real emo

Origin

The ‘Real emo’ copypasta came from NARE/NDE (North American Real Emo/Non-Denominational Emo) Facebook group wars where it was posted unironically. The copypasta started in NARE and once people in NDE started meme-ing, it became widely recognized within the emo community. The Facebook emo group wars and drama was very intense during the 2010s so it didn’t take long for the copypasta to became popular.

Other sources point towards the ironic Facebook meme page Memelords Against Furries and Fake Emo. The copypasta is a drunken but not at all serious rant about real emo by the admin of that page.

Some users claim that the copypasta came pre-Facebook times pointing towards a site called fourfa but there isn’t much evidence to this.

"Real Emo" only consists of the dc Emotional Hardcore scene and the late 90's Screamo scene. What is known by "Midwest Emo" is nothing but Alternative Rock with questionable real emo influence. When people try to argue that bands like My Chemical Romance are not real emo, while saying that Sunny Day Real Estate is, I can't help not to cringe because they are just as fake emo as My Chemical Romance (plus the pretentiousness). Real emo sounds ENERGETIC, POWERFUL and somewhat HATEFUL. Fake emo is weak, self pity and a failed attempt to direct energy and emotion into music. Some examples of REAL EMO are Pg 99, Rites of Spring, Cap n Jazz (the only real emo band from the midwest scene) and Loma Prieta. Some examples of FAKE EMO are American Football, My Chemical Romance and Mineral EMO BELONGS TO HARDCORE NOT TO INDIE, POP PUNK, ALT ROCK OR ANY OTHER MAINSTREAM GENRE

Real emo but in Chinese

「真正的 Emo」 只有DC的硬核emo和90年代末的 Screamo 局，而所謂的「中西部 Emo」 不過是被真正 Emo 所影響的另類搖滾罷了。每次聽到有人說什麼 My Chemical Romance 不是正宗的 Emo，但又覺得 Sunny Day Real Estate 是的時候，我他媽就覺得有夠智障，因為他們和 My Chemical Romance 其實一樣都是假 Emo（只能說他們是被emo影響的樂團）。真正的 Emo 應該聽起來很強烈、甚至帶著一些憤怒的活力！假 Emo 則軟弱、自卑，那些廢物把精力和情感錯誤地注入音樂當中，只能說他們所謂的emo是失敗的嘗試罷了。一些真正的 Emo 團包括 Pg 99、Rites of Spring、Cap'n Jazz（絕對是中西部樂團圈裡面唯一真正的 Emo 樂團）和 Loma Prieta。那些假的 Emo 團像是 American Football、My Chemical Romance 和 Mineral…等。EMO 就該屬於硬核，不是獨立曲風、更別說是流行龐克、另類搖滾、或是他媽的任何其他主流類型！！！

Mallcore

"Real Emo" only consists of the Chicago mallcore scene and the early 2020's Travis Barker on Drums scene. What is known by "Emotional Hardcore" is nothing but Metalcore with questionable real emo influence. When people try to argue that bands like Cap'n Jazz are not real emo, while saying that Modern Baseball is, I can't help not to cringe because they are just as fake emo as Cap'n Jazz (plus the pretentiousness). Real emo sounds GLOSSY, HORNY YET SANITIZED and somewhat TRAVIS BARKER ON DRUMS. Fake emo is weak, anger and a failed attempt to direct energy and emotion into music. Some examples of REAL EMO are YUNGBLUD, MGK, nothing,nowhere (the only real emo from the northeast scene) and Travis Barker. Some examples of FAKE EMO are Rites of Spring, Embrace, and Mineral EMO BELONGS TO TIKTOK NOT TO INDIE, POP PUNK, ALT ROCK OR ANY OTHER MUSICAL GENRE

Real Pizza Copypasta

This is a parody of the ‘Real emo‘ copypasta where the original poster is gatekeeping the definition of emo.

Real pizza only consists of pre colonial ethnic Sicilian and Italian dough and cheese pastries. What is known as "party pizza" is nothing more than cultural appropriation and shameless consumerism piggybacking off of the success of the Italian-NewYorker immigrant sellouts intending to please gluttonous and tasteless Americans. When people say Chicago Deep Dish and Mexican Pizza aren't "real pizza" but say that New York Style pan pizza is, I can't help but laugh because New York Style is just as fake as the rest of them (plus the pretensiousness). Real pizza tastes subdued, thoughtful, and you can feel the love and thought put into every bite. Fake pizza is nothing but a failed tastbud-assaulting attempt at bringing diversity into the American fast food diet. PIZZA BELONGS TO THE MEDITERRANEAN REGION OF EUROPE, NOT TO NEW YORK, CHICAGO, TEXAS, SANFRANCISCO, OR ANY OTHER AMERICAN CITY.