Help an old man out.
 

I keep hearing emo mentioned here, but I'm not sure what it means.

Is this accurate?

 

hahaha (if only we didn't know what it meant)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emo_%28music%29
This will explain everything.....

I would read it myself, but all this 'Is it post-hardcore, original emo or screamo?' stuff bores the crap out of me, but this is (if anyone is interested) in typical Wikipedia style the most comprehensive guide to this overused and lazy term.

No they are more scensters than emo kids. Whoever wrote that is way off...

*sigh* lol

Well they are!

Edit: from Urban Dictionary:

Annoying Emo Kid:

those kids who regularly max out daddy's credit card at hot topic and tell everyone how depressed they are and that they cut their arms up every night wanting to die (ok...where are the scars?). they only listen to 'underground' bands adn immediately stop when someone they think is popular or preppy starts to listen to them, or they see them on mtv (which they claim never to watch, but they still do). they intentionally do stupid and rebellious things trying to make authority figures mad, thinking it's cool. these people are attention-craving, tasteless, abnoxious emo kids. anything popular is completely disregarded to them. they also tell ppl that they think drugs are sooooooooooo cool, but are scared to do them, but do them anyway because they think it'll make them cool

Its all so stupid! I can't personally be bothered keeping up with current definitions for things. I have seen so many arguments started over things like this. People who argue over the differences between post-hardcore and emo, people who theaten to burn the house of someone who calls their favourite band Metal-core instead of Metal. Its so funny to listen to!
The unfortunate thing is that good bands get brought down by so-called 'scenes' that they never tryed to be apart of in the beginning. Why is it so important that everyone has a label?
I agree with the Urban Dictionary thing though Alex's Trip! There is a many people (including a FEW people on this site - the majority being very open minded) that hate anything popular. I'm not ashammed to admit I love My Chemical Romance and System of a Down but at the same time I love countless less popular bands like Be Your own pet, Kersera, Cat Power, Merzbow and im really into modern classical music. I suck up all genres like a musical hoar! I think the real problem here is people being to restrictive with their musical tastes!

About two years ago emo was more nerd then it was scene

Well as a 15 year old sophomore, I kind of naturally 'stay with it'.

For me it's just weird hearing emo used as a term to insult people without really knowing what it means.

The Emo bashing bandwagon is over though. It stopped about a month ago, at least with people that I know.

Thats good!:D nothing worse than people being bashed, it leaves scars that manifest themselves in teen angst! *shudders*.

Thankfully my friends and I have always been the alternative to the alternative kids, not cool enough to hang with the cool kids and too positive and lacking in angst for the alt kids. Hence ive been left alone to do as I please. LOL

that was accurate about 4 years ago, spookie. we call those kids hipsters now.

Hipster/Scenester same thing...

scenesters lean more towards the emo look though.

Yeah, that is true.

We don't have a running jacket trend around here, but the rest of that is pretty spot on.

Edit: I actually lawl'd when I saw that second picture.

Agreed. I find it pretty narrow-minded and arrogant if people restrict their musical tastes, for the sake of trying to be different.The worst kind of altero is the one that refuses to listen to undeniably good quality, old or popular music

Pookie,try googling the definition of screamo.

I get called a hipster and I look nothing like that first picture. I'm just an elitist bastard. Emo is the worst trend in history.