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.
@@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.
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.
yeah it's spelt goths, so I too figured that he would pronounce it as 'goths', and was then pleased to find I was correct, after hearing him pronounce 'goths' as 'goths'
@@powdergate 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.
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
@@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
@@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.
@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
@@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
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.
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.
@@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.
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 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.
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
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?
@@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 Sorry you're here Obviously you got a RUclips 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
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.
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 🤣
@@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
@@powdergate 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 idea that frankie tediously explains every single joke to the person he interviews makes these a hundred times better
me too
@@kiilee5963 wait what
@@gean_beani think he’s just feeling it
On God.
Your voice has more enthusiasm than a goth who just won a million
A million what?
@@cuckoobrain7999 other goths
A MILLION WHAT?
Or Moistcritikal
A MILLION WHAT!?!?!?!?!?!?
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.
Quite alarming really 😨
Not a single goth was in this video lol
@@spud2495 what do you call the people in the video
@@sadlamp3419 posers
@@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.
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.
The girl smirking and nodding approvingly to the comments about The Cure is my favourite
well
@@zannafrost9898 ? are you her? omg sign my tits please 😍💌
@@zannafrost9898 FR, if that’s you, then you seem like a pretty awesome human being
@@zannafrost9898do you also wander the streets of dublin looking for homeless people?
I didn't even need to start the video to know how he would pronounce goths.
yeah it's spelt goths, so I too figured that he would pronounce it as 'goths', and was then pleased to find I was correct, after hearing him pronounce 'goths' as 'goths'
@@powdergate 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.
RUclips auto subtitles just write "gods" throughout the video
I know I've spent too much time in the UK When I didn't even notice how he pronounced it
I thought they went extinct like 20 years ago, but apparently they survived on an island called Ireland.
First the Latin scholars, then the Goths. Ireland functions as Europe's cultural appendix.
They’re everywhere here
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
@@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
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.
These are the people who defeated the Romans, and sacked the eternal city.
Oh hell nah 😂
@@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.
Wow that the 10,000 time I heard about that joke. So funny and original
"goths can only understand basic human emotions through anime plotlines" got me deadder than a goths charisma
Such eloquent language 🤍
Anime has literally nothing to do with the Goth subculture. Goth is a MUSIC based subculture.
What does goth have to do with anime?
@@spud2495 most modern goths especially gen z watch that stuff
@@jaif7327 Do they? Posers
I always look forward to another episode of Frankie's Caltaral Oobservahytions
i laughed too hard at this
Why did I read this in an Irish accent
You mean Cuhlterel Obsarvayshunz
Congrats on 100k, I think cultural observations: cargo trousers would be worth some extensive frankie mcnamara research
Better yet, cargo shorts
@@cal593 Jean shorts too and sandals with socks
Cargo trousers/shorts are more of an American thing
@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
To be fair, I wear them, but I also have a lot of cargo to haul.
I'm pretty confident the dude at 1:47 is not a goth. He just really likes Norwegian black metal.
thats what i thought lol
that sounds about right
Rick from the Young Ones, whatever he was.
The goths struggling to keep a straight face made this for me
It’s so funny that he stood next to a metal head and probably an Emo or 2 without knowing 💀💀
Maybe that was the joke tho to be fair lol
@@enchanted_raven_of_gold_11 metalheads are goths are emos are hipsters are doc wearers. see the pipeline?
I've been surfing the internet for nearly 30 years, but this takes the cake. Love your show :)
damn u old asf
You wasted 30 years of your life for practically nothing.
You dat time traveler 'The Sun' keeps posting about ?
Lol same. this feels like it could be picked up by a network or as an internet short series. Very unique
@@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
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.
Same here bro unfortunatly i live in the islamic republic of Swedistan😭😭😭
@@Noodles4you tf did Muslims do there bro??
@@dorkknight7225 goths haram
@@Noodles4you But metalheas not haram in Swedistan.
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.
so... a trad goth?
@@pogchamp5276 Now I wanna see a skit about goth parents getting worried about their daughter wanting to wear bright pink to school
Emo and goth aren't the same thing
She doesn't look like an old school goth. It's an egirl with a close enough look
She looks cool as heck!
self care hour that makes em look dead is comedy genius
Its funny cos it’s true.
Average Goth vs. Average Rolling Stones enjoyer
As a lifetime goth, I can confirm these are all 100% facts
Yikes
Visigoth or Ostrogoth?
@@taminocun8816 this deserves more likes
'Lifetime goth'? So you're gonna stop being a goth when you die and things are just getting good? Amateur 🤣🤣
@@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.
That Rolling Stone high priestess just crossed the dead line.
"The only ever spell they have successfully cast is summoning their fathers disappointment" 🤣
I can tell by Frankie's coat that he's a groundbreaking forward thinker
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
i think those subcultures are definitely making a resurgence, at least from what i've seen of the corners of the internet im on
@@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.
@@crystalracing4794 speaking of emo music, it has been making a resurgence recently through ‘emo rap’ over lo-fi beats/grunge inspired guitars.
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
@@crystalracing4794 well now im conflicted because i like goth and post hardcore
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.
Blondey is cute. The Rolling Stoner at the end is hilarious to be fair.
Pretty good. Now do a cultural observations on people who wear graphic clothing of popular media with arbitrary Japanese writing on it!
i second this
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?
found the goth haha
@@tigerdoodat5427 If it were Arabic it would be considered some kind of shitpost
Me when I see ahegao shirts
Hahaha 2:44 that girl understood the assignment perfectly!
No idea where this guy has suddenly come from but every single one of his videos are bangers 🤣
"Perhaps the occasional Emo." 🤣🤣🤣 That's some top notch script writing right there. 👍🏻
It's good to see the people who sacked the Romans and plunged their empires are still alive and healthy to this day
The last lady was the best haha
Congrats on 100k. Now your book should win film of the year.
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.
What a way to start the new year. Thank you frankie, very cool!
“Their high levels of knowledge makes them have a lower tolerance towards stupidity”
I’ve never resonated with something this much
Happy New Year Frankie! Yet another fascinating observation of Ireland's Sub cultures! Loving that Rugrats jacket, TK Maxx amirte👌
This is the most informative video on the entire platform and about a topic i didn't knew i actually needed to learn about
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
Don't forget the Picts.
i think this is the single most important episode of Cultural observations!
You know it’s a good day when you hear “welcome to Frankie’s cultural observations “
2:27 - "stop looking at me",
*Next 20 seconds trying to look everywhere else but him*
he had me under pressure
@@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
@@jacktowers7533 he just summoned me from the 80s
@@zannafrost9898 Sorry you're here
Obviously you got a RUclips 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
When he stared into the camera and said "get the foque outa ma video" I knew I had to give him a sub.
I love when he explains the joke. So helpful. Thanks!
Happy new year francie! Loving your work :)
that dude doesnt even look goth just looks like a metal head
such an early 2000s vibe im getting from this lowkey and I very much dig it .. what an excellent video
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.
This video needs to go viral so we can get a lot more content like this.
1:52 That dude is just a common metalhead. Come on now.
This is pure 2009 - 2013 RUclips in spirit. I applaud and respect you.
These vids are soo funny! Ive watch them all for a day and now i want more! Amazing content! Love from bulgaria!
Nice group of goths you found and one of the best vids in the series
I didn't see a single goth
@@spud24950:36
these get better and better lmao
this is amazing, his accent makes it better. Love that irish humor.
Great, now I have that song stuck in my head, except it's her version: la-la la-la lalala...
Zoomer irony has reached singularity levels with this youtuber.
another banger from melancholic central
0:22
I'VE PIERCED THE VEIL 😭😭😭😭😭😭 IF THAT WAS A JOKE YOU'RE A GENIUS
Love his sense of style and fashion.
This is immersive journalism
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
for real
Thank you for this. Your research is crucial.
almost choked on my food at the ending line, good shit.
1:07 that’s a hot goth! Sweeeennngg
Up Cavan.
You forgot the fascination Goths have with Clove Cigarettes!
Found this channel today, and a new video is already out! Tight 🤟
The PTV joke there was incredible.
What about the one friend goths have thats into garage music that hangs out because he doesnt know anywhere else to get weed?
“I’VE PIERCED THE VEIL”
Pierce the Veil isn't a Goth band. They are Metal. Poser.
@@Anonymous-wb3nz Pierce The Veil are actually blackened slam emo deathcore
@@Creeper333pl true. That's still not Goth though.
Frankie has mastered at least one spell: Command Goth
This is great. Glad I found the channel. Keep it up.
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 🤣
It's nice to see there are still goths around.
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
@@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
They just keep getting better dude!
These are underrated as hell
the purple haired goth was such a good sport
thanks
@@zannafrost9898 Sick style
Congratulations on 100k lad ❤🎉🎉
Pierce the Veil line is top tier 🎖️
The girl nodding 2:25
😂😂😂😂😂
I’m a Goth, and this is amazing
That Rugrats jacket gets me fugged fast
This is so funnyy keep ‘em coming bro
You can tell he has to edit out a lot of their laughter
This is a man who doesn't display any comprehension of the term 'safe space' and I love it
Not everybody is as mentally ill as most young Americans 😂
@@powdergate 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!
I think you're looking for the word personal space lol
@@the-np4mr nah, these people like to use buzzwords like "safe space". They think it's funnier or something
@@jmckendry84 this is not an enemy of my enemy situation, neolib
these videos are the spiritual successors to vine culture
"Stop looking at me"
1:55 hes so cute
Dude with the hair wasn't goth, he was a metalhead.
I like the slightly longer format of your RUclips versions.
that marylon manson bit got me wtf lol
1:22 god tier pun
@@sleepingallday8751 pierce the veil is a very popular band in emo culture
I'm not gay but that guy at 1:47 is so adorable
I’m gay and no he isn’t
@@Plasyyy What do you mean? I think he looks really cute but that doesn't make me gay
I’m bi and I agree he’s cute af
he's so pretty
@@dannydanumba2619 goddamn right
Nobody who is actually depressed would have the energy or motivation to put that much effort into their appearance.
This channel is gonna blow up. Hard
Think the guy covering his face at 2:50 is on the run from the Yakuza?
you're gonna hit 1m before march fuckin a this is good stuff
How did I not find this channel until now?
You're so wise beyond your years.
3:00 he did she dirty
💀