Jesus, I had a bunch of goth friends in high school and I had no idea half those bands were considered gothic rock.

My point was that the word "gothic" alone isn't a genre, it's an adjective that can be applied to a crapload of things and is so broad as to be essentially meaningless by itself. If you want to talk "Gothic rock" there's a boatload of examples given in the other replies

By "Old," which is in big ol' air quotes due to current life expectancy, I mean "James Taylor's target demo." People who were teenagers in the 60s. People who are now in their 50s-60s. If you fit that definition, cool! The Gawkerverse needs a diverse demo. However, if you are in your mid-30s like me and referring to…

AC/DC might have been an edgy selection in the late-70's Bon Scott days, but they're pretty close to pop these days. They're splattered all over every kid-friendly PG-13 blockbuster.

"hip-hop, metal, gothic, punk, trance or techno/hardhouse"

What's wrong with six years of silence only broken to make a vaudeville-quality Yale joke? He brings equal charisma to the court as a tape recorder. A very misogynist tape recorder that hates the government and poor people.

I'm guessing they just didn't have an opinion on him, which is pretty much how I feel. His music is perfectly fine. It isn't my thing, and it's not aimed at my generation. Old people probably feel the same about Bey.

I used to do something similar as a self-described moderate (conservative as youth in the middle of a life-long swing to the left), watching Maddow on MSNBC and reading the Politics section of the gaming-oriented message board Elitist Jerks (irony!), essentially satisfying the "what do liberals think of this…

Hollywood meritocracy (aka "spotlight insanity") kicks in fast, and the younger you are, the faster it takes hold.

Repeatable iAP just to be able to keep playing is very different from one-time content purchases. It's also a million times worse.

It was like a reverse RPG. Instead of battles being a good thing that increased your power, they actually depleted your sticker reserve.

Mean + awesome = Meansome? Awesean?

We happily married are the 1%ers.

I don't know if this is true once you get a bit older; wife and I never have any problem in that dept, but it's the little things and romance that have a tendency to fizzle if left unchecked. In my experience, sex and romance are almost completely independent in male minds, so while some guys can be good at the…

That's intriguing. Being a white American, I didn't pick up on any of that. I'd be interested in reading more about this kind of thing - you said you "heard it described," was there a particular article you read or anything?

You've got to keep in mind that fashion is just fashion. Dudes don't wear powdered wigs and ruffled shirts anymore, and women don't wear bodices and petticoats (y'know, unless they want to). There's nothing intrinsically message-driven about fashion, that's entirely cultural. Wearing pink skirts isn't intrinsically…

Can you clarify this perceived racism? I recently rewatched it with my daughter through adult, liberal eyes, and I didn't see anything that flipped an "uh oh" switch in my brain.

See, having a kid gives you an excuse. I just can't bring myself to buy small plastic toys my toddler could choke on, just for a game for daddy :)

"Oh man, I can't believe I got suspended after breaking the TOS I agreed to upon signing up!"

I haven't seen a lot of massive pearl-clutching over this, so I think you're overestimating the outrage. Speaking as someone who ALWAYS takes the Bloody Mess perk in Fallout games the moment it's available, I'm definitely not averse to gore. But I think most of the people that dislike the torso statue mostly just find…