Have you perhaps noticed that the only ones who actually refer to you as "elder" are yourselves?
Why do you think that is?
Turning this over in my head a bit, I have come to the following likely conclusions.
1) You are so desperate for some kind of validation in your life that you need to come up with a ridiculous title for yourself to try and make your betters feel inferior. Let me clue you in on something real quick... Your betters will still be your betters, regardless whether you were going to clubs five years earlier than they were or not. And as a side note, disparagingly referring to someone else as a "kindergoth" or "babybat" just makes you look like a fucking moron, especially when that someone has been around only a few years less than you have.
2) You're just getting into the goth scene, but are past the physical age that you can sucessfully pass yourself off as a babybat without looking ridiculous/like you had a midlife crisis recently. Some people buy sportcars and act like douchnozzles, some dress up like goths and act like douchnozzles, I suppose? If you're older and just getting into the goth scene, that's amazing and I 110% fully support it. I know a few people like that, they admit they're not the be-all-end-all of gothdom, and they don't try and fake it. You should follow their lead.
3) You want to try and impress the objects of your affection, be they male or female, because you're trying to squirm into the pants of people far younger than you are. It's a bit pathetic to watch, honestly.
4) You can't seem to act your age. If you want to be referred to as an "Elder", not that anyone with an ounce of sense takes that seriously, you really need to behave with the decorum that the word suggests. And by "decorum" I don't mean walking around the club like a snotty fuckstick, nose in the air and stick firmly jammed up your butthole.
Goths are not a tribe. We do not have a Hierarchy of Gothdom with titles like "Elder Goth" and "ArchGoth" and other such silliness. There is no Goth Card, no membership form and no indoctrination ritual. Noone is superior to anyone else or rules over anyone else because we are not a fucking society, we are a music and fashion based subculture. You don't get to give yourselves fancy titles just because you were born a few years earlier than someone else.
And please, if you're going to walk about with a shit attitude at the club, learn how to dance. No, really. I don't even try to stifle my laughter anymore when I see one of you types on the dancefloor, no rhythm, no ability to flow with music. You figure after all the years you claim to have been around you'd at least know the music well enough to hear the beats and move your feet accordingly, but it rarely seems to be the case.
And so you know, you may consider me an "industrialist" or a "cyber" and not a "real goth", but I can 100% guarantee I know more about goth music than you do, and have done more for the scene than you have. Do you run events? DJ? Craft things for people to use, wear, or decorate their house with? Run a record label? Play in a band?
If none of the above, then shut your face. In all the years you claim to have been around, you should have done something to contribute toward making the scene better... especially since it's apparently the only thing in your life that you value outside of pretending to enjoy the cheap red wine at the local club and acting like a stuck up, snotty asshole.
If you've been around a million years and laugh at these people too, then this Letter to [Random] is just as much for you as it is for everyone else who finds the 85% of time not spend in a club to be most important in life and the people who've got their life's priorities backwards to be complete and utter mental deficients.
Sincerely,
Me
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