Kodi mungakhulupirire, Nkhani Yotentha ili pafupifupi 30. Ngati Hot Topic inali mwana wa Goth tsopano itha kuyendetsa mwalamulo, kuvota, kumwa (ngakhale tikudziwa kuti sinadikire mpaka 21 pazomwezo!), Ndipo kubwereka galimoto. Tsopano watsala pang'ono kumpsompsona bulu wamkulu 3-0 ndikulowa zaka zopweteka zachitatu za moyo.

Kodi Nkhani Yotentha ingagwire bwanji zaka makumi atatu zoyambirira? Chabwino ngati zaka zake zapitazi zili chisonyezo chilichonse kuti zipitilizabe kusunthira kudziko la geek ndikupitilizabe kutalikirana ndi mizu ya Goth ife ana amisika 90 timakumbukira mwachikondi. Zachisoni kuti masiku amenewo adatha kalekale kwazaka zambiri.

Apita masiku a madiresi a veleveti okhala ndi zingwe ndi malaya amtali wakuda. Sipadzakhalanso nsapato zakuda zazitali za bondo lokhala ndi nsapato zomwe zikuyenda mbali. Palibenso mathalauza ena omwe angakulungire mpando wakusukulu ndikukulepheretsani kuyimirira kuti muchoke. Simungapeze t-shirt yowopsa pokhapokha itachokera Nkhani Yowopsya ku America or Kuyenda Dead. Zomwe zidachitikira a Kutsekemera pa Elm Street, Halloweenndipo Zoyipa zakufa malaya omwe ndadzaza nawo ndowa zanga? Ndipo pali wina aliyense amene akudwala ndi ziwerengero za Pop zomwe zimatenga malo? Kuphatikiza apo, ndine wokonda kwambiri Disney, koma malo ake sakhala mu Hot Hot. Kalekale masiku a Hot Topic adadutsa, ndipo anyamata timawasowa.

Panalibenso makolala otchinga kapena maunyolo omangidwa ndi maunyolo omwe anali ofala m'mayendedwe amasukulu zasekondale ku America. Ngakhale matayala omwe mumavala m'manja mwanu ndikugulitsa ndi anzanu ndi ovuta kupeza pamakoma awo.

Zachidziwikire, mutha kupezabe chubu chakumilomo chakuda ndikufanana ndi msomali wakuda wakuda, koma inunso mungapeze ku malo ogulitsira mankhwala osokoneza bongo. Ngakhale mitundu ingapo ya utoto wa tsitsi la punk imatsalira, mtundu womwe kale umakhala Manic Panic womwe ambiri a ife kale tinkakonda kusinthitsa mitundu ya tsitsi lathu sabata ndi sabata. Ndife odala kuti tili ndi tsitsi pambuyo pa ma shenanigans amenewo! Koma tsopano Nkhani Yotentha yatenga njira ina, njira yodzaza ndi mafashoni a geek ndi mitundu yowala ya neon.

Nkhani Yotentha ikulowa m'ma makumi atatu, ndipo izi zikutanthauza kukhala munthu wamkulu. Pakadali pano, osati "Ndidzafika pamapeto pake" mukadakwanitsa zaka makumi awiri ndikudya pizza chakudya chamadzulo kanayi pa sabata. Zinthu zomwe zitha kugulitsidwa ndikulipira ngongolezo zili m'mashelefu, ngakhale zitanthauza kusiya zina mwazinthu zomwe zidapangitsa kuti zizizizira komanso zosiyana pazaka zawo zaunyamata.

Zomwe zili ngati chidwi chawailesi yakanema komanso zopanga zida zapamwamba zalowa m'malo mwaubwana wawo. Zojambula za Nostalgic monga; Wowononga Zim, Care Bears, ndi sukulu yakale Achinyamata owukira Ninja akamba ikani mzere pamakoma. Osandilakwitsa, ndimakonda zojambula kuyambira ndili mwana, koma zili ndi nthawi ndi malo, ndipo ziyenera kukhala ndi malo ocheperako m'sitolo. Geekdom monga; Doctor amene, Pokémon, ndipo chilichonse chokhudzana ndi makanema opambana a DC ndi Marvel chimamangiriridwa. Ngati zidabweretsa mamiliyoni muofesi yama bokosi ndikukhala ndi chiwerengero cha PG-13, mutha kukhala otsimikiza kuti mupeze t-shirt yokhudzana nayo pamutu wankhani wapafupi.

'Mphamvu zomwe zili' kuseli kwa sitolo zikuwoneka kuti zaiwalika za unyinji womwe udawathandiza kupanga omwe anali pomwe adayamba kukhala mbande. Tidakuliranso, koma sizitanthauza kuti zokonda zathu ndi zokonda zathu zasintha. Timapitabe kumapeto kwa sabata tili ndi madiresi athu akuda kwambiri komanso nsapato zazitali zazitali, ngakhale atakhala oganiza bwino kuposa ma stilettos omwe tidavala mzaka zathu zoyambirira. Nthawi zonse timakhala tcheru kuti tipeze chikwama chatsopano chakuda chomwe chimafotokoza chidwi chathu chamdima m'moyo. Tidakali pano, ndipo tili okonzeka kugula zinthu zanu ngati amakula nafe. Kodi tili kuti makumi atatu ndikuti tivale Rugrats T-sheti? Timachipeza, mukufuna kuyang'ana kwambiri kwa omwe ali ndi ndalama, achinyamata, koma osapewa omvera omwe akuthandizani kuti mupambane.

Ndikusowa masiku pomwe sitolo imatha kuyimba nyimbo zake mokweza kwambiri ndikugwedeza khoma kupita ku Pac-Sun yoyandikana nayo. Ndikusowa mawonekedwe ammbali omwe angalandire kuchokera kwa akulu ndi okalamba akamadutsa atanyamula zikwama zawo za Macy. Ndipo ine kwenikweni kuphonya kutulutsa amayi anga opeza achikhristu ndi cholembera cha Reagan chochokera The Exorcist amakhala pakati pa zikwangwani zawo zakuda zakuda ndi zikwangwani.

Mwina chomwe ndimasowa kwambiri ndikukhala ndi malo omwe ndimamverera ngati ndili nawo ndipo sindiweruzidwa chifukwa cha tsitsi langa lakuda, maukonde, ndi ufa wonyezimira. Nkhani Yotentha kale inali malo achichepere osungulumwa onga ine omwe amafunikira m'moyo wawo wosamvetsetseka. Zinandiphunzitsa za mabuku azithunzithunzi Johnny Hani Wodzipha lolembedwa ndi Jhonen Vasquez, komanso Cookie wakuda ndi Zoopsa ndi Zochitika Zakale zomwe zonse zinalembedwa ndi aluso Serena Valentino. Kunali malo otetezeka kukhala ndekha ndikulimbikitsa luso lamkati ndi lapaderadera, ngakhale ngati ife (gulu la Goth) tinkasakanikirana ndi tokha ndi zovala zathu zobwereza, mitundu ya tsitsi, ndi maluso opangira. Koposa zonse, inali malo abwino kucheza ndi anzanu ndikupanga zatsopano.

Ndizabwino Hot Topic, pokhala zaka 30 is owopsa, koma simuyenera kutsatira njira yofananira ndi anzanu. Simusowa kukwatiwa ndikukhala ndi ana, komanso simukuyenera kutenga ngongole yanyumba ndikugula nyumba yanu yoyamba. Kukhala m'nyumba kumakhala kovomerezeka! Simunkafuna kutchetcha udzu sabata iliyonse ndikusintha mankhwala omwe ali mu dziwe lanu, sichoncho? Ndiye mungatani ngati mukuyamba kukhala ndi imvi zingapo, kapena ngati spanx m'malo mwa satini wanu wamkati ndi zovala zamkati? Zili bwino kuti simunakhaleko makhadi kwazaka zambiri. Timakukondani chifukwa cha omwe munali mutu wankhani yotentha, simunasowe kusintha aliyense.