god-forbid
*impression of everyone in my school* what is this... cult... ure... cult ure? a cult? holy s**t... *runs away*
That's part of what I was getting at. The irony. I mean, these kids don't seem to understand what it is that they're doing, nor do they see through "the scam" of mass marketing subculture-specifc items.
Especially the irony of Hot Topic - thier shirts emblazened with sayings like "You laugh because I'm different, I laugh because you're all the same." To which I respond: "Really? Have you actually looked around this mall lately?"
And I'll admit to having bought things or thought about buying things from Hot Topic - but it's either been costume components or that snappy Legend of Zelda Tee set. I never did buy anything from Habitat, though. They always have insense burning in the store (and I appeciate being able to breathe when I shop) and carry almost nothing in the way of menswear.