Whither gothdar?

[reddragdiva]

Paul Hodkinson (who reads this, but if he wants to reveal his journal that's up to him ;-) says in his book Goth (this is not an exact quote) that goths tend to spend a lot of time in the subculture ... so if you say you're not a goth but you spend quite a lot of time there and look like one, you're a f*cking g*th.

From the gothdar poll, my new rule of thumb might be: if you know what "gothdar" is without further explanation, you're probably a goth. If it's always on involuntarily, you're definitely a goth, or at least a pervy goth fancier. (ronebofh?)

Do your eyes spot goths before you've consciously noticed them? Does someone trigger your gothdar then you have to try to work out what set it off and whether it was correct?

The obvious question is: why gothdar? Why is it always on? What does it do for (or against) you?

Comments

[prettyoctopussy.livejournal.com]

Dude! This is so true and the often neglected flip-side of the gothdar.

In San Francisco where a lot of pervy goth fanciers go to the goth clubs to pick up goths and are good at costuming, it is an invaluble instininct if one wishes to avoid bedding someone who might think that Closer is not an appropriately romantic album to snuggle to.

[reddragdiva]

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