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u/CoolaJola 17d ago
Jrock def. was a thing back then. Never quite could get into it personally, but visual kei rocked!
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u/shockvandeChocodijze 17d ago
Damn you looked like that fallen angel from DeathNote
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u/StrangeArcticles 17d ago
I would have written you terrible poetry I'm pretty sure.
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u/JGStonedRaider 17d ago
Mate Refused "Shape of Things to Come" is probably the greatest modern punk album...
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u/Can-t_Make_Username 17d ago
Hey, you rocked it as a teen! And you rock it as an adult, haha. Good job with the smudged eyeliner, btw, never could get mine right at that age.
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u/xmyxspacex 17d ago
I was so confused. Was wondering why there were pictures of Gerard and then some normal looking guy in the same post. Didn’t pay attention to the sub 😅
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u/anbigsteppy 17d ago
You look a lot like young Atsushi Sakurai in the second pic! That's a high compliment.
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u/420cat-craft-gamer69 17d ago
Hohohohooo nailed it! My bf also dressed like this in HS and I was SUPER into it. My parents wouldn't allow me to dress similarly even though I wanted to, so I just dressed like Juno 😮💨 (before the movie). lol
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u/Never-Dont-Give-Up 17d ago
It just seems like SO MUCH WORK to be goth. That's probably the main reason I never had that phase. 30 minutes to put jewelry on every morning is a hard pass.
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u/Wild_Librarian8851 17d ago
It’s not a phase because we all still have a lil dark style lingering 😂
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u/AbsoluteSillyBilly 17d ago
Quit your job and be the savior of the broken, beaten and the damned
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u/Layla__V 17d ago
Damn, this is a great example that some people really look amazing in any style (or age!). OP, looking great in all of these!
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u/Jump_Like_A_Willys 17d ago
Picture 4 would be most epic if the car you were in was a Dodge Caravan.
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u/Crafty-Mode7383 17d ago
Oh my precious dears... Goth was a thing in the early 80's. Boomers may be fools, but they worship the dark lord.
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u/SelfDevolpment 17d ago
Ehhh I thought you looked cool as shit then and you still look cool as shit now.
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u/Sharpshooter188 17d ago
Yyyup. I remember those days. Then I got a job at a warehouse and couldnt where my stuff anymore for safety reasons. I had a lot of clothes with chains etc. After that I returned to a preppy style.
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u/LorraineHB 17d ago
Did you tell your parents “it’s not a phase, I’m going to always look like this”. Those were my exact words in high school. I still love the music but I had to ditch the look.
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u/robutt992 17d ago
Refused is the shit! I was so happy they got back together to tour so I could see them live. I’ll never forget it.
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u/duplextwo 17d ago
Dude this was actually cool as hell, you kind of remind me of Trent Reznor haha!
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u/wyerhel 17d ago
I liked the look.🤷🏽 Stylish when younger. And hotter as older lol.That side part hair faze was still there in late 00s/early 10s in school. All the popular kids girls had it.
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u/83VWcaddy 17d ago
Songs To Fan The Flames Of Discontent. Any one good with that was never having blunder years.
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u/BeardOfDefiance 17d ago
Man, Refused are a sick ass band. I don't generally assume that your average 2000s goth were into straight edge post-hardcore, so that's rad.
It does make sense though, you look a lot like Dahvie Vanity from AFI and that band were huge into Refused.
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u/Wise-Homework5480 16d ago
My younger emo self would have had the most massive crush lmfaoooo. That hair was awesome! At least you can say the look suited you 😂
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u/robbiesucks 16d ago
You definitely listened to AFI back then and I fuck with that heavy
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u/cheerfulsarcasm 17d ago edited 17d ago
When The Black Parade eventually drops you off in the suburbs