Just something else about the goth culture. A portion of the paleness stems from the fact that they don't go out and get much sun. They aren't generally the type to be found getting a tan, or playing volleyball in the sand, or even shooting hoops during the day.

As someone who doesn't get out much in the sun any more I can tell you that over time the skin goes pale leaving you with just your natural coloring unhindered by tanning, burning, and other sun and wind damage.

These people, as someone else mentioned, are usually busy reading... or looking into something that caught their intellectual attention.

I don't think all the destructive ones are posurs, some of them have true issues and problems and they find the goth culture to be where they can best fit in.

(I have a friend, online who I've never met who's fairly goth. And what I've described is a very rough description of this friend.)

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