if they dressed like everyone else did they'd be wearing pink polos and plaid shorts. then i'd still call them gay. probably even more so. but the way i see it, at least from the people at my school, they don't want to look the same as "us" or kids who actually have fun. from what i've talked to them about why they act and dress the way they do, they think they are better than everyone. not all, just some, or maybe most. when they don't get asked out to parties, they justify it as the people having the parties are lame and stupid. but really the goth/emo kids really want to be asked to those parties. it almost always winds down to when they were kids and were made fun of. instead of takin the teasing like normal kids and going back to playing with everyone else, then went home and stayed there. so they dress like that and hate on everyone else just becuae they were picked on when they were little. now its too late for them. because i know many occasions where i've sat in class and me and a friend or too has talked to the weird girl and try to strikeu up conversation. they don't want it. they couldn't care anymore