Well, my friend, that's simply the out-group homogeneity effect in action! Conformists such as you, me, and many other productive members of our great society see the distinctions in our dress, mannerisms, and other distinguishing characteristics quite readily because we are conditioned to through or extensive experience with other conformists (henceforth referred to as the in-group). Non conformists (the aforementioned out-group) all look, sound, and most certainly act, alike to fine folks like you and me because of our blessedly limited interactions with them. Though we might easily distinguish between "our" brands of clothing (AE, A&F, Gap, Polo, D&G, etc.), we have no frame of reference to determine which of "their" clothes came from Hot Topic, and which were bought at the local thrift store/flea market. A modern anthropologist such as myself could only begin to imagine the veritable cornucopia of different subsets that exist within the emo/scene/nonconformist/useless youth group without greater dissection of their "culture." However, I couldn't care less, and in closing I say to all you eyelinered myspacedrones, "get a haircut, and get a real job." (G. Thorogood) -Double D

Let me guess, you're a non-conformist? You shop at Hot Topic right? Listen to 'dark' music and all that other great shit? Or maybe, you couldn't give a shit about your appearance. Maybe you just wear whatever happens to be on clearence at Walmart, hell if I know. All I know, is if you have the money for something, why not get it? Would you yell at someone who had a nicer house than yours simply because their income allows them so? No. So why should this be any different?