Effort lessness Being emo is all about trying really hard to look like you don t really care Being indifferent isn t as easy as it looks It requires effort Why spend two hours slathering your hair with pomade taking a straightening iron to the bangs and the back then shaking the whole mess out and matting it to your forehead to look like you just took a nap haphazardly slept on your do suddenly rolled out of bed and bolted out the door Because merely sleeping on your coif would be too easy and wouldn t look natural enough When you re emo you re constantly looking to invent unnecessary obstacles so that you can overcome them