r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Existing_Arm10 • 15h ago

Meme needing explanation Petah?

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Huh?

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u/gr1mmcr33p3r 15h ago

*Hotel Transylvania cosplayer Pinkchyu.

There, I fixed it

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u/PipedInFromIthaca 15h ago

In the big 2026, "goth" apparently just means "black lipstick".

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u/Trading_shadows 15h ago

Nah, this girl would be called goth in 2007 and would have a flock of nerds behind her in each situation. Doesn't depend on time, depends in people who care about subcultures.

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u/PipedInFromIthaca 15h ago

In 2007 we'd have called this look emo--2000s goth was way more industrial-influenced (and tattooed, it was very pierced and tattooed as a look).

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u/boltgenerator 13h ago

In 2007 we'd have called this look emo

Na. This is a thing that really only exists post-rise of Twitch/OF. She's just a regular chick cosplaying as the "big tiddy goth gf" meme. 07 emo was a lot different than this both in spirit and visually.

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u/agzz21 12h ago

The "big tiddy goth gf" look is just voluptuous E-girls wearing black makeup and clothes.

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u/xeromage 9h ago

... yes. we all have eyes.

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u/Trading_shadows 15h ago

Fair enough. I always hated how everyone with a forelock was called emo automatically.

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u/Senior_Violinist5296 12h ago

Can't have changed that fast. Goths at my school in 2005 were historical quasi-victorian with the rotted/ripped addition of a bit of grunge aesthetic.. how I remember the good old days of buying lace at the thrift store and dyeing it black on the stove 🖤

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u/NoSleepTilBookRead 9h ago

This isn’t emo. This is emo pop.