Cultural observations: Goths

[@chrisj3938]

The idea that frankie tediously explains every single joke to the person he interviews makes these a hundred times better

[@kiilee5963]

me too

[@gean_bean]

@@kiilee5963 wait what

[@infecta]

@@gean_beani think he’s just feeling it

[@R41ph3a7b6]

On God.

[@lucwijngaard8413]

Your voice has more enthusiasm than a goth who just won a million

[@cuckoobrain7999]

A million what?

[@onlyashes89]

@@cuckoobrain7999 other goths

[@JFlint.02]

A MILLION WHAT?

[@derblauestein]

Or Moistcritikal

[@tranquilbean51]

A MILLION WHAT!?!?!?!?!?!?

[@locomotivefaox]

The fact that he could find so many goths outside of their natural habit shows that the slow degradation of 2000s emo culture online has finally come to a close, leaving many goths and emo alike forced to aimlessly wander urban areas looking for nihilism in the homeless population.

[@darraghtormey1500]

Quite alarming really 😨

[@spud2495]

Not a single goth was in this video lol

[@sadlamp3419]

@@spud2495 what do you call the people in the video

[@elusive4557]

@@sadlamp3419 posers

[@suckd0g]

@@spud2495 idk some of them looked like they could very well be goth. girl with the purple hair very clear borrows from trad goth. either way, there are many different forms of goth fashion and all you really need to call yourself goth is to listen to goth music i.e. gothic rock, deathrock, dark wave, post-punk, and ethereal wave. kind of pointless to try and write people off as goth or not goth just based on appearance.

[@phant0mdummy]

I love how he rattles off various Goth stereotypes before saying that when not performing those various acts, they are fighting against Goth stereotypes. Genius writing. Genius deadpan delivery.

[@Sikke_Kok]

I thought they went extinct like 20 years ago, but apparently they survived on an island called Ireland.

[@AdrianColley]

First the Latin scholars, then the Goths. Ireland functions as Europe's cultural appendix.

[@anchoviesonnachos7074]

They’re everywhere here

[@andreja9425]

goths are going strong, im involved in a lot of music/fashion scenes so I don’t always look goth but it’s definitely where my foundation lies. Goth events are super popular

[@rickydo6572]

@@andreja9425 Even here in south america, I've never seen Punks, Metalheads in my neighbourhood, I've seen Emos once, but I've seen goths a few times. Like, saw a group rocking the full Goth look, wearing a leather overcoat in the hot sun is not for everyone alright? My city is right next to the equator line, that motherfucker who was wearing it liked to suffer XD

[@Jake-TorukMakto-Sully]

Oh believe me, I feel alone where I live, because I am a goth as well, I just sadly don’t have many if any at all friends that are goth as well.

[@DCGMatthew1]

I didn't even need to start the video to know how he would pronounce goths.

[@RoachDoggSR]

@anaximander9997 It definitely didn't sound like he was saying something like gots, you're totally right. Like... Come on, you had to have understood the joke he was making about how Irish people and others say Goth because of their accent.

[@perdu6603]

KZbin auto subtitles just write "gods" throughout the video

[@JulienJeagal]

I know I've spent too much time in the UK When I didn't even notice how he pronounced it

[@cdubsoptional7849]

These are the people who defeated the Romans, and sacked the eternal city.

[@Cub__]

Oh hell nah 😂

[@cdubsoptional7849]

@@Cub__ I just grabbed my copy of Herwig Wolfram's "History of the Goths" off the shelf. Allow me to read from the dustjacket. And I quote, "Much studied and much misunderstood, the Goths represent all the barbarian peoples whose presence inside and outside the late Roman Empire accelerated its transformation into the eastern Byzantine world and the western medieval kingdoms. [...] Rejecting the nationalistic view of the Goths as a 'German people,' he searches for ethnogenesis, or tribal formation, and finds a series of discontinuous and heterogeneous groups, indiscriminately called "Goths." They gathered around a small military elite which carried a tradition of Gothic origins. From the Oder-Vistula region to the Dnieper, the Black Sea, and then into Italy and Spain, a Goth was anyone who fought alongside this leadership." In other words, the original Goths were a made up tribe, an amalgamation of refugees, outcasts, and losers who were either fleeing from or submitting to Hunnic expansion, bound together not by blood or obligation, but by choice, circumstance, and shared hardship. Alls I'm saying is that we can't turn a blind eye to these modern day goths. Their ways and habits might seem silly and harmless to the rest of us, but if they ever unite, they could be a problem.

[@invader4life36]

Wow that the 10,000 time I heard about that joke. So funny and original

[@tobypaine612]

The girl smirking and nodding approvingly to the comments about The Cure is my favourite

[@zannafrost9898]

well

[@She_Gave_Me_Quite_a_Show-_-]

@@zannafrost9898 ? are you her? omg sign my tits please 😍💌

[@no_not_that_one]

@@zannafrost9898 FR, if that’s you, then you seem like a pretty awesome human being

[@bora9491]

@@zannafrost9898do you also wander the streets of dublin looking for homeless people?

[@tricktrapper]

"goths can only understand basic human emotions through anime plotlines" got me deadder than a goths charisma

[@Anonymous-wb3nz]

Anime has literally nothing to do with the Goth subculture. Goth is a MUSIC based subculture.

[@spud2495]

What does goth have to do with anime?

[@jaif7327]

@@spud2495 most modern goths especially gen z watch that stuff

[@Aurora-oe2qp]

@@jaif7327 Do they? Posers

[@invader4life36]

@@jaif7327 I sure as hell don’t 😂 and take my advice, some yes, but we take our music seriously and our support for it. Anime is something anyone can like.

[@constipatedwonka8061]

I'm pretty confident the dude at 1:47 is not a goth. He just really likes Norwegian black metal.

[@XlTanzanitelX]

thats what i thought lol

[@sydglover4842]

that sounds about right

[@gaiusjuliuscaesar9296]

I always look forward to another episode of Frankie's Caltaral Oobservahytions

[@yogsaluki6480]

i laughed too hard at this

[@FiveGuysFan0604]

Why did I read this in an Irish accent

[@MaddBadgerr]

You mean Cuhlterel Obsarvayshunz

[@neverforever4787]

The girl at 0:53 looks like she could have stepped out of one of those 80's interviews about the "original" goth scene, especially with her Siouxsie Sioux style eyeliner. Truly a pleasure to see. Here in America people think wearing a My Chemical Romance shirt and dying their hair a weird color makes them goth.

[@pogchamp5276]

so... a trad goth?

[@kidkangaroo5213]

@@pogchamp5276 Now I wanna see a skit about goth parents getting worried about their daughter wanting to wear bright pink to school

[@Patrick.Weightman]

Emo and goth aren't the same thing

[@ashtralplane777]

She doesn't look like an old school goth. It's an egirl with a close enough look

[@nowwisige]

She looks cool as heck!

[@Leinad44]

The goths struggling to keep a straight face made this for me

[@hellogoodbye0]

Thank you Frankie. As a person who lives in the middle of nowhere, I now know how to approach these creatures when wandering the concrete jungle known as Dublin.

[@Noodles4you]

Same here bro unfortunatly i live in the islamic republic of Swedistan😭😭😭

[@dorkknight7225]

@@Noodles4you tf did Muslims do there bro??

[@Noodles4you]

@@dorkknight7225 goths haram

[@_Minos]

​@@Noodles4you But metalheas not haram in Swedistan.

[@GossamerSoul]

It’s so funny that he stood next to a metal head and probably an Emo or 2 without knowing 💀💀

[@enchanted_raven_of_gold_11]

Maybe that was the joke tho to be fair lol

[@dogtummy]

@@enchanted_raven_of_gold_11 metalheads are goths are emos are hipsters are doc wearers. see the pipeline?

[@toshirokigai]

Congrats on 100k, I think cultural observations: cargo trousers would be worth some extensive frankie mcnamara research

[@cal593]

Better yet, cargo shorts

[@franknakasako7255]

@@cal593 Jean shorts too and sandals with socks

[@AS-ll5nd]

Cargo trousers/shorts are more of an American thing

[@toshirokigai]

@user-zi9gy3yu4q this request comes from someone who wears only cargo pants and I've seen plenty 6th year secondary schoolers trying to make everyone think they know how to skate

[@cal593]

To be fair, I wear them, but I also have a lot of cargo to haul.

[@erlinggaratun6726]

I've been surfing the internet for nearly 30 years, but this takes the cake. Love your show :)

[@CHRISTIAN-bm4iv]

damn u old asf

[@XVXC-M8]

You wasted 30 years of your life for practically nothing.

[@blindshot709]

You dat time traveler 'The Sun' keeps posting about ?

[@MJ-zc1ln]

Lol same. this feels like it could be picked up by a network or as an internet short series. Very unique

[@riptide3171]

@@XVXC-M8 bold assumption, but I've been here way less and I gained a lot, I learned almost fluent English through the internet, and pretty much most of my knowledge since I didn't like reading books until recently

[@iquemedia]

self care hour that makes em look dead is comedy genius

[@Jcremo]

Its funny cos it’s true.

[@CarDrifter007]

Average Goth vs. Average Rolling Stones enjoyer

[@jalapenogorilla5507]

This is a man who doesn't display any comprehension of the term 'safe space' and I love it

[@tehtehteh4982]

@Anaximander what a small thing to say.. Safe spaces rule and you seem like the type to really benefit from them. Happy news year! I wish growth and reflection and ultimately prosperrity for you. Do your best always!

[@the-np4mr]

I think you're looking for the word personal space lol

[@jmckendry84]

@@the-np4mr nah, these people like to use buzzwords like "safe space". They think it's funnier or something

[@the-np4mr]

@@jmckendry84 this is not an enemy of my enemy situation, neolib

[@jmckendry84]

@@the-np4mr I've absolutely no fucking idea what that's supposed to mean, but a Happy New Year to you too, I guess! 🥳

[@dramalexi]

That Rolling Stone high priestess just crossed the dead line.

[@Synthonym]

As a lifetime goth, I can confirm these are all 100% facts

[@Cub__]

Yikes

[@taminocun8816]

Visigoth or Ostrogoth?

[@WATCHTHIS.]

@@taminocun8816 this deserves more likes

[@Kazza_8240]

'Lifetime goth'? So you're gonna stop being a goth when you die and things are just getting good? Amateur 🤣🤣

[@9livesspent339]

@@taminocun8816 as a metal head no makeup bruh Metallica and BlackSabbath shirts for days though and a history lover watching operations rooms battle of the bulge series now goat comment.

[@crystalracing4794]

This is just hilarious. "STOP looking at me!" 🤣 It's amusing to think the spin offs such as the emo and scene kid subcultures died off so quickly over a decade ago, but Goth still lives on after 4 decades

[@steebelieves2632]

i think those subcultures are definitely making a resurgence, at least from what i've seen of the corners of the internet im on

[@crystalracing4794]

@@steebelieves2632 Goth always had the most simple aesthetic: black clothes, edgy haircuts and pale skin/makeup. Emo/Scene kids evolved into hipsters because they were essentially a tacky version of Goth with cartoon t shirts, garish colours and general weirdness. The emo music was what I was a fan of, not the fashion sense. I really do hope emo music makes more of a comeback.

[@TimTam60]

@@crystalracing4794 speaking of emo music, it has been making a resurgence recently through ‘emo rap’ over lo-fi beats/grunge inspired guitars.

[@AlexaBellaMuerte]

That’s because goth is an aesthetic found in so many other arts like architecture and fashion not just music… the emo and scene were totally contemporary

[@loveinstars]

@@crystalracing4794 well now im conflicted because i like goth and post hardcore

[@seaton591]

"The only ever spell they have successfully cast is summoning their fathers disappointment" 🤣

[@Rainjojo]

“Their high levels of knowledge makes them have a lower tolerance towards stupidity” I’ve never resonated with something this much

[@GF-nm1cl]

I can tell by Frankie's coat that he's a groundbreaking forward thinker

[@TenshoWasHere]

It's good to see the people who sacked the Romans and plunged their empires are still alive and healthy to this day

[@elestromusicgamesfun1101]

1:52 That dude is just a common metalhead. Come on now.

[@Ligerpride]

Blondey is cute. The Rolling Stoner at the end is hilarious to be fair.

[@FrozenDairyProducts]

Pretty good. Now do a cultural observations on people who wear graphic clothing of popular media with arbitrary Japanese writing on it!

[@кинескошифровање]

i second this

[@tigerdoodat5427]

Yeah, what's up with that? I saw a Spongebob one and that same Rugrats one in some shop or other myself. Why is it a thing? Do they think that katakana makes it cooler or something?

[@ivangrose6211]

found the goth haha

[@Shrek_es_mi_pastor]

@@tigerdoodat5427 If it were Arabic it would be considered some kind of shitpost

[@thatitalianlameguy2235]

Me when I see ahegao shirts

[@neonice]

No idea where this guy has suddenly come from but every single one of his videos are bangers 🤣

[@R41ph3a7b6]

How funny and true. But, I loved it when Frankie broke character by saying "don't touch me" and "stop looking at me." His natural voice was so funny.

[@Maria7Maria]

Hahaha 2:44 that girl understood the assignment perfectly!

[@SurrealSoda]

Congrats on 100k. Now your book should win film of the year.

[@MisterPickle.]

"Perhaps the occasional Emo." 🤣🤣🤣 That's some top notch script writing right there. 👍🏻

[@Yungkingstonn]

The last lady was the best haha

[@Mayhem957]

You know it’s a good day when you hear “welcome to Frankie’s cultural observations “

[@somelettersnumbers]

that dude doesnt even look goth just looks like a metal head

[@jasonblundelldobebussing]

Yeah, I remember Goths - such tribes, and there were also Angles, Saxons and Jutes. As you can see, only a few based survived to 21

[@666mrdoctor]

Don't forget the Picts.

[@acoupleofgsanrandaneaniandann]

This was brilliant, thank you for a good laugh. I am in the end stages of a bad case of flu and you sent me into a coughing fit. Worth it.

[@f-five9356]

i think this is the single most important episode of Cultural observations!

[@mrkeogh]

Nobody who is actually depressed would have the energy or motivation to put that much effort into their appearance.

[@stringbeanii]

that's myriamm, the girl at the end, dancing..... she is like a frigging legend, how do you _not_ know who she is?!! heard it said that her energy powers all the festive lights.

[@fjdoucet1465]

You're so right that about taking an hour of self-care every morning. When I was a teenager, I wanted to be a Goth, but I was clinically depressed so doing all the make-up required far too much effort. Instead I just wore a lot of disorganized black and slapped on thick eye-liner. I was also too depressed to find real Goth friends to hang out with, so I mostly wore this alone in my room at home.

[@jacktowers7533]

2:27 - "stop looking at me", *Next 20 seconds trying to look everywhere else but him*

[@zannafrost9898]

he had me under pressure

[@jacktowers7533]

@@zannafrost9898 i need to know how these videos happen, are you just one of his "Goth Friends" and he asked you to stand silently while he "interviews" you

[@zannafrost9898]

@@jacktowers7533 he just summoned me from the 80s

[@jacktowers7533]

@@zannafrost9898 Sorry you're here Obviously you got a KZbin account but just in case you're not up to date... Yeah the last 30 years hasn't been great, oh well at least Reagan and Thatcher are dead

[@thefruitman746]

When he stared into the camera and said "get the foque outa ma video" I knew I had to give him a sub.

[@jsk1493]

This is the most informative video on the entire platform and about a topic i didn't knew i actually needed to learn about

[@kingboat1200]

such an early 2000s vibe im getting from this lowkey and I very much dig it .. what an excellent video

[@jayoakes7874]

Nice group of goths you found and one of the best vids in the series

[@spud2495]

I didn't see a single goth

[@TimTam60]

@@spud24950:36

[@Abominatrix650]

This is pure 2009 - 2013 KZbin in spirit. I applaud and respect you.

[@User-th6yy]

What a way to start the new year. Thank you frankie, very cool!

[@stepchildofsoul]

Great, now I have that song stuck in my head, except it's her version: la-la la-la lalala...

[@avertingapathy3052]

Zoomer irony has reached singularity levels with this youtuber.

[@FrankieAmadeian.]

1:47 homie dont look goth. he looks more like an average metalhead with the long hair and the denim jacket, which is fucking sick btw

[@XlTanzanitelX]

for real

[@NickFje]

This video needs to go viral so we can get a lot more content like this.

[@user-zo3yw5eo2n]

Love gothics,Anton Lavey and Sophia Strauss master genius classic music johnny from Lisbon Portugal

[@Math_Yeww]

the purple haired goth was such a good sport

[@zannafrost9898]

thanks

[@JesusFriedChrist]

@@zannafrost9898 Sick style

[@AverageDillzer]

0:22 I'VE PIERCED THE VEIL 😭😭😭😭😭😭 IF THAT WAS A JOKE YOU'RE A GENIUS

[@InspireWire]

Happy New Year Frankie! Yet another fascinating observation of Ireland's Sub cultures! Loving that Rugrats jacket, TK Maxx amirte👌

[@genokugel]

I'm not gay but that guy at 1:47 is so adorable

[@bertiesaurus]

I’m gay and no he isn’t

[@genokugel]

@@Plasyyy What do you mean? I think he looks really cute but that doesn't make me gay

[@dannydanumba]

I’m bi and I agree he’s cute af

[@iwillnotgo]

he's so pretty

[@genokugel]

@@dannydanumba goddamn right

[@VideoPerfection]

This is immersive journalism

[@kareongames]

another banger from melancholic central

[@noahcarvalho2105]

The girl nodding 2:25 😂😂😂😂😂

[@sallyguberman6310]

@1:36 she’s thinking he’s calling her edgy, and she’s so flattered! The smirk!!! 💀

[@zekie106]

2:16 me 🤣 I enjoy alt fashion (and music), and still wear them regularly with eyeliner and painted nails. You can only imagine the boomer reactions around me if you consider how conservative and religious my country is An upside to this tho is that I'm easy to remember/recognize, friends just call me the punk guy 🤣

[@justagerman140]

How did I not find this channel until now?

[@azathothahnenerbe3856]

Dude with the hair wasn't goth, he was a metalhead.

[@spectator352]

"Stop looking at me"

[@ligmasack9038]

You forgot the fascination Goths have with Clove Cigarettes!

[@Tatumnscottt]

Pierce the Veil line is top tier 🎖️

[@12345oce]

1:07 that’s a hot goth! Sweeeennngg

[@TheBomber15]

Up Cavan.

[@Aster_Risk]

I love when he explains the joke. So helpful. Thanks!

[@kevwox]

these get better and better lmao

[@mikeytablet69]

These are underrated as hell

[@Creeper333pl]

“I’VE PIERCED THE VEIL”

[@Anonymous-wb3nz]

Pierce the Veil isn't a Goth band. They are Metal. Poser.

[@Creeper333pl]

@@Anonymous-wb3nz Pierce The Veil are actually blackened slam emo deathcore

[@Anonymous-wb3nz]

@@Creeper333pl true. That's still not Goth though.

[@Wilhem275]

They were the giggliest ever people among all the groups he observed 😂😂😂

[@KysterElla]

Happy new year francie! Loving your work :)

[@josesousa272]

Love his sense of style and fashion.

[@unclejeffssecretaccounttoh8774]

1:55 hes so cute

[@planetkitchen]

I like the ending. He's running towards nothing, again and again and again and again

[@luiscardona7402]

3:00 he did she dirty 💀

[@aspected]

The PTV joke there was incredible.

[@Guanjyn]

It's nice to see there are still goths around.

[@sydglover4842]

they are always around they just hang around goth places I guess. I don't know where those are, however they do come out at night

[@invader4life36]

@@sydglover4842 Florida has a big goth scene. But the biggest out of state is all through Europe. But we are mostly online around our own group of people that talk about bands and stuff. Most goths are adults while the youngest being maybe 16-18

[@Th3wobbler]

these videos are the spiritual successors to vine culture

[@pottertheavenger1363]

I'm a goth and the blonde can sacrifice my soul 😍

[@kidkangaroo5213]

Found this channel today, and a new video is already out! Tight 🤟

[@hate6crew6death6roll]

explains goths and deep emotions to a metalhead, the one subculture that knows all too well about goths and constantly being mistaken for one

[@JoeyLevenson]

Interviewing goths in the Rugrats puffy jacket is the best!

[@PunxAryia]

that marylon manson bit got me wtf lol

[@bobmate3977]

Literally 1 goth in the whole video lol.. The middle 2 dressed more like e-girls who just like edgy clothing. The guy was a metalhead. Big difference with Goths, only really the 2nd girl is a goth.

[@MacAttack888]

That Rugrats jacket gets me fugged fast

[@spiffymcfarland6661]

I’m a Goth, and this is amazing

[@sleazy_listening]

I can't believe so many individuals were willing to be vivisected by a guy in a Rugrats jacket

[@urbanarmory]

In the 2000s we used to have many goth categories. Spanky goths, perky goths, mopey goths, whiney goths, angry goths... It was a beautiful time. Isn't nature amazing?

[@underscore4505]

trad goths are the only goths man

[@urbanarmory]

@@underscore4505 I grew up with bouncy tube hair and Skinny Puppy thank you very much

[@underscore4505]

@@urbanarmory SP r industrial

[@urbanarmory]

@@underscore4505 ...yeah? and?

[@underscore4505]

@@urbanarmory its not goth

[@K1ller.scene.k1d]

As a goth person i absolutely love this

[@Drum8888]

Think the guy covering his face at 2:50 is on the run from the Yakuza?

[@christophermckiernan4876]

this is amazing, his accent makes it better. Love that irish humor.

[@DvDick]

Goths at least are generally on the good side of the daddy issues spectrum, it can go way way worse

[@psychologydropout2354]

Thank you for this. Your research is crucial.

[@phatbassist]

What about the one friend goths have thats into garage music that hangs out because he doesnt know anywhere else to get weed?