YESTERDAY

The Goths were an East Germanic tribe who according to their own traditions left Scandinavia, settled close to the Vistula mouth (in present day Poland), and from the 2nd century settled Scythia, Dacia and Pannonia. In the 3rd and 4th centuries, they harried the Byzantine Empire and later adopted Arianism. In the 5th and 6th centuries, dividing into the Visigoths and the Ostrogoths, they established powerful follower-states of the Roman Empire in Iberia and Italy.

TODAY

The goth subculture is a contemporary subculture prevalent in many countries. It began in the United Kingdom during the late 1970s to early 1980s in the gothic rock scene, an offshoot of the post-punk genre. The goth subculture has survived much longer than others of the same era. Its imagery and cultural proclivities indicate influences from nineteenth century Gothic literature, mainly through horror movies.

The goth subculture has associated gothic tastes in music and fashion. Gothic music encompasses a number of different styles. Common to all is a tendency towards a ?dark? sound and outlook. Styles of dress within the subculture range from death rock, punk, androgynous, some Renaissance style clothes, or combinations of the above, most often with black attire, makeup and hair.

Kaytea, you made my day. BlooCheese, dying hair rocks, no offense. And the mohawk is more of a punk thing.

no offense goths are Conformists they might say they're not but they are
why do I think this becaus Goths do what other goths do they act the same and dress the same and if they don't they're called a poser
and it pissses me off when they think their so orignal

but IMO all people who use labels or Conformists

thats why I stay clear of labels

I truly respect the fact that we're all different, we believe different things, and we value things differently. I don't expect everybody to agree with everything I say, and I definitely wouldn't want it that way either.

And you're right, kaytea, because gothic people conform to the way of the goths.

I don't hate people who do conform or who are goth or who are emo. I just don't want to be like them.

I'm not goth, I'm not emo, I'm not conformist, I'm none of that stuff. I'm just BlooCheese. And I like being BlooCheese.

Let's stay on topic, shall we? ;)

Spiders creep the crud outta me.

I really get nervous, when I'm outdoors during a thunderstorm, so I fear lightning. I don't like to be around bees, wasps, hornest, yellowjackets, ants, spiders (especially if they carry venom), and I guess you can say the fear of being rejected. :P

I was at a friend's house today, and a girl who was ill accidentally vomited outside near the door on the grass and I wouldn't even come in... I walked all the way around to the back door. There was no way I was coming near it :S It freaked me out.

I have what has to be one of the most peculiar phobias in the world - a morbid fear of that ugly little aspect of the human anatomy known as the belly button, or navel. Just the sight of them makes my skin crawl. Wearing t-shirts which leave my own such transgressor exposed to the world makes me feel terribly uncomfortable, and unless it's unbearably itchy I can't even bring myself to touch it. As for letting anybody else near it - forget it.

A couple of years ago I did a google search and was relieved to discover that I'm not alone in my curious aversion. Apparently it even has a scientific name - Omphalophobia. Isn't that something? :D

Hmmmmm....I've got a wierd one too. Ever since I was little, I've had an irrational fear of the pink elephants from Dumbo. Even if I hear the song I have to leave, I don't know why but I just can't handle it. But, I found out recently I'm not alone! My friend has the same phobia!8D
In fact, a bunch of people I know have weird phobias.

1. A friend of mine has a fear of Chalk. Just Chalk, touching, looking at it....he starts freaking out and gets increadibly moody for the rest of the day.

2. Two of my friends are deathly afraid of balloons. I was nearly stabbed for accidently popping one! (I'm kidding)

3. A boy in my class is terrified of penguins.....so we don't get to watch Happy Feet:sadbendy:

Sorry I was too lazy to look up the proper names for these phobias:D

oh come on, you drink antifreeze, a little vomit should be nuthin'.

I share qualities of these:

Autophobia- Fear of being alone or of oneself.
Catapedaphobia- Fear of jumping from high and low places.
Pediophobia- Fear of dolls.
Octophobia - Fear of the figure 8.
Chirophobia- Fear of hands.
Chronomentrophobia- Fear of clocks.
Claustrophobia- Fear of confined spaces.

Yes I know, they ARE weird...

Octophobia - Fear of the figure 8.

Hard to explain. I sortof faint or feel dizzy.

Pediophobia- Fear of dolls.

Dolls, puppets, or marinets.

Chronomentrophobia- Fear of clocks.

I seriously think they will stop moving. I stop breathing.

I take it you mean Penguins? Hence Happy Feet...Yes?
That's an impressive set of phobias there. Fortunately all 3 things can be avoided to some degree unless by a tragic coincidence No.3's parents were Antarctic explorers or something.
Is there any treatment available for these phobias? I'd hate to go through my life without ballooons and penguins. I'm pretty ambivalent about chalk to be honest.

I think chalk has a really bad smell and texture,. I can't stand it either!

O_o I did not mean to spell that wrong! I was in a rush...dinner time and pizza was coming!!:D Thank you for pointing that out, I going to have to correct it now *feels like an idiot* ^_^

Emetophobia- Fear of vomit.

Phobophobia- Fear of phobias.

That is the weirdest one yet because:

Your fear is the fear of fears, but you are in fear of the fear of these fears.

Anyone got a headache?

Well, as Franklin D. Roosevelt said, "We have nothing to fear but fear itself."

Octophobia is certainly an interesting one, much more so than the vexingly rampant Triskaidekaphobia, which I've never understood myself. I think that 13 is quite a charming little number. For the record, I used locker number 13 when I did the Sydney Bridge climb three years ago, and I didn't go hurtling to my death (that poor locker just looked so lonely and left out, with all its surrounding companions taken :'( ).

I've always been bemused by those buildings which try not to acknowledge the existence of the number 13 by going straight from floor 12 to floor 14. Call it what you want, but you can't change the fact that it is actually the thirteenth floor you're walking on.

I agree that 13 is looked as unlucky, but I hate the number 8!

4 in japanese is a homonym of death

7 in japanese is a homonym is sickly

(just a little trivia)

So, there see! 13 isn't so unlucky!

Chi (pronounced shee) is 4 in japanese

Hachi (pronounce hautchee) is 7 in japanese

For me it's the number 19. I don't know if it's really a phobia or not, but I will go out of my way to avoid it.

I don't have a fear of the number 5... but everytime I think of it, I'm reminded of the "Foster's 5", which upsets me greatly because it excludes Frankie... so I generally prefer to avoid the number "5". :frankiemad:

...I really, really hate to admit this, but for years I was scared of the dark. I mean, beyond the stage of childhood; I think it extended until I was about 13-14. After that, I pretty much beat it.

Until recently. For some reason, I keep getting a sense of unease at night, so I keep the light on in my adjacent bathroom again when I sleep. :(

No worries, Nathander, we are all afraid of SOMETHING. I'm almost 20 and I'm STILL afraid of vomit. I fear it will be something that will stick with me for life. :(

I mean, just the other day I went into a public bathroom to find that someone had gotten sick on the floor and I started to panic and ran out literally shaking. Still dunno why it scares me so bad!

I used to have a really weird phobia of signs, like big shop signs, big 3D signs, and especially little "Happy Birthday" signs on birthday cakes,I was afraid they were gonna fall on me or something. Well over that now, though.:)

I have Aichmophobia, fear of needles, knives and any other pointy objects. I panic at the very thought of having an injection, and because I have a vivid imagination I just can NOT watch any thing to do with being poked with something sharp (Like when someone is stabbed in a horror movie) with nearly passing out, because I imagine a knife slicing through ME.

I am with you on that! Additionally, I cannot stand the sight of blood (it belongs under the skin!).:wiltshock:

If I have any, I might have a slight case of pyrophobia. My father was in a fire accident 19 years ago, suffered 3rd degree burns from his navel to his ears. It's still fresh in my memory, and whenever I see flames, I can't help but think of it a little. It took me a while to even be cool around a well contained fireplace or campfire after that. I'm ok with those now, but any fires that startle me or are not in control of humans can give me a panic attack.

I also have a fear of needles. It's not the prick that bothers me, otherwise I'd be afraid of sewing, and I'm definitely not afraid of that. It's feeling the needle deep inside my flesh that just creeps me out. It doesn't hurt so much as just..eewwww.. I just can't stand it. :P

Acrophobia- Fear of heights.
Apiphobia- Fear of bees.
Catapedaphobia- Fear of jumping from high and low places.
Dishabiliophobia- Fear of undressing in front of someone.

I have the fear of falling.
I might have the fear of childbirth.

Haha, I find these two interesting:
Coprophobia- Fear of feces.
Urophobia- Fear of urine or urinating.

Needles...

-Audi:frankiesmile:

I'm totally, completely afraid of spiders. :bloosad:

Arachniphobia - Fear of Arachnids (spiders, scorpions).
Serpantphoiba - Fear of Snakes.
Rodentaphobia - Fear of Rats, mice and other rodents.
Insectophobia - Fear of Insects.

Actually:

Ophidiophobia - Fear of Snakes
Musophobia - Fear of Mice
Entomophobia - Fear of Insects

You're probably going to laugh at me but lepidophobia, fear of butterflies and moths. I'm just terrified of the little buggers.

I certainly won't laugh. There are some moths that kind of creep me out, too.

I swear one of my friends from high school had Pocresophobia - Fear of gaining weight. She was always skinny, but during our Junior year she became anorexic because she wanted to be absolutely sure she wasn't gaining weight. She shrunk to the size of a rail. It lasted only that one year though so I don't know how "serious" it was. :P

And as for a new one I just heard of, Namatophobia - Fear of names.