Hot Topic Store Managers Meeting 2006

[@erikberndt2988]

Would anyone be interested in seeing the "bonus feature" fashion preview for 2006 men's and women's apparel? 📌Men's fashion apparel: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aGibpWeCodKgeas 📌Women's fashion apparel: kzbin.info/www/bejne/n2e2paB4j9F-sK8 📌Hot Topic High School: kzbin.info/www/bejne/i5u9dXibn6ifjcU

[@karmawiz888]

Yes

[@KataomoiFinally]

YES YES

[@pinklemonegg]

Obviously yes please

[@andysandyval]

Yes

[@Myothervoice666]

Yes I would love any and all hot topic content

[@aarondrew4861]

The babies conceived at this meeting are now entering adulthood.

[@Chickadeebunny]

That’s actually insane

[@CTScenic]

Yeah I think one of the teenage offspring helped us at hot topic the other day. She said "my name is Unicorn." My teenage nephew who was there to buy quirky t shirts was like lolwtf. (Quietly, behind her back, the way god intended).

[@srirachaaaa]

And potentially rehab based on their parents

[@cpt.fignuts]

why did you have to make me feel old lol. I stopped shopping at hot topic in 2006 lol

[@nontrashfire2]

Why are you thinking of kids this way?

[@pinky_pepper]

the children yearn for the quirky store manager meeting

[@ViViVex]

0:59

[@yames]

wait did you hit us with a "yearn for" before the Minecraft men happened

[@Katelin626_]

Please 😭

[@FlowersByIrene]

I'm baby

[@illsate]

this goes so hard

[@nahualmusica]

this is the most 2006 thing ever

[@Montorpedo]

Right down to the teases hair.

[@1badombre82]

Lol beta generation version of this is broccoli top, E bike instead of skateboard and pants that aren't tight or baggy 😂. Disappointments

[@xxfaultxx]

Gotta be honest, this looks 100x more fun than any work event I've been to

[@AcesAndNates]

I’m thinking the same thing. Hot Topic seems like a good company to have worked for.

[@NickDoobs]

Yeah, as much as I want to hate on this... It does look fun. Even from someone who was never into any of this.

[@terrycruise-zd5tw]

do they get paid to attend?

[@xxfaultxx]

@terrycruise-zd5tw most the times as managers you are salary. So likely is part of their salary, but the travel expenses were covered

[@Globalastral5]

I went to WeWork Summer Camp twice. I could write a book about it

[@HisXLNC]

This has the aesthetic I expected.

[@quiltface83]

yeah the uniform is anything in the store

[@lizardking6135]

Filmed like a low budget viva la bam episode

[@Daisy-ji6nd]

@@lizardking6135😂😂😂😂

[@AaronEdwards]

Nothing screams punk rock than “achieving your goals and performing at the next level.”

[@ruddyguzzman]

Perhaps your idea of punk is skewed

[@hotmealdotcomma]

I AM AN ANTICHRIST

[@ZacHawkins42]

"We're *SO* punk!" as they attend meetings with their 'corporate overlords' 😂

[@TexasWulfman]

hot topic's aesthetic is for goth and emo kids. also to assume punk kids don't have to conform and work a job to afford all the shit they wear is equally fuckin restarted. Time to start drinking coors light and screaming at the clouds now old man. You're officially out of the "it" crowd.

[@MaggotTayne]

⁠@@TexasWulfman Nah man, real punks don’t become managers. Just because you don’t care about the punk ethos, doesn’t mean it just ceased to exist

[@crazybread1813]

2024 Hot Topic would never!

[@Como.Te.Atreves]

They sucked all the fun out of hot topic

[@HauntFreak13]

Because the same people that own 2024 Hot Topic own Box Lunch. They’ve turned Hot Topic into a nerd shit/Disney/anime store too.

[@tula1433]

They’d all be saying how “offended” they are now 😂

[@machinegirIz]

I wish old hot topic stayed the same😭

[@DrawsomeDrawer]

Nah they definitely would

[@Xmasta420]

At the time: these people were HATED for being posers. Now I can't help but envy them. Yeah, they commercialized the punk aesthetic and made the ethos optional, but they also were just a bunch of 20-30 somethings trying to find a job they didn't hate in a world that would no longer exist in a few short years. I can't hate them anymore, these "posers" are more authentic than I'll ever be in with how irony poisoned I am now.

[@iamcase1245]

In 2006 yes they were hated but prior to the mid-2000s not many people called Hot topic the poser store. 2006 was already well into the decline of Hot Topic. Between 1995 and around 2000 or 2001 it wasn't seen by anyone as the poser store. Especially when Nu-Metal and "Techno" was at it's height and even during the start of 2nd wave Emo. Hot Topic became the "poser" store in the mid-late 2000s when they started carrying more and more rap merch and basically turned into the store for rebellious suburban 11 year old middle class little girls.

[@eatmybutthairslittletinyman]

irony poisoned. couldn't have said it better myself

[@RaeLuna-g9w]

Even more importantly, many companies were and still are quite prejudiced about tattoos, piercings, gender conformity, etc. you have to be in 1950’s good ole days mode. I love any company that lets workers breathe and be themselves.

[@zombiebbq14]

it really depended on the hot topic. the one at my mall in the early 2000s had actual people in the subculture, mostly goth. They weren't just dressed that way for the job lol

[@zombiebbq14]

@@iamcase1245 exactly!

[@m0zkiii]

its actually so dope that they had such a supportive and connected team what a fuckin kick ass event lol

[@BoopBopBeeBop]

It was like a conference and festival at the same time

[@warmlavender5525]

No fr this is the most lit work event ever. If my work conferences were like this I would love them

[@Bakesale59]

Stone Cold name dropping GG Allin as his favorite punk artist is craaaaaaaaazy

[@_Brent3301]

Hahahah did he really I didn't watch entirely. Love GG

[@shrim1481]

I always knew Austin was a racist

[@erikajewel]

I miss the physical community. with everything being online and the fact that i have no social media presence- the world seems so empty. there’s people but it’s still empty.

[@angi216]

I feel this statement so hard...

[@DamienXavier1828]

I only use this and snapchat. The world is very empty. I miss people just hanging out and chilling.

[@KatCaffeinated]

@@DamienXavier1828i only use yt and pinterest 😂

[@KatCaffeinated]

I wish we all didn’t go on the internet as much I only go on it because what else am I supposed to do when people are glued to social media

[@finalsolution-n4g]

we are being wrayped by alien invaders that spin dradles

[@kreb_]

I worked at Hot Topic 06-08. I had some absolutely amazing coworkers. None of us were really traditional Hot Topic poeple though. I was more of an indie kid ala Ben Gibbard or Rivers Cuomo, my manager was a fashionable gay guy and my favorite coworker was a hippie who liked heavier music. What I wouldn't give to unwrap skinny jeans in the back room and fold band t-shirts for a shift then go out partying with those people one more time.

[@buffbuffy99]

It really is the simple things… Such a lovely memory I can relate to. Hanging out at the store I was an ASM at then grabbing drinks at the bar with my closing team on a Friday night. So nice!

[@Rtd976]

How many brown people worked in the corporate side? I used to work there and you guys in the corp side wouldn’t even look at us.

[@randall777]

I walked through a Hot Topic last week, it's all anime 🤣

[@PsRohrbaugh]

I remember kids getting physically beaten up for watching anime in the 2000s

[@JamesRussell69420]

​@@PsRohrbaughthose were the days

[@WhittaII]

@@PsRohrbaugh Dude we used to just beat the shit out of each other for existing

[@grantglow4206]

@@JamesRussell69420 i agree Hank Hill

[@forTehMemes]

Well yea that’s what’s popular now

[@AintItGreat]

The early 2000’s had that innocence that I yearn for

[@johncasarino5627]

this is the mid 2000's

[@averagemoes]

Trust me we were getting it in 😂😂

[@darriahlazard]

This was mid 2000s and trust me it wasn’t innocent lol

[@1badombre82]

Kids can't hack it these days in the trench coat, trip pants and jungle boots. My generation is the reason they had to add "no chains on your pants" to school dress code 😂

[@discotecc]

You didnt watch MTV then lol

[@Heatherdfrazier]

0:26 there’s me with my arm up lol I’m the one with short blonde hair w/ black streaks & bow in my hair 😂

[@WATCHTHIS.]

HOT

[@Authorityoneverything]

Very cute❤

[@jesscasey3788]

You ATE left no crumbs

[@Heatherdfrazier]

@@jesscasey3788 huh?

[@Reiiven]

Your hair was so cute!! I definitely would’ve wanted to be your friend

[@Kattatomic]

The contrast between “having people achieve their goals and moving onto the next level…..” followed by 🎸🎸🎸 I AM AN ANTICHRIST! I AM AN ANARCHIST!” Is hilarious

[@kingofsludge7262]

Remember what they took from us

[@ShoggothsAway]

Stone Cold knowing about GG Allin in 2006 is such an insane piece of trivia.

[@buckodonnghaile4309]

@@ShoggothsAway wait til you find out he knew about him in the 80s.

[@myprofile4me]

why it's not like he was an up and coming artist in 2006

[@ShoggothsAway]

@@buckodonnghaile4309 Did he? That's crazy. Where'd you pick up that piece of info?

[@Heatherdfrazier]

I was at this incredible meeting and it was my very first one . Wow. It was the best one ever other than the Manson one . Just wow what a moment in time.

[@GhoulCityOffline]

Do you know how many times hot topic did these meetings?

[@Heatherdfrazier]

@ every year from way before I started in 2004 up until I left the company the last year they had one in 2010 or 2011… they had weezer play for us, korn, Marilyn Manson, my chemical romance, Bruno mars, Janelle monae, Alice cooper, we had a fashion show with Elvira , we had a blast! When the former ceo Betsy McLaughlin left the company all the magic left with her. That’s when I dipped too. Betsy knew all of us . The ceo would hang out with us and know our names. It was a family. I met my husband working there. I can’t say enough good things about that era of hot topic - that company changed my entire life for the better.

[@erikberndt2988]

Oh wow, we worked at HT right around the same time. I started fresh out of high school in 2003 and worked my way up the hot topic ladder and went to the '07-'08 meetings. Alice Cooper year was amazing. I about lost my mind when Korn came out as the surprise guests

[@Heatherdfrazier]

@ yesssssss! Dude they were amazing !!! I remember my dad always used to give me crap about getting a real job until I came home with a autograph from Stone Cold Steve Austin made out to him lol

[@Heatherdfrazier]

@ were u there for Elvira and Manson? Manson fell ontop of me and then on my flight home, I sat next to head from korn. He was flying to Virginia to be on the 700 club lol

[@paratext]

When I think of Hot Topic, I think of the peak scenester era from 2004 - 2006. Hot Topic and Spencers defined the mid-'00's in so many ways. You were either a lame prep or a kid who hung out around these stores - even if you didn't necessarily fit in there or anywhere else for that matter.

[@xmaryHXCx]

God this is so true.

[@Baphomets_Kid]

Prep wasn’t used that way back then.

[@paratext]

@@Baphomets_Kid Anyone who shopped at A&F or American Eagle was absolutely categorized as a prep/preppy kid in the mid-'00's.

[@Baphomets_Kid]

@@paratext Maybe if you were a little kid. Preppy was Lily Pulitzer, Brooks Brothers, J. Press, etc. … as in prep school. A&F and AE were just normals.

[@paratext]

@@Baphomets_Kid Yeah, no. The word "prep" also had a ubiquitous, colloquial definition back then to simply refer to the style of said brands from a middle class perspective - aka Catholic school kids who played on the baseball team or ran cross-country. I suggest you go read up on some old Urban Dictionary entries.

[@2FRESH-4U]

I was a manager of a journeys and a Steve Madden back in this era retail management felt like a real accomplishment back then

[@WelfareChrist]

Such an amazing time capsule. Damn do things change fast now.

[@loganknapp8905]

Stone cold: “ GG Allin” 😂

[@KP-qk7jh]

the most punk of them all

[@volvoguy804]

😂 they just threw that in.

[@__-xy9gx]

So legit

[@laonda1456]

i feel like he didnt even work there for real

[@Raiinbowrave]

Hands down the coolest corporate meeting ever

[@marinc8593]

For real! I'm smiling ear to ear for these people because I'm sure this is such a cool memory for them to have. They all look like they're having the time of their lives!

[@Odinoian]

So cool to see! These managers were all so passionate, not taking themselves too seriously, and really "lived" the brand! That's how it should be :)

[@ZacHawkins42]

That's just sad.

[@dawicked2k8]

Future generations will study this era

[@bobloblaw1180]

What if I told you...

[@1badombre82]

From the safety of their smart phones 😂

[@taramoran8552]

I WAS THERE! Store Manager #35 Willowbrook!

[@CHEVYCAMARO4GEN]

That is awesome, I was never into this back in the day I shop there at hot topic but sure was always cool to go there and the workers always pumped

[@bl00jay]

The Willowbrook out in Houston?

[@crytkryssus9851]

Ey, Willowbrook Mall? Nice, I used to frequent there. The only manager I remember though was uh, her name started with a "K" I believe.

[@NickDoobs]

Was this as fun as it looks?

[@ghostdestron]

Willobrook Mall hot topic was my shiit

[@magichandsdownes]

in 2 years this would have happened 20 years ago.... I started highschool in 2006... Time keeps moving on.

[@motherabundance13]

this is my Victoria's secret fashion show golden era

[@morganboucher6789]

nothing says punk rock like corporate managers meetings. stone cold being in to GG is great tho would not expect that.

[@Jocelyn_Jade]

I miss this aesthetic. I was never into this look myself but I loved it on other people. I felt I could be myself around them and they didn’t judge. I miss these days!

[@p__kingg]

I legit thought this was a parody for a show or a comedy KZbin channel..... Butttt...it ACTUALLY HAPPENED.. and turned out exactly how youd of expected. Rip the 2000s

[@LifeofBrad1]

This is what the teens of today are trying to recreate, but as someone who was a teen in the 2000's, I feel like the vibe isn't there. A fashion style is easy to recreate, recreating a zeitgeist is much harder, especially as the world around us falls apart. You say the 2000's were an era of stability and people instantly point out the 2008 recession. Well, the recession was nothing compared to the absolute insanity of the times we're currently living in if you ask me.

[@pinklemonegg]

We also didn't really have as much access to tiny niche aspects of culture the way we do now. KZbin had only existed for a year. You had to kind of come up with ways to achieve what you wanted more organically and creatively, there weren't as many alt fashion stores, definitely no Shein. You had to hope you inherited your dad's old alt gear or make your own if you didn't have a shop nearby.

[@Sanpaku-san]

The pandemic tearing apart the world economy is a hell of a drug

[@skystygian]

It's really sad. I was born in late 99 and really only experienced the 2000s as a little kid who was so excited to get older and start dressing like this. By the time I was in high school I was one out of just a few people who dressed alternatively. I'm glad the style is inspiring more people now, but you're right. The feeling is gone. The closest I get to it is going to emo nights in NYC.

[@iterativegrowth]

@@skystygianyou can start bringing it back yourself, right now! I know this phrase is as cliche as it gets, but it’s true: life is too short to be boring. I hear you in re being hard/borderline impossible to bring back a certain vibe, but I’d encourage you to be the change you want to see in the world, my friend :)

[@PassportBrosAndBlondeManWeaves]

It’s because nothing feels authentic anymore. Everything feels forced and fake.

[@jdp052208]

Stone Cold as a special guest?!? That’s incredible

[@erikberndt2988]

Just in case anyone wonders about the odd shift in music around @1:38. KZbin wouldn't allow the video to play in the US if the Ramones were used

[@trevorkobe]

Do you know what the woman said?

[@bloodclot]

Thanks for cutting off what the woman had to say

[@LexiTheSaneLeftysCrustyWorld]

They were the First Corporation where if you worked with the public you didnt have to "tone down" your image. Nowadays you can practically look like that at any job.

[@NullStaticVoid]

see also Buffalo Exchange. You didn't know that was chain?

[@LexiTheSaneLeftysCrustyWorld]

@NullStaticVoid True True, good call.

[@LexiTheSaneLeftysCrustyWorld]

I knew. Didn't think of it.

[@maxmotors9497]

I worked at hot topic as an assistant manager shortly after this hahaha I wonder if I’m gonna catch a glimpse of my old boss😂

[@realjpegmafia]

Back when hot topic had some character now it’s just not the same

[@toidIllorTAmI]

I thought it was just me getting older but you're right, it's no longer emo/grunge/punk it's more cottagecore/weirdo vibes. It's okay but what happened to the music?

[@christophercleary6780]

The music went out of fashion

[@raven_moonshine39]

@@toidIllorTAmI it became more about franchises and less about the music. Now most of the store is sanrio, ghibli, and disney while the band shirts are more of a display item on the back wall.

[@iamcase1245]

2006 was already well into the decline of Hot Topic and they were already starting to become the store for 11 year old girls having a punk phase. The peak of Hot Topic was 1995 to about 2001.

[@craiggraham4134]

Wonder how many people in this video are still with the company

[@konami1979]

The jaded 90's punk rocker in me is screaming, "Shut it down! Shut it down!"

[@Dang3rMouSe]

lol... my inner 90s skater metalhead said the exact same shit 😆

[@fedorahmormont1310]

90s "punk" was already commercialized.

[@Lakin_Logan]

Statistically, at least one person in this video now runs their local municipality and that gives me a lot of hope for the future of this country.

[@okaycola2]

Punk rock saved our lives

[@seanmakesthings]

holy moly I never knew I needed this time capsule so damn much haha

[@graminousGunshield]

they all look so cooool !!!! i wish hot topic NOW could have this same feeling

[@toidIllorTAmI]

You don't even see Mohawks, just fall core weirdos.

[@graminousGunshield]

@@toidIllorTAmI REAL honestly pretty annoying now

[@toidIllorTAmI]

@@MrLifeUnderTheScope people that want to look like gnomes and mushroom fairys.

[@ultraboombean]

They just look like emos. I know so many people who still look like this . I guess cuz I grew up with it , I take it for granted.

[@mikeyjohnson5888]

A small little hot topic opening up 30 mins away hit my podunk town like a freight train. Over one summer, so many around me just fell into it. I had no money so I always wore second hand stuff. Was never really into it. Honestly it had to be a sight to see, cliche teens brooding along a school sidewalk, a rainbow of highlight colors and charcoal surrounded by an picturesque appalachian town that had barely changed in 50 years.

[@okaycola2]

Long live the rebellious teenagers

[@3rdmannn]

kids dressing that way in rural appalchia is the most american thing i can think of in the modern era

[@SavagesAdventures]

We need a “where are they now” follow up video! 🤘

[@Obiwancunningham]

My first babysitter was a Hot Topic manager. this video is of extremely significant to me. Imagine Rosalyn the babysitter from Calvin and Hobbes mixed with Abby Sciuto.

[@TheAmazingAriel]

This was way cooler than I was expecting.

[@monstermess]

things stopped being cool and awesome after 2010 tbh

[@covencockroach]

they started going towards geek culture and then they had no clue what to do afterwards

[@serenitygilles7064]

@@covencockroach trend geek and actually know nothing about the characters usually

*2001

[@WhittaII]

Since smart phones and the terrifying rise of social media. This is because people were influenced by their immediate peers and what THEY enjoyed. Now you have to enjoy what everyone else enjoys, like tok tok dancing, or you're a fucking loser. Life will forever suck for kids these days,

[@DamienXavier1828]

Lmao seeing my old boss was actually pretty funny. I worked for hot topic in 2009 and one of my managers was in this video. 3:17. Miss those days.

[@toidIllorTAmI]

Starting it off with MCR. Ugh 2006 take me back just for a DAY

[@Killerbrew]

@0:47 Linus was a Hot Topic manager....knew it!!! 😂😂😂😂

[@H-i-m_]

Lmao I thought the same thing. I was like is that Linus from Tech Tips.

[@baphofemme]

my first experience with hot topic was sometime around 2007-2008ish when i was a kindergartener and my mom took me and my older sister there (we mainly got nic-nac type things while she got hello kitty merch; going on a bit of an off-topic tangent but i got my love of hello kitty & sanrio and general from her). it's definitely been surreal seeing all the changes hot topic has undergone throughout the years and its definitely more toned down compared to how it was in the past. i still shop there whenever i have the opportunity, so that hasn't changed!

[@EatTheChip99]

I miss 2006. This was the best year of my life.

[@okaycola2]

Can't relate but man it was a thrilling time

[@thecandyman9308]

Honestly it was the last good year in my life.

[@Heatherdfrazier]

4:07 there’s me again running with my hair in blonde little pigtails wearing a backpack running to my seat lol 😅

[@LivingwithPerks]

Crazy enough you can tell which states each of these people reside from just by looking at them.

[@inkard]

Im actually salivating looking at these old clothes. PLEASE bring this back

[@DrFaust-pr8vw]

2006 nostalgia, takes me back. Thank you!

[@saddletramp5000]

Things like this make me proud to be a kid of the 80s. Pudgy middle-aged women who work for a corporate punk rock merch store, dressed like Joan Jett and talking about profit margins through a mic on stage in a conference room at a Holiday Inn. Nothing says punk rock like being introduced as the Employee of the Month. Like, oh my Gawd.....gag

[@RW1A]

ah the 2000s, everything was so good and also was turning into shit. wish we could go back

[@BlastinRope]

you know every generation has said that, right?

[@SnackPatrol]

There were great things about that era, but we didnt have streaming movies or music, HQ video, fast internet speeds, and the fashion was horrible. Also ya know, there was a big ol' bummer of a day in 2001...Other than that I agree with you.

[@donov25]

Big fan of the war on terror eh?

[@Zectifin]

@@BlastinRope ok but there was a boom in the 80s and they were still feeling good in the 90s. 9/11 happened, the economy tanked in 2008. so sure, every generation could say that, but this one would definitely be more true.

[@LoafingMushroom]

@@donov25 the war on terror was a pretty good job for a lot of us at the time.

[@icarus33911]

I was 15 when this was recorded i liked going to hot topic a freind of mine use to steal stuff from there and never got caught dont know what happened to her after high school

[@tarotqueen9118]

Omg what a gem of a video this is! ❤

[@skunkman777]

2020's corporate culture would never tolerate any of this. a pillow fight would be considered "too dangerous"

[@SpanglesYT]

Wow. It's so interesting that they had conventions of hot topic fashion and music businesses. No degeneracy on sight. Just pure fun and making business connections all about metal in general stuff. That was awesome.

[@internetperson8911]

Nothing like Sex Pistols during management training. Anarchy comes in a suit and tie.

[@Gdavine]

Probably one of the best of many meetings I attended.

[@sn0rlax]

Stone cold liking GG Allin makes me love him more than I already do

[@shrim1481]

Racist

[@drugstore999cowgrl]

cobra starship LMFAO

[@AintItGreat]

Hot Topic was the Mecca for all wannabe punk kids in the early 2000s, too early to actually go to shows but channels like Fuse and the Viva La Bam era of MTV fueled our obsession. The wrist bands, the chains pockety pants, THE SHIRT WALL. My god what a time for cultureless American kids yearning for something to latch on to.

[@talkingcatsproductions1140]

That was way better than expected. Yes I miss this era

[@camyea69]

Congratulations on 100 years of punk rock! You did it!

[@beepboop7041]

I can’t believe this was almost 20 years ago!I remember this like it was yesterday 😩

[@trillwill93]

I remember when Hot Topic used to have local bands play in the store

[@pontesul1]

Your channel has a hell of a vibe

[@allenstevens8304]

This is gold

[@iirainey]

This is just a Portlandia sketch.

[@SnapShawwtyTv]

Man I miss seeing and meeting these types of culture lovers in the mall on Saturday night …this era was amazing !

[@dallassurfersclub8872]

Man, this is so cool! I'm secretly a fashion nerd. I would have loved to be the videographer/and or media guy for Hot Topic corporate. I love that style of clothes! Are they still around?

[@GemiKnight84]

Making me nostalgic for the gamestop mgrs conference

[@HartsfieldSpotting]

Cobra Starship and Gym Class Heroes are classic. Glad to see them here!

[@basicallyno1722]

Hot Topic used to be so cool, then I remember growing out of it and shopping at The Red Zone because Hot Topic was for “posers.” 😅 wow I was such an asshole

[@ISEETRUTHA]

you capture a era, a vibe this feels so liminal

[@AstralWalker44]

We had it good.

[@LL-bl8hd]

This honestly made me so happy for some reason.

[@diegos7455]

Who said capitalism can't be FUN

[@averyhuelsbeck3116]

The fact that Hot Topic stopped selling Rude brand jeans is one of the greatest tragedies to ever befall mankind

[@maxmotors9497]

Stone cold like gg allin? 😂makes sense actually

[@dissociativealeks]

Best part of the whole thing lol

[@robotgorilla-man6193]

These fine people provided a young kingcobrajfs with the tools to be as mall goth as possible

[@kawaiimombear]

I miss the Emos. I wasn't one (grew up in the 90s), but the Emos were some of the chillest, most creative and fun people I've ever met! Quirky and weird and nice as heck.

[@med.i.tations]

I bought something at Spencer's once in a blue moon and now I get this on my feed 😂😂😂😂😂 not mad tho 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@queefisafunnyword]

My teenage self would go crazy obsessed with this, this fucking amostphere. Feel like being a gen zed made me miss a lot of GOOD SHIT. Genuinly and not just with dry ass people, cummited to their cellular, that they're prolly gonna watch again, and, just not being in the fucking moment. Honestly.

[@Garrettdx1988]

This looked kinda lit. If I ever get a time machine this is where I'm headed

[@jerryrick4685]

The vibes are immaculate, hot topic or not

[@REALps2controller]

ah the 2000s before life went straight down the gutter after 2016

[@renatayuuki5705]

Nostalgia why does it feel like i was there 🤣 i remember hot topic in the old days

[@michelangelo5903]

being born in 1998 and growing up through the early 2000’s was awesome! i just recently started to appreciate it

[@brocksamson9737]

Nah. Your brain was still mush around the early 2000s. Actually by the time you were old enough to even have things resonate with you, or instill in your brain it would already be mid-late 2000s. Unless you can tell us all the incredible memories you have when you were about 2,3 or 4 years old. Lmao 🤣🤣🤣

[@paratext]

You don't remember anything about this time period. You were in diapers.

[@michelangelo5903]

@ brah i was 12 by 2010 i remember just as good as any 90’s kid remembers the 90’s lol

[@paratext]

@@michelangelo5903 This was literally the end of anything significant that you could possibly remember about the early 2000's. You remember the late 2000's.

[@michelangelo5903]

@ your aren’t me i remember so much about my life even as a young kid. i remember the house i lived in only till i was 5 i remember a lot sorry i wasn’t an adult through the 2008 economic crash to remember that. i remember the 2000’s differently sure but i remember them. especially all the cheesy ass cloths you guys used to wear.

[@marielaticas4543]

Now, this is the Hot Topic I remember!

[@SupahSpaceOfficial]

i sincerely dont mind corporate indoctrination as long as were having fun

[@STUFF955]

this is what i imagine when you say hot topic manager

[@baddudecornpop7328]

Half the clips make me think “yeah, I’d go.” The other half make me think “I’d never fckin go to that.” 🤷🏻‍♂️