Originally posted by Epoch
LOL it's all cool man... For me, my friends, and the fashion I decide to wear, hot topic is the last clothing store I'd go into...
That, and all the people I knew in College that *hardcore* shopped at Hot Topic were all various degrees and genres of posers... it was a really amusing trend that I noticed...
Also, you'd be surprised to learn this, but sometimes celebrities are paid to go and visit stores as a form of advertisement... it's like how at blockbuster, the company that bribes them the most gets the most videos on the shelves...
seriously.. hot topic was pretty cool maybe five or six years ago (or more). back then they were still pretty "alternative", when alternative stuff wasn't mainstream and pop yet. now look at them. they have this huge section of pink and baby-blue shit. they sell tons of spongebob shit. nothing against spongebob, its just not something i'd expect out of hot topic from five or six years ago. its completely popularized now..