In 1999, as part of a promotion for The Blair Witch Project, I wrote the text for a website called P.A.R.O.D.Y., which satirized anti-goth sentiments that were then somewhat common. In the intervening years, the site has inspired a steady stream of flames (and a few accolades). Starting in January 2006, I have begun posting them for your reading pleasure. They are unedited except to make them anonymous.
Friday, June 9, 2006
Subject: P.a.r.o.d.y.
At first I thought the site was real and I couldn't believe just how F@#king stupid some people could be..Then I got to the e-mail section and was ready to lash out only to realize that It was a mockery of what morons think..I'm 34 and have been Goth for yrs and unfortunitly have had to deal with and listen to all the are You a satanist type comments and looks..Course My favorite was when I was walking into work at walmart a couple yrs ago to find out from my Manager that a costumer had called the cops on me stating that a suspious looking person in a trench coat walked into the store five minutes to closing and didn't come back out ! They actually waited around for me to come out and when I didn't They actually called the Cops !! I laughed pretty freaking hard when I found out..But let Me just clarify an obvious to all the Morons out there ...Just cause a person is Goth and Wears a Trench doesn't mean that their packing a tech 9 or had anything to do with columbine..
Update: Second Email
I've read You parody site and found it interesting..The Most interesting parts i found was all the hate mail that You got Obviously some people don't have a sence of humor..One person pointed out about another site that quoted a part of yours..Funny thing is Most of that Artical from the other site was (almost) Praising Goths as being Highly intelegent..The worst part was when they quote some song lyrics from some group that I didn't even thing of as Goth..I would like to add though the goths should be more openminded and tolerant then anybody..come on look how most of us dress ! I mean no offence but when some of us dress like rejects from the circus when shouldn't get to pissed if people stare and make comments..It should be a given And One last thing one of the most harshest hate mails that i read on hear was from a 15 yr old !! Ok honey honestly What the Fuck do You even Know about being Goth ! Don't go acting like You've been Goth since it began since your ass wasn't even born yet ! Heck the probably the only reason you went Goth was to piss off your parents...At least this guy who did parody did some research and somes pretty intellegent so um Grow Up !
Wow what a relief... I actually genuinely believed your site was serious until you know I saw the warning about smearing the blood of Christian babies on doors...hehe. I just want to say that your portrayal of the average everyday anti-goth / anti-everything that isn’t of Christian morals hypocrite was really, really accurate. It’s hard to believe there are actually people out there who are like that isn’t it? Thanks again for completely splitting my sides J
Good site pity that most will beleive it and become more brainwashed with their ignorance.
The stupidiest one is of the cereals.
How can a cereal decide what label a child has?
Cause apart from the gothic sub-culture etc...
It's just a label.
Infact I won't be surprised if now we'll see people throwing holy water on people dressed in black,we already have people who belive they vampire slayers!!!So if that happens as well I won't be surprised,I'll just be there watching and eating popcorn.
I just wanted to say that your site is great. At first I thought that it was for real, as there are actually sites that have some similar stuff on that has been passed off as fact. I am a huge Marilyn Manson fan and also an atheist. I guess I do match the Goth description and it’s cool to see someone mocking Christians who take it all too seriously. Although I am pessimistic and a bit depressed at times, I can have fun too, for example, laughing at Christians. I don’t think that I am a ‘poor soul’ and don’t intend on committing suicide in the near future. I’ve always been like that and being a Goth is just my way of expressing my feelings. Just because I like Marilyn Manson doesn’t mean that I’m going to slit my wrists. The whole point of Marilyn Manson’s music is to piss Christians off and it works too. They don’t seem to realise that they are just making fools of themselves and by trying to restrict their children they will only make them rebel more. I am 15 and I find the whole ‘child’ thing patronising and also very stupid. My parents cannot make me do anything I don’t want to and what I wear or what I believe in is up to me. Christians can’t force their children to follow their faith - Marilyn Manson’s parents sent him to a Christian school and look at him now. There is nothing wrong with Satanism, Paganism, Wicca, Homosexuality, Bisexuality etc and I thought you did a great job imitating some of the Christian fanatics out there. It’s nice to know that I’m not the only one who finds crazy Christians amusing.
