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While the first definition of the word goth is a “a member of a Germanic people that overran the Roman Empire in the early centuries of the Christian era,” nowadays, that’s not the first definition that springs to mind.

You would think of a person that likes things that others would consider dark. Who also has a distinct fashion sense and has a particular hairstyle that makes them stand out. Many may have the impression that they are evil and mean, but that’s not necessarily true as there are different people in different social groups.

One of the best ways to get to know what kind of person you are dealing with is through their humor and the best humor is displayed in memes as they not only are funny, but represent reality quite accurately. There is a whole Facebook page dedicated only to goth memes and we present you a collection of them containing the best ones.

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The Facebook page Goth Memes was created in 2014 and in the 8 years that it has been posting memes, it has gathered a following of about 200k people. The page doesn’t bombard you with several memes a day, but there are quite regular posts because it is the quality that counts and not the quantity.

As the likes and the comments under the posts show, people enjoy the memes quite a lot, but where did they come from and what are the things that connect all goths?

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The term itself was coined by music critic John Stickney in 1967 when he called The Doors’ rock Gothic rock. The name caught on as the movement actually originates in a music style. In the early 1980s, a branch broke off the post-punk music genre which was called Gothic rock.

The new music genre gained popularity quite quickly and by the mid-1980s, it had already spread in Europe, traveling overseas into clubs in New York and Los Angeles and in the 1990s, when dance music became the dominant style, the goth movement went underground and never really went away.

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Because Gothic rock was so popular, it expanded and wasn’t just about music. It was a form of rebellion and it was born from the feeling of being different. That is what makes it so appealing to young people who feel like they don’t fit in.

It is also the aesthetic that many people find attractive, because even though parents like to say that being goth is just a phase, it is actually one of the longest-running subcultures still existing.

The subculture takes inspiration from the Medieval times, Gothic literature, which showed a fascination with dark romanticism, science and the occult. It is also associated with horror movies, vampire cults and various traditional mythology, such as Celtic, Christian and Egyptian.

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Even though what makes goths goths is them being drawn to darkness and the morbid, melancholy and the occult, fashion plays a big role as well as it is the external signal that they belong to the group.

They often are seen wearing black eyeshadow, black clothes and exaggerated silhouettes taking inspiration from the Victorian and Elizabethan periods. American anthropologist Ted Polhemus described the style as a “profusion of black velvets, lace, fishnets and leather tinged with scarlet or purple, accessorized with tightly laced corsets, gloves, precarious stilettos and silver jewelry depicting religious or occult themes” in his book Street Style.

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Even though some goths wouldn’t want to be associated with other people who share the external aesthetics and don’t really get what the subculture is actually about, nowadays, young people seem to be obsessed with picking an aesthetic, so it may be that the gothic subculture is very diluted and is more for the show.

Many memes in this list are based on the appearances of goths and are understandable for everyone from different walks of life as it is easier to get the humor related to one’s looks rather than inner feelings. Do you relate to any of these memes? What do you think is the biggest misconception about goths? Are there any other important aspects of the goth subculture that the memes didn’t represent? Let us know in the comments!