It all starts with someone posting a story to Metafilter about a couple of goths thrown out of a screening for Tim Burton's Willy Wonka. They go home and write an aNGrY blog post.
Well, the Metafilter post descends into goth bashing as often happens when the goth!Jets step into the territory of the computernerd!Sharks.
Favorite quote:
I think I shall form a subculture dressing up as pirates, then we will start fights with goths and ninjas.
The result of such a thread is a self-policing post in Metatalk, where the snark keeps going.
OOMPA LOOMPA DOOMPADEE DOO
I'VE GOT ANOTHER PUZZLE FOR YOU
OOMPA LOOMPA DOOMPADAH DEE
IF YOU ARE WISE YOU'LL LISTEN TO ME
WHAT DO YOU GET FROM A DUMB FPP
A PAIN IN THE NECK AND AN I.Q. OF THREE
WHY DON'T YOU TRY SIMPLY READING A BOOK
OR COULD YOU JUST NOT BEAR TO LOOK
And the oddly funny...
I know you didn't mean it that way, but that sentence makes it sound like Goths are immigrants from Gothistan, or something, rather than just a buncha shmos in black nail polish.
I shouldn't be laughing this hard, but I am.