THE HOT TOPIC!

[Rellik San]

What is the fascination with hot topic, its like the Abercrombie of the alternative scene, everything is over priced stuff left over from old tours, or jeans that cost about 50p to make, import and market.

I don't get it, do you people want to look like an army of clones (oh sorry too late), leaving people like me, Isel and Chaos as the new Jedi to fight off this clone threat? All joking aside, it annoys me, doesn't anyone ever look around places for small independent retailers anymore? If you go to Manchester, as soon as you arrive in the city center there's at least 5 shops, all different, all with different gear but aimed at the same market, people like you lot. Or is Hot Topic just another peice of the American dream and to be alternative by numbers what you want? I swear, the song punk rock 101 is true.  

[DaisukeOrDark]

Meh I shop at ross walmart and the goodwill.

Well I do like metro.  

[sdfghjklsdfghjskldfghjkls]

I've only been in there a few times.
I've only bought one thing from there.

It's a black/white striped polo.
Because I love stripes.

And for the record, I've liked stripes my whole life.
I can show you pictures (it'll take time to gather them and the motivation to scan them)... there was a point in my life where I wouldn't wear anything but a striped shirt.
-edit-
I was around 7 or 8 years old at that point.  

[WudupTj]

I own two pairs of NORMAL jeans from hot topic.
They were on sale, two for $35.
I'm sorry, but i'm not going to pass up an offer like that on a perfectly ok pair of pants.
That's all I own from there though.

And no.
I'm not taking the time to find some shitty independent retailer.
I want brand name clothing.
And I'm going to wear brand name clothing...
only if it's s**t from hot topic I cut the brand patch thing off..<_< >_>  

[Gambino Statue]

We don't have Hot topic in Australia thank god.

We do have this one alternative shop near me, located between the resident skank and whore clothing shops.
Mostly people from my school just go there to buy Misfits t-shirts and hang out with fellow non-conformists.

Of course anyone who's anyone knows Minotaur is the coolest shop ever.  

[XXX Zombie Porn]

But if I went there and got something from there it would be alternative cause there's no hot topic here.  

[-Isel-]

Went to Hot Topic once. Dir en grey bumper sticker.

I wanna go back, they have a belt buckle with a bottle opener and zippo lighter in it, $35 but better than most $20 belt buckles I see.  

[Gambino Statue]

A bottle opener and a zippo? Makes drinking while smoking that much easier.  

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Isel

Went to Hot Topic once. Dir en grey bumper sticker.

I wanna go back, they have a belt buckle with a bottle opener and zippo lighter in it, $35 but better than most $20 belt buckles I see.

I've seen that somewhere over here. It's so cool.
It was pink and had a butterfly on it too!  

[Rellik San]

Sashimi on a Platter

I own two pairs of NORMAL jeans from hot topic.
They were on sale, two for $35.
I'm sorry, but i'm not going to pass up an offer like that on a perfectly ok pair of pants.
That's all I own from there though.

And no.
I'm not taking the time to find some shitty independent retailer.
I want brand name clothing.
And I'm going to wear brand name clothing...
only if it's s**t from hot topic I cut the brand patch thing off..<_< >_>

When, I could get two pairs of normal jeans for about $25 somewhere else and thats not even a sale price, its the regular.  

[Rellik San]

xLIZA

We don't have Hot topic in Australia thank god.

We do have this one alternative shop near me, located between the resident skank and whore clothing shops.
Mostly people from my school just go there to buy Misfits t-shirts and hang out with fellow non-conformists.

Of course anyone who's anyone knows Minotaur is the coolest shop ever.

See, we're lucky here, we have a whole shopping arcade for alternative peeps, and non of it is big chain stores either.  

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Rellik San

xLIZA

We don't have Hot topic in Australia thank god.

We do have this one alternative shop near me, located between the resident skank and whore clothing shops.
Mostly people from my school just go there to buy Misfits t-shirts and hang out with fellow non-conformists.

Of course anyone who's anyone knows Minotaur is the coolest shop ever.

See, we're lucky here, we have a whole shopping arcade for alternative peeps, and non of it is big chain stores either.

Apart from Grin.  

[Rellik San]

Miss Ann Thrope_x

Rellik San

xLIZA

We don't have Hot topic in Australia thank god.

We do have this one alternative shop near me, located between the resident skank and whore clothing shops.
Mostly people from my school just go there to buy Misfits t-shirts and hang out with fellow non-conformists.

Of course anyone who's anyone knows Minotaur is the coolest shop ever.

See, we're lucky here, we have a whole shopping arcade for alternative peeps, and non of it is big chain stores either.

Apart from Grin.

Grin?  

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Rellik San

Miss Ann Thrope_x

Rellik San

xLIZA

We don't have Hot topic in Australia thank god.

We do have this one alternative shop near me, located between the resident skank and whore clothing shops.
Mostly people from my school just go there to buy Misfits t-shirts and hang out with fellow non-conformists.

Of course anyone who's anyone knows Minotaur is the coolest shop ever.

See, we're lucky here, we have a whole shopping arcade for alternative peeps, and non of it is big chain stores either.

Apart from Grin.

Grin?

The main shop in Afflecks, Quiggins, London etc.