I'll admit, when it comes to making fun of Emos, i'm there.

It's not because i'm a heartless prick who doesn't care, because i've dealt with depression myself. It's just that the Emo lifestyle has become so damn stupid.

To me, the current crop of "Emo kids" aren't true Emos, they're just embracing a culture. Sure, a good chunk of them may be genuinely depressed, but I can see the Emo culture being taken over by wannabes, much like Punk and Goth has been, to the point it eventually just becomes a fad or fashion statement.

Do some of the Emo kids need help? Sure. But that's the other thing I never understood. Why, in a group environment, does the depression continue? In my way of thinking (and I will happily be proved wrong on this), this group are friends, while I know depression can be a VERY dark thing and make you blind to the good around you, I really find it hard to believe that a group of people cannot support each other and help each other through the darkness.

It's why I can't help but feel a lot of them CHOOSE to be depressed and CHOOSE the Emo lifestyle because it's "cool".

Another thing I find odd is the rise in "Emo music". We've had Punk and Goth music, now Emo music is on the rise. And the scary thing? I like some of these groups (eg OneRepublic) and had no idea they were "Emo" until some radio announcer said so. Then again, I probably shouldn't listen to radio announcers as the majority of them have the collective intelligence of a dead wombat.