#its cringe and also nostalgic for being silly with no self awareness whatsoever

[coridallasmultipass]

Tales from an obnoxious ex-teen in the mid-late 2000s: I live in an area that gets a lot of tourists because my small hometown is themed like a European village (in rural-ass California). This was annoying as fuck to little metalhead me who has nothing better to do than walk around the touristy area of town and cause mild mischief (nothing illegal, we weren't jerks) because there is nothing for teens to do here. (There still is nothing for teens to do here.) Cue me and some friends, all dressed in full metalhead (me) and scenekid (friend) getup, walking around town shouting along to the lyrics of "Chop Suey!" while sharing ear buds and making it everyone's business, doing the absolute most cringe shit ever like making a sawing motion over our wrist at the word 'suicide' and acting out the words, and dropping to our knees, like we're performing Shakespeare or some shit before getting up and headbanging again, all in public with people walking around having a normal day.