* TrueArtIsAngsty: Half the point of "I'm Gay" is to argue against this. (The other half is, well, [[HaveAGayOldTime you know]] . . .)
** By and large the band outright defies this as most of their songs are incredibly upbeat in nature, and even the angsty ones are noted to have a silver lining to them.
* {{Wangst}}: Mocked quite spectacularly in "Self-Centered".
-->''I'm gonna feel sorry for myself/I want to blame it on everyone else/I want to be self-centered/and make everybody feel sorry for me''