How many goths does it take to build some fine Swedish furniture?
Ikea runs an advert that a particular product will brighten up your dorm room, "unlike a creepy gothic roommate, who can be a bad influence."

Gothfash, the lj goth fashion community reacts predictably, with a post titled, "I am outraged by this and I am going to write a letter."

Don't miss the derrogatory useage of the word 'norms' and how the oppression of the pasty, whiney, and emmaciated is ABSOLUTELY LIKE the systemic racism directed at African Americans!

The icing on the cake is that the OP, mme_archel is community mod and owner.

Thanks to a mouse for the head's up!

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	LOLGOTHS kadath 2007-06-28 01:22 pm UTC (link)
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	Re: LOLGOTHS dark_puck 2007-06-28 01:38 pm UTC (link)
	Heart! Thieving that. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	Re: LOLGOTHS rennyn_alerothi 2007-06-28 10:36 pm UTC (link)
	LOL, is that Sisters of Mercy? (Reply to this)(Parent)

	glossing2 2007-06-28 01:31 pm UTC (link)
	somebody who's never truly known life threatening persecution (no, getting picked on in high school doesn't count, as much as you might want it to) DAMN IT! Worldview...crumbling...away... (Reply to this)(Thread)

	bigbigtruck 2007-06-28 02:14 pm UTC (link)
	I think I might love that person just a little bit. Especially for the crushed velvet shirt remark :D (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

(no subject) - glossing2, 2007-06-28 02:20 pm UTC

	daylightsparks 2007-06-28 04:44 pm UTC (link)
	Yeah, that person is definitely the hero of this wank. Too bad nobody is paying attention. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	vigilanterodent 2007-06-28 06:27 pm UTC (link)
	I love how the mod picks on that person and not the wingnuts who are screaming their heads off about oppression. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

(no subject) - glossing2, 2007-06-28 06:29 pm UTC

	goblin 2007-06-28 01:36 pm UTC (link)
	Wait, an Otf_wank without animal torture? ::is confused:: (Reply to this)(Thread)

	dreamer_marie 2007-06-28 02:52 pm UTC (link)
	We're lobbying the mods to make them more aware of the abuse of cats in cat macros. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	phosfate 2007-06-29 08:27 pm UTC (link)
	*stabs a hamster* (Reply to this)(Parent)

	wrongly_amused 2007-06-28 05:31 pm UTC (link)
	I am so pleased that an ill-thought racism analogy finally got shut down right out of the gate instead of a fight about how it's "totally true, yarly." This may require a dance. And some porn. To celebrate, of course. (Reply to this)

	elemcee 2007-06-28 05:58 pm UTC (link)
	Brilliant! I hate Ikea. Mostly because it's a claustrophobic Hell on Earth. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	bigbigtruck 2007-06-28 07:05 pm UTC (link)
	Agreed! I wish I could get enthused about the neat cheap furniture, but every time I try to shop there I wind up in a corner, rocking and mumbling, curled into a ball. D: I must be allergic to big box stores. Or screaming children. Possibly both. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	frequentmouse 2007-06-28 11:30 pm UTC (link)
	As addicted as I am to their tea towels, wine glasses, and lightbulbs, I would rather be hung by my thumbs than go there on a weekend, and the parking areas are a foretaste of hell. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	tehrin 2007-06-28 06:16 pm UTC (link)
	I wanna know what a Goth did to the graphic artist/marketeer who came up with that ad. (Reply to this)

	vigilanterodent 2007-06-28 06:39 pm UTC (link)
	Ah ha! And someone has trotted out the traditional "Why are you angry about this when Tibet is not free yet" argument. Now there is officially dumb on both sides of the argument. (Reply to this)

	rennyn_alerothi 2007-06-28 10:34 pm UTC (link)
	All of the disenfranchied Goths should shop here. I would, if I lived anywhere near Montgomery. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	b_jellybean 2007-06-29 01:28 am UTC (link)
	IT'S JUST LIKE A MINI-MALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

(no subject) - tehrin, 2007-06-29 04:58 am UTC

(no subject) - puipui, 2007-06-29 07:49 pm UTC

	madelfdisease 2007-06-28 11:26 pm UTC (link)
	Wait - I thought half the fun of being involved in a subculture was being considered a bad influence by the squares. Why do they suddenly want to be socially acceptable to someplace like Ikea? (Reply to this)(Thread)

	serai 2007-06-29 01:56 am UTC (link)
	Yeah, I wondered about that too. I thought the whole point of being a rebel was to, you know, rebel. Who knew it was actually to be accepted and respected and yummyloved? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

(no subject) - greenling, 2007-06-29 11:25 am UTC

(no subject) - madelfdisease, 2007-06-30 07:00 am UTC

	chaimonkey 2007-06-29 05:17 am UTC (link)
	valerian: Change "Goth" to "hip-hop" or "pagan" or "gay" or "vegetarian" and the effect would be the same. Glad to know that being gay is a "lifestyle choice." (Reply to this)(Thread)

	fevered_ego 2007-06-29 05:49 pm UTC (link)
	If only she meant it in terms of the elaborate and hilarious costumes drag queens wear to Pride week, I might have bought the comparision. Nothing to see here, folks. Move along. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	fevered_ego 2007-06-29 06:01 pm UTC (link)
	I fixed the ad to be less offensive to their subculture. (Reply to this)

	antimatterspork 2007-06-30 03:18 am UTC (link)
	I am offended! These "goths" are obviously trying to distract us all from the real evil of Ikea. That's right, shopping at Ikea turns you into a psychopathic terrorist. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	fionnabhair 2007-07-02 11:12 pm UTC (link)
	Oh everything turns people into psychopathic terrorists these days! When I was young we used to walk to Ikea in the driving snow, up-hill both ways, and do you know what I'm going to tell you? We enjoyed it. It's lack of moral fibre that's what it is. (Reply to this)(Parent)

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