Types of Posers
Preppie-goth:  These are the posers that claim to be so "goth", and yet they exhibit no signs of liking the dark side.  They love Hello Kitty, My Little Pony, Strawberry Shortcake, and anything else colourful and cheery.  They are the giggly cheerleader-type that we all hated in High School.

Bitchy-goth:  These are the posers that love to bitch and complain about anything and everything, just for attention.  They think they are hard-core because they can bully people and frighten them.  Sorry to say, that does not make you goth.

Mallrat/Hot Topic Goth:  We all know and loathe these posers.  The ones who live and breathe to shop at Hot Topic with their posse of poorly dressed wannabe friends.  They copy make-up styles from The Crow or Good Charlotte, and think being goth is dressing in black baggy pants, fishnets and listening to Manson and Slipknot.

Rocker-goth:  These are the guys who go to Ozz-Fest and think they are soooooo uber because they wear black faded jeans and a Linkin Park tee.  They do not listen to gothic music, but rather trend-metal and hard rock.

Weekender:  These posers dress goth (poorly, I might add) once in a while, like when going out to a club or something, purely for the shock-value.  They are not that educated in the gothic subculture, and really tick off the true gothlings.

Poseur:  These are the most extreme of the posers.  These are the people who never had an interest in the gothic subculture until they met a couple of gothlings and decided, overnight, that they too, should be goth.  They base their style on stereotypes, and can generally be seen in black clothes from Hot Topic, black lipstick, black nail polish and poorly done eye-liner.  They start listening to Manson, Slipknot, and other trend-metal bands and think they are awesome.  Other gothlings loathe them, and try not to acknowledge their pressence.
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