I wear black nail polish and skirts and still get zero pussy.

Nah, but the Harley biker is certainly a gay look

Girl, be careful what you ask for...

Aww dude. I wear kilts every day. I don't even own pants. I paint my nails. Rather large stretched lobes and septum piercings. When it's colder always knee high socks with crazy designs and moccasins. Usually an unconventional hairstyle brightly colored and big beard. I'm 50. I just truly quit giving a fuck what people think when I had a major illness a while back. I get hit on a lot for an old dude. More than I ever have in my life. It's given me crazy confidence in my old age. My wife loves it.

assuming that all women are simply victims

That wasn't stated

The problem is most average looking men, when bedecked in goth shit, look like Bluey got run over by a Spencer's truck.

The dude in everyone's imagination wearing black makeup and jewelry looks like a strung-out rockstar with don't-give-a-fuck vibes who lives for adventure and wild nights. The vast majority of ACTUAL men have the body-shape of a rectangle and have to spend most of every day waiting in lines, attending Zoom calls, explaining to customers why their wifi doesn't work (Reset the router Ethel, no that's not a router, you're holding an egg steamer.)

We gotta abandon the idea that people have "looks" at all times. Lets repopularize costume parties so guys get a chance to try to dress-up without it being some kind of shocking change to their entire persona. I had a stiff, straight-edge boss who attended a Halloween party and went goth. Completely unrecognizable, he was a legend.

I don’t know if I’ve got a big enough sample size, but the only guys I know who wear black nail polish are creepy Marilyn Manson types who mainly get laid with girls they met in their therapist’s waiting room

Laid is laid. Also the crazy ones are objectively hotter.

It's not so much about looking "goth" but learning how to augment whatever natural attractiveness you've got and demonstrating a level of self-assuredness and self-awareness. Knowing what works for you is part of that.

"Goth" just happens to be a very bold and somewhat easier style to look decent. A more "nude" look is, counterintuitively, pretty difficult but there's almost no masculine individuals who wouldn't benefit from it.

Sorry I’m not into women who are into that.

I also stopped giving a fuck what people think. It's kind of nice. I also like being different. I like kilts too, most of the ones I see are designed to be worn at the waist which I don't really like. Most skirts are too but they're usually more flexible so I can wear them at the hips. I'm glad you have people who support and encourage you. I think my mom and sister are getting used to my personal style.

I wear kilts at my hips. Fuck convention. Hahaha.

Well with a beard and a second layer like a jacket I can pull off the "yes chad" look pretty easy even if it is an illusion, personality wise I'm a pretty shy guy that would rather pet a dog at a party than approach anyone but still capable of having proper conversations with random people though I have pulled an irish goodbye during one on one conversations at the end

No, inverse; i think it's self evident.

Perhaps ironically, this is pretentious enough to convince me that you may indeed be an asshole.

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Fuck yeah. I need to go kilt shopping now.