This whole Hot Topic thing is becoming pretty funny.

Radio 8/31/2012 08:11 pm 2918

So they start with singles. Then they make a peyote. Now they have a multi. It's funny how they're trying so hard. Do they really think that any ravers/kandi kids are going to spend 10 dollars on something that they can make themselves for about 2 dollars? I mean come on.

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ChibiBel
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Sep 1, 2012 6:33 am

Little 13 year olds who don't know about kandi or how it is made will walk in and think it's unique and pretty, and that is how Hot Topic profits from it. It's sad, really :/

Ecliipse
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Sep 1, 2012 6:44 am

They don't do that here so you know it's not popular where I live xD

lita
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Sep 3, 2012 11:38 am

I don't think it really matters. It's not like we made up kandi. If they want to sell it, let them. It's great for people who don't know how to make it. But it's way too overpriced.

Kitty_Katatonic
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Sep 3, 2012 4:59 pm

"ChibiBel": Little 13 year olds who don't know about kandi or how it is made will walk in and think it's unique and pretty, and that is how Hot Topic profits from it. It's sad, really :/ AHH ah i started makeing kandi when i was 10 years old xD

MafiaJinx
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Sep 3, 2012 6:32 pm

Yeah its actually quite funny and stupid xD When I went there were like 10 cuffs there and when I went back the next week into the US they were still the 10 cuffs there xD

MafiaJinx
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Sep 3, 2012 6:33 pm

I don't live in the US by the way so Hot Topic is the only place I have seen who sells cuffs/ "kandi"

NeonGalaxies
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Sep 3, 2012 11:07 pm

Hot Topic sells things that are a "hot topic". Basically what's popular right now. Like for example, it was a "hot topic" a few months ago for the anime Sailor Moon because it had its 20th anniversary and I believe it's getting a reboot anime sometime so I had saw alot of Sailor Moon stuff at HT and it was pretty awesome. :3 I haven't actually been to a HT store in a long time but I visited its website and I only saw those singles and one style of cuff which was like a skull and crossbones. The prices seem a bit expensive, but that's Hot Topic for ya! I still like that store though. X3 SO FAR that I know of, Hot Topic hasn't attempted to call their pony bead stuff kandi. So I don't think people should worry! ;3; Not everyone who makes pony bead jewelry even knows about kandi. So it's not something people should get mad and judge so quickly for. Kandi's really neat and it's just fun to enjoy it with others who like it or are interested in it. <3

sadmaachine
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Sep 5, 2012 7:16 pm

With this issue, it's not about what kandi means to ravers. This shouldn't even be considered kandi, it's just some beads with string. And ravers shouldn't pay any mind to this new "trend", should it go so far. Our kandi has meaning, it has time, and dedication, and sweat, and blood and tears (metaphorically! c: ) What they are selling at Hot Topic was made at a factory, by some machine or person who could honestly give two shits about where the accessory goes. Personally, I think we should pay it no mind. Se la vie.

CheezeIt
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Sep 5, 2012 8:21 pm

Hai Mariah CX Here's my opinion on this shit. I think, that people who don't know what kandi is, or don't care about the meaning of friendship behind it, should be able to get it here. Because, it's not really kandi, and they don't call it kandi, so, it's not kandi! I mean, to be kandi, IT NEEDS TO BE MADE TO REPESENT FRIENDSHIP. It needs to be made the exact size of your friends wrist, and personalized to your bff's favorite color. It needs to be personally made so it REPRESENTS FRIENDSHIP. It needs to be called kandi. This shit, is mass produced. I can tell because it's on their website, and i know they don't sell homemade shit off their website, they aren't Etsy. I agree with MrBreakMonkey (AWESOME USER BTW Cx) about the fashion/meaning thing. Basically, let's just ignore it and go on with out lives. We know what our kandi means, and we aren't running around selling it. Just, continue our subculture, and let them have their fun trying to imitate it.

Danibear
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Sep 6, 2012 10:20 am

@LexiSaysMoo That's not exactly true. "It needs to be made the exact size of your friends wrist, and personalized to your bff's favorite color." I don't make kandi for people like my bff? I make kandi that I like and give it to someone to become their friend. I'm not going to personalize it for someone I just met? That's just how I do things, I meet people because they like my kandi and If I like them I might give whatever it may be to them. Just sayin~

This whole Hot Topic thing is becoming pretty funny.

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