The candle burns to the end.

[reddragdiva]

The lack of IMPENDING THERMONUCLEAR APOCALYPSE is why goth sucks these days. It's almost impossible to get this across to anyone under thirty.

(thanks to s0b for inspiration)

Update: Fifty-one comments from other people in just over an hour? This could be my greatest hit.

Update 2: This has now inspired marnameow to a poll.

Comments

[kest]

assorted thoughts:

So I'm gothy because of that obsession with postnuclear holocaust literature in my young age?

I suppose you do feel the need to live a little harder when death is staring you in the face.

*yawn* Yes, yes, we're all going to die. Get on with it already.

I'm under thirty, you know.

Really, you can cross out goth and just start the sentence 'the problem with kids these days...' like a proper crotchety old fart.

[reddragdiva]

Of course! As such, I've changed the post to have this icon.