Real Emo Copypasta

"Real Emo" Copypasta refers to a screed made to parody emo music purists who believe the genre only consists of emotional hardcore bands while other acts that have garnered the label (such as the gentler, more melodic bands of the '90s and popular acts of the 2000s) are "fake emo." The copypasta has been widely reproduced and parodied since it was first posted in 2017, spreading online over the following years.