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"My parents would like me to have a haircut," declared "emo cut" owner, Hamish Harrison, 17, "but I'm not cutting my hair at all." I'm too busy cutting my wrist. I always knew there were health benefits to a classic buzz. Sweet vindication. | |
I don't get how anyone could stand having somthing covering their eye all the time it would drive me mad EDIT: just realised the "eye"-ony of that statment...huur hurr | |
"And if it happens from a young age, that eye can become amblyotic [sic]." OT: Now I can laugh at people I know. My hair might be bland, but at least I'm not going to get lazy eye! | |
good call, emo's suck so hard | |
Letting your unwashed greasy hair hang in your eyes is bad for eyesight? Who would have thunk it. | |
Unwashed greasy hair? Have you seen most emo's? They care for their hair so much its insane. Anyway, I thought this got proven wrong here: (Mods, feel free to ask me to remove if needed) http://bodyodd.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/14/11703098-no-side-bangs-will-not-give-you-a-lazy-eye | |
it makes sense if it blocks the vision from that eye but i'm not certain after that last post | |
Added that to the article, thanks for the tip. | |
That's it then, emo haircuts need to be banned FOR THE SAKE OF THE CHILDREN (that works for everything else, right?)!!! | |
Urm, I'm fairly sure its common medical knowledge that if you block out one eye it'll eventually get lazy eye... | |
I don't get how they'd get a stiff neck. From constantly flicking their head to move their hair? If so, why don't girls with long fringe hair all have stiff necks? | |
it's fake, the only way amblyopia can truly occure is if an eye is completely covered, I.E with an eye patch, Snake style! | |
Meh I don't care. While I never could pull off the emo look with my curly hair I find the style hot. | |
Gosh, such hostility towards us people with emo fringes. For starters, those who say our hair is greasy and filthy and so on, I care for my hair more than most girls care for theirs. I shampoo and condition it everyday with moisturizing shampoo and repairing conditioner to keep it soft and clean. I straighten it nearly everyday since my hair is curly, and I get it done at a salon every 1-2 months. There has also been countless research that shows that it does not do any damage to someones eyes. The only evidence they have is if someone is like under 7 and their eyes are still developing can it do some harm in extreme cases, and that in worst case scenario means they'll need glasses/contacts. And for people assuming all emo's are hardcore wrist cutting angsty rebels, we're not, typically people who act like that are posers doing it for attention. I like the style, I love the music, and emo is short for (and who would've known this) emotional. We're caring people(I have a lot of friends who have the emo style too), and a helluva lot less judgmental then some of the responses I just read here. /end rant | |
Well as a hater of the whole emo scene, I am glad that if their hair is so thick that at a young age no light reaches their eye, and they keep the hairstyle for several decades that they have a chance of developing a lazy eye. But yeah... as a heavy metal fan, I hate emo's (I could rant on why, but I won't). | |
Not an emo here, but I have to agree with you. I honestly don't understand emo hate. Yes, some emos are posers that just really want daddy to give them a hug or something, but for the most part it's just people wanting to like a certain style and share certain sensibilites. I say if it's okay to hate on emo's then all the nerds around here can't get hurt when some jock makes fun of their Legend of Zelda t-shirt or the fact that they play video games. OT: Yeah from the moment I started reading this I was thinking "Anyone else think this may be a ploy to keep kids from being emo?" Glad MSNBC was there to clear it up...now if only they could prove video games don't cause killers. And to those who to make fun of the teenager who doesn't want to cut his hair, don't be a hypocrite. We were ALL there once. Maybe we weren't all emo, but we were all "rebels" and "individuals." In the end I don't really give a damn about a kid's style, I give a damn about a kid's ability to be polite and well-mannered. | |
I think anyone who put's too much time into looking unnatural has some attention problems. Seriously, you're gonna fucking hate yourself in 10 years. Though to be honest, I find this a little shoddy. Maybe someone who rocks that haircut constantly might start developing problems, but really? Probably means they've been rocking that haircut for a long fucking time. | |
*reads responses* I'll just... um... sit in the corner, then. | |
Personally, I quite like the style. Were it not for my inherent laziness and unwillingness to pay more than 2.5 minutes worth of attention to my hair in the morning, I'd probably give it a go myself. I'm pretty skeptical of these claims though, to be honest. I'm not thinking we'll have a new wave of partially blind, stiff-necked teens. | |
Great ANOTHER thing for emos to whine about. | |
Hmm I don't really believe this, espcially the neck problem thing. I used to have a 'emo' haircut and even though your hair is covering your eye you can see out of it pretty well. I guess after a long amount of time it would have an effect but I'm pretty sure most people grow out of the emo phase before any lasting damage. | |
Woah now, that was just uncalled for, who the hell gets to decide what haircut is stupid. I could bang on about popular hairstyles of yesteryear but I won't. | |
All hair cuts are stupid. Everyone should let their hair grow and our leaders can be the ones who can beat their rivals to death with their mighty, hefty hair. | |
Remember, kids, it's up the road not across the street. What are Emos, anyway? The kids who weren't cool enough and too whiny to be Goth? | |
As hillarious as a dystopian future with full of ' half blind,stiff necked teens with stupid hircuts occasionaly bumping into each other' would be it's a shame that it is'nt going to happen Would have been a good laugh though. | |
Of course that kid is emo, his parents called him "Hamish"! He never had a chance! | |
DAMN YOUSE, LIBERAL MEDIA! >.> Sorry, I couldn't resist. | |
Pfftp, I had long hair before it was main stream! But yeah.. I take it these people have never had long hair then, since you can actually see through it.. y'know.. hair not being sheets of steel and what not. | |
I count large amounts of hair control products as unwashed. For the most part it looks unclean. Creeps me out a lil bit. | |
looks like half of the escapist is about to go blind... still, lulzy article, hope it gets mainstreamed so i can see emo's whine about it more | |
Just wanted to add that the first day I went to a hardcore show and saw one of these fellows, the first thing that popped in my mind was "uni-bang" and I've referred to it as that ever since. I understand trends and all that, but turning mosh pits into an evenly spaced out battle against invisible ninjas? That part just never sat well with me. | |
This just in: living the emo lifestyle can be detrimental to your health and ultimately end up ruining your life as you clutch a pillow and cry yourself to sleep while listening to Linkin Park's In The End because no one understands you nor gives a fuck that you're different. :P | |
stupid children will be stupid I suppose. it will be nice when this fad dies off. | |
These kids today. Back in my day if you wanted to piss off your parents you wore a liberty spiked mohawk and liked it! | |
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Emo Haircuts Might Ruin Your Eyesight
A Tasmanian optometrist warns teens against the dangers of the "emo cut."
You've seen the "emo cut" before. It's that odd, lopsided haircut that makes kids look like they're trying to cosplay as Tim Burtonesque version of Dr. Blight from Captain Planet. Well not only does it look a bit silly, but according to to the director of the Optometrists Association of Tasmania, the haircut could lead to amblyopia - better known as lazy eye.
Talking to The Mercury, optometrist Andrew Hogan laid it out straight for tight-pants-wearing teens who might be ruining their vision.
"If a young emo chap has a fringe covering one eye all the time, that eye won't see a lot of detail," he said. "And if it happens from a young age, that eye can become amblyotic [sic]."
Roseanne Anderson, a hairdresser and salon owner, also offered her medical opinion on the haircut.
"I have to wonder how they don't get a stiff neck," she said. "I have seen lots of fashions come and go, but this is probably the only hairstyle in my forty years of hairdressing that could be a health hazard."
Anderson and Hogan's apocalyptic vision of a future filled entirely with half blind, stiff-necked teens with stupid haircuts picking aimlessly through the ruins of civilization, occasionally bumping into each other, seems unavoidable at this point, but The Mercury did give the opposition a fair hearing.
"My parents would like me to have a haircut," declared "emo cut" owner, Hamish Harrison, 17, "but I'm not cutting my hair at all."
Unfortunately, MSNBC had to go and ruin all the fun with their "facts" and "research." They contacted one Dr. Leonard Press, who responded with the following:
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