And I bet when you heard it, you never thought you would talk to one of the people that helped write it...;) Palantir, yes, its pretty "normal"... Its not as unusual here as it is in some countries, in fact, here when you see someone who is maybe under 25 or 30 years old wearing gothic clothes, its quite likely they are only doing it because it may be fashionable at the time (fashionably alternative..;)
But When you see people over 30, maybe even over 40, wearing clothes like that, you know there are not doing it for any current fashion.... Its quite common, if you know where to look, I dont mean the streets are lined with goths, or anything like that, its just not as unusual as you might think... Although arguably goths are also following a fashion.. ie, how many goths are wearing something black at the moment, whilst arguing that "I wear these clothes to be individual".......