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Oh cybergoths, will you ever stop amusing me?


It would have been better if they’d been choreographed. And moved their feet more.


“So, uh, Karl, where do you want to have this tanz party?”
“Oh, how about that underpass about 3km from here?”
“Ok, yeah, uh, sure. What time?”
“I think noon is good.”


Learn to kick with the left leg too, bro.

I’ll give you one guess as to where all of these videos were made.

TIME’S UP!

If you said anything but “Germany”, I have one question for you: how does it feel to be so utterly wrong?

I kind of feel like cybergoths are Europe’s juggalos: I will never truly understand either subculture, but the members are devoted as all hell to looking like complete idiots. And, man, are cybergoths serious about what they do. Look at all these dance parties! All outside during the…day? In parks? And underpasses? And town squares?

Wait a second.

First, what is “cyber” about dancing in a park? And second, what is “goth” about the daytime? Shouldn’t all you Karls and Dieters and Manjas and Gretels and shit be dancing at night in some warehouse surrounded by technology? To me, the word “cybergoth” conjures images of your traditional goth type in some sort of William Gibson cyberpunk realm, dark and brooding and integrated into technology. Kind of like how Priss looks in Blade Runner once she’s done her make-up before Deckard smokes her. But these rainbow-dreaded, zipper-saturated, glowstick Krauts dancing badly on the lawn are not at all what I have in mind.

At what point do you think to yourself, “Man, you know what would look great and definitely get me laid like nonstop? Neon green fake dreads and a black respirator. I am going to be drowning in pussy, bro.” Not that a cybergoth has ever used the word “bro” but I thought it would add a little something to the statement.

Maybe I’m getting old. Maybe I lack imagination. Maybe I am a stupid, terrible prick, but I don’t get it. I don’t understand what would drive you to this sort of thing. I understand gangs and gang violence. I understand hipsters. I understand all sorts of people. But I do not understand cybergoths. Hell, I feel like I’ve got a better grip on juggalos than I’ve got on cybergoths. Does anyone want to explain these four-on-the-floor, Hot-Topic-pants-wearing, schnitzel-eating goobers to me? I need help from you, the internet. Someone tell me why I shouldn’t spend the rest of my life laughing at these clowns. Wikipedia’s not helping at all.

And don’t even get me started on the dance moves. Holy shit. It makes me want to go to one of these clubs and bust a fucking move where I don’t just spin my arms around.

What a bunch of g-d assholes.

2 Comments

  1. disqus_DLuN45o5io disqus_DLuN45o5io December 11, 2013

    I agree when it comes to the men but the cyber goth girls are smokin’ hot. Nothin’ fcks like a freak homie.

  2. I.M. P. Incorrect I.M. P. Incorrect July 9, 2014

    Ahhh “Cybergoth”. Another made up term for folks who couldn’t quite fit in. Most weren’t around when a lot of the goth and techno/trance DJ’s started merging and experimenting, eventually evolving their sounds into Darkwave, EBM, “Noize” (sp?) and Industrial.

    Most of the music that “Cybergoths” listen to is nothing more than the branches mentioned above… but for some reason (which I’ll get into later) they couldn’t quite find their “fit”, so they created the name “Cybergoth”. I’ve noticed that most of the people that follow that “scene” are also huge anime geeks.

    This is what I mentioned I would bring up later. Honestly, talk to any of them. They are full on Anime Geeks. This is what happens when Cosplayers cross over into something they think is “cool” but don’t quite fit in, and this is why we can’t have nice things. Even their dancing shows they are trying too hard. Many are off beat, and winded. Sadly, this is what people will look at and consider a “true” goth subculture. Just like they did with those damn Emo/”Scene” kids…. and let’s not get into the “Dark Ravers” and “Dark Techno” kids.

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