A store with a dark/alternative theme aimed at teenagers. Found in most local malls. They sell
t-shirts, stickers, buttons, jewelry, and some other stuff.
99% of
people are faggots about it, and like to assume that only wannabe emo/scene/goth/punk kids shop there. It'
s become a catch-all phrase to mean "poseur".
In reality, nobody ever walks into that store and sees nothing but clowns trying really hard to be emo/scene/goth/punk, but just normal
people.
Half the
people who make a big deal about Hot Topic being a poseur store have bought stuff from them in the past anyway, and a lot are probably poseur emo/scene/goth/punk kids trying really hard to convince everyone else they're for real.
In short, Hot Topic is just a store that sells some pretty neat stuff, and everybody who whines about it being for poseurs is a kneejerking
dumbass. Oh, but Happy
Bunny is really retarded and unfunny, fuck that shit.
Prima: I went to the mall today. I bought these earrings from Hot Topic---
Secunda:
OMFG *DEFCON 1* THAT IS A STORE FOR POSEURS!!!!!!!!!! WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU???? YOU FUCKING FAKE GOTH!!!!!!!!
Prima: Uh, dude, it's just a fucking store. I'm not a fake goth or a regular goth. What are you
talking about anyway, I met you in there last month.
Secunda: SHUT UP YOU FUCKING
LOSER, I DO NOT SHOP AT STORES WHERE FAKE POSEURS LIKE YOU SHOP.
Prima: ...