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Why do people feel the need to lable themselves?

If I hear one more kid say that he's a freakin' emo/punk/goth one more time, I swear I'm going to kill something!

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    Lv 7
    1 decade ago
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    everybody wants an identity

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    It has be beat.I suppose it has some thing to do with feeling like that they belong or fit in with a crowd.

  • lm
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    I'm guessing they feel the label gives them a status.

  • 1 decade ago

    Hahah I don't blame you. I guess that in high school, they all have this identity crisis thing going on.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    people need to fell like they can identify something, or put something in a category

  • 1 decade ago

    LOL...deep breaths sweetie...think happy thoughts...hehe

  • Nico
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    They probably want to fit in.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    i don't balme you.

    i never "fit" any one label, so never classified myself. i am just me.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    So they can blend

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