看完图可能就会理解为什么还有网友们把emo解释成“非主流”。不喜欢这个词的人会说这是“哥特风”。

美国非主流青少年emo到了什么程度，甚至有搜罗家长养育小妙招的网站撰文教父母如何与叛逆期少年共情：

How Parents Can Empathize With Their Emo Teen – Don't worry, it's most likely just a phase.

父母如何理解他们的emo青少年小孩——别担心，这很可能只是一个阶段。

If you've been introduced to the emo culture and the general assumption that they are depressed, oppressed, sensitive, and generally dark in nature, you may be worried if your child is beginning to embrace the emo-world.

如果你接触过emo文化或者以为emo的小孩就很忧郁、敏感或者天性不乐观，你可能会担心自己的小孩进入了emo世界。

An emo teen typically has jet-black hair, black make-up (even the guys), dark clothes, pale skin, often facial piercings, and listens to punk-rock but shows no signs of actually enjoying it.

Emo的青少年们通常头发染得乌黑发亮，化着黑色妆容（男生也是），穿黑衣，皮肤苍白，脸上还打了各种洞，听朋克摇滚但是看起来并不喜欢这种音乐的样子。

If this sounds like your teenager, then you know all about the studded belts, collars, and chains that may be lying around your teens bedroom and hurt just as much as Lego to step on.

如果你家的少年是这样的，那你对铆钉皮带、领子、链饰等等一定不会陌生，这些玩意儿散落在你小孩卧室的地上，踩上去跟乐高积木一样疼。

美国的emo可能让人联想到染发、黑色眼妆，以及各种带铆钉的服饰，但中国的emo倒是喜剧效果颇佳。

在网友眼里，它当然可以是“网抑云”（网易云）似的沉郁忧闷。

也可以谐音梗：emo就是e个人momo地哭。