tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5406319356659344188.post8900322416685477215..comments2024-02-26T08:43:47.488-08:00Comments on Domesticated: World Goth Day 2015The HouseCathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07783576090040274742noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5406319356659344188.post-88151936825872849622015-05-24T12:33:45.431-07:002015-05-24T12:33:45.431-07:00I think they are 'Neds' in Scotland, '...I think they are 'Neds' in Scotland, 'Chavs' in England, and there's equivalents in Australia and parts of Europe. Some people say it's 'classist' - but I think it's only a classist term if you use it to mean very poor or unemployed people in general, rather than just people with a bad attitude. You can be really rich, and still act like a chav if you think that drunken thuggishness and vandalism is a reasonable past-time. There's regional variation in terms of prefered alcoholic beverage and insults shouted, but they occur in most parts of Britian. They are teenage delinquents of a particular sort, and what happens when said teenage delinquents hit adulthood. <br /><br />Considering what I hear about the American South being very conservative socially as well as politcially, I am glad to hear that people are polite about you being Goth. I guess you don't know a place unless you live there.<br /><br />Meeting up at an art gallery sounds like a wonderful way to celebrate World Goth Day. This year it was the same evening as a friend's 21st birthday, so we had a joint WGD/Birthday celebration at a pub. The HouseCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07783576090040274742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5406319356659344188.post-82228045640232618462015-05-24T12:24:53.107-07:002015-05-24T12:24:53.107-07:00One and a half weeks ago, I had never heard of the...One and a half weeks ago, I had never heard of the word chav and had no idea what it meant. The word simply doesn't exist here in the States. I looked it up and quickly came to realize that we don't exactly have such people here. They strike me as unbelievably rude and obnoxious folks and I'm sorry that you had to deal with them.<br /><br />Here in the American South, people are generally more polite, even if they don't particularly like you. There were no World Goth Day celebrations in my locale this year, but in previous years we met at an art museum some 30 miles away. People were curious about us and were generally polite and congenial, even to the point of helping us with our photo shoots. That's the kind of attention I prefer. <br /><br />At least you got to celebrate with friends though. Thanks for keeping up the tradition.Nightwindhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07148270720593016700noreply@blogger.com