Post by Clockwork on May 20, 2012 0:45:11 GMT
What I think
In an age where the simple mention of the inequalities of any demographic invoke aggression from your many peers. It is sometimes becomes difficult to be honest with ourselves. In an age where being afraid of what others may think, we tend to become a more homologous population, instead of the extremes and unique personalities everywhere, we tend to become the same group of people. The molds for our personalities are pre-determined by what others say to us. Of course it is, it's the social environment which determines how we grow up and how we communicate. This social environment has changed to the point where we grow up as other people. Not ourselves. Who the hell wants to be someone else? I hate other people.
I guess I don't hate other people. I think I just dislike how the majority of the population are caught up in all of these cheesy social constructs and protocols. The fact that you can't be yourself anymore displeases me. And unless you're one of those souless conformists who just happen to have the personality of the everyday man. Then you've suffered from this cruel social environment which inhibits social progress. In a way, it is a bit ironic. Where any natural observation would result in claims of prejuduice (which they are, in a way), the social system is also prejuduice to the socially “inept”. Inept being a term used by the socially prodigious to denounce someone of having a real personality and not being some empty husk. It's fine if you're really like that, but I have a feeling that most people just act like they do to fit in. There's nothing wrong with that. But, moderation in all things. Don't act someone you're not, at least not entirely. There is a certain extent to where some social restraint is appropriate. Another thing entirely to bottle up the real you and give the generic personality that we've all come to know and love.
Perhaps it is just the teenager mind which causes this. Hardly do I ever find myself speaking to an adult with the generic mind of most of my fellow peers. Often I find them refreshing. It is probably just my daily pessimism, however.
I'm not judging anyone. No, I am not calling out names, nor am I saying I'm the perfect individual. I don't really shine through my conversations, but I don't act like the soulless prick who calls you out on something socially inappropriate but nevertheless true. Then again, I usually only open up to my friends. Even then, I find the best company being to those I relate to. Which is logical, people tend to congregate with those that they understand and that understand them. However, we tend to stay in small groups. The most interesting person is the one who is varied and flexible, they will hang out with many people. They aren't a pain in the ass to hang out with and they probably won't call you out on something logical. Or maybe those logical folk stick together in their own group?
There's a difference between being honest and being rude. I'll admit I come off as an asshole at certain times. My friends call me an asshole, but if they hang out with me and ask me for favors, maybe they only mean I'm honest?
In fact, the people who talk behind one's back are probably the least honest people. They'll put up the front, screen their true colours behind some facade, then when they're with other people. They'll talk about you. This happens to everyone, I feel that we're a bit too aggressive. I see no reasosn to talk about people's habits behind their back, or some form of gossip, at least if it is negative. Seriously, cut the fucking charade and get real. If you were talking to me, I honestly don't give a damn, and I'd call you out for being such an insensitive jackass.
People who talk negatively about others behind their back are either unaware of other people's feelings, or just unintelligent. Or maybe they're unaware that since an overwhelming majority of the student body performs gossip, that they're secrelty supporting collectivism. Maybe, they just love collectivism. (In which case, pinch yourself for being a bit of an extremist, and kill yourself because I just don't like you.)
On the exact opposite of the spectrum, we have those who loudly announce that they're themselves and aren't afraid to be overtly direct, or act like a bitch. The truth is, if you act like a bitch, you'll be treated as one too. You get what you give and if you don't mind being a jackass, I certainly hope you don't mind being treated like one. No one likes being around someone who is annoying, unnecesssarily aggressive, or has nothing to contribute (ever). I know a lot of people like this. It may seem a bit innapropriate, but from an honest observer, the majority of women. Men seem to get along with eachother. Or at least better than females. There are many social rules that state certain, illogical behaviours which must be followed. Such as not hanging out with your ex when you have a boyfriend, or even talking to handsome members of the opposite gender with a mate (Seriously, what the fuck?), or simply (men only) announcing the attractiveness of someone of the opposite sex. I think these are all a tad ridiculous. Okay, I adjust my statement, “I think they're all dumb as hell.”. Really? Really!? I can't say someone is attractive? My girlfriend states her attraction to certain male actors and singers all the time and I don't give a hoot. But the moment I say that this one model is attractive, she flips. Yeah, that's equality in a nutshell right there.
There are topics some are unwilling to talk about, some topics people just despise in general, maybe because arguments can be a bit heated. Things like islam extremists, or politics (which I don't really give a rat's ass for), or something as simple as feminism. Feminism is pretty funny, actually. Nowadays, it seems that women have more rights than men. I don't hate women or anything, in fact, I'd rather hang around an intelligent, respectable female anytime, even over one of my male friends. Unfortunately, the vast majority of women aren't the type I like to hang around. Most of them are stuck in the very social practices that I loathe, so I hang out with males instead, which are also, equally as stupid, but at least they're friendly. (In fact, I don't think my male friends have ever talked about me behind my back, at least not something that was insensitive.)
I guess I don't hate other people. I think I just dislike how the majority of the population are caught up in all of these cheesy social constructs and protocols. The fact that you can't be yourself anymore displeases me. And unless you're one of those souless conformists who just happen to have the personality of the everyday man. Then you've suffered from this cruel social environment which inhibits social progress. In a way, it is a bit ironic. Where any natural observation would result in claims of prejuduice (which they are, in a way), the social system is also prejuduice to the socially “inept”. Inept being a term used by the socially prodigious to denounce someone of having a real personality and not being some empty husk. It's fine if you're really like that, but I have a feeling that most people just act like they do to fit in. There's nothing wrong with that. But, moderation in all things. Don't act someone you're not, at least not entirely. There is a certain extent to where some social restraint is appropriate. Another thing entirely to bottle up the real you and give the generic personality that we've all come to know and love.
Perhaps it is just the teenager mind which causes this. Hardly do I ever find myself speaking to an adult with the generic mind of most of my fellow peers. Often I find them refreshing. It is probably just my daily pessimism, however.
I'm not judging anyone. No, I am not calling out names, nor am I saying I'm the perfect individual. I don't really shine through my conversations, but I don't act like the soulless prick who calls you out on something socially inappropriate but nevertheless true. Then again, I usually only open up to my friends. Even then, I find the best company being to those I relate to. Which is logical, people tend to congregate with those that they understand and that understand them. However, we tend to stay in small groups. The most interesting person is the one who is varied and flexible, they will hang out with many people. They aren't a pain in the ass to hang out with and they probably won't call you out on something logical. Or maybe those logical folk stick together in their own group?
There's a difference between being honest and being rude. I'll admit I come off as an asshole at certain times. My friends call me an asshole, but if they hang out with me and ask me for favors, maybe they only mean I'm honest?
In fact, the people who talk behind one's back are probably the least honest people. They'll put up the front, screen their true colours behind some facade, then when they're with other people. They'll talk about you. This happens to everyone, I feel that we're a bit too aggressive. I see no reasosn to talk about people's habits behind their back, or some form of gossip, at least if it is negative. Seriously, cut the fucking charade and get real. If you were talking to me, I honestly don't give a damn, and I'd call you out for being such an insensitive jackass.
People who talk negatively about others behind their back are either unaware of other people's feelings, or just unintelligent. Or maybe they're unaware that since an overwhelming majority of the student body performs gossip, that they're secrelty supporting collectivism. Maybe, they just love collectivism. (In which case, pinch yourself for being a bit of an extremist, and kill yourself because I just don't like you.)
On the exact opposite of the spectrum, we have those who loudly announce that they're themselves and aren't afraid to be overtly direct, or act like a bitch. The truth is, if you act like a bitch, you'll be treated as one too. You get what you give and if you don't mind being a jackass, I certainly hope you don't mind being treated like one. No one likes being around someone who is annoying, unnecesssarily aggressive, or has nothing to contribute (ever). I know a lot of people like this. It may seem a bit innapropriate, but from an honest observer, the majority of women. Men seem to get along with eachother. Or at least better than females. There are many social rules that state certain, illogical behaviours which must be followed. Such as not hanging out with your ex when you have a boyfriend, or even talking to handsome members of the opposite gender with a mate (Seriously, what the fuck?), or simply (men only) announcing the attractiveness of someone of the opposite sex. I think these are all a tad ridiculous. Okay, I adjust my statement, “I think they're all dumb as hell.”. Really? Really!? I can't say someone is attractive? My girlfriend states her attraction to certain male actors and singers all the time and I don't give a hoot. But the moment I say that this one model is attractive, she flips. Yeah, that's equality in a nutshell right there.
There are topics some are unwilling to talk about, some topics people just despise in general, maybe because arguments can be a bit heated. Things like islam extremists, or politics (which I don't really give a rat's ass for), or something as simple as feminism. Feminism is pretty funny, actually. Nowadays, it seems that women have more rights than men. I don't hate women or anything, in fact, I'd rather hang around an intelligent, respectable female anytime, even over one of my male friends. Unfortunately, the vast majority of women aren't the type I like to hang around. Most of them are stuck in the very social practices that I loathe, so I hang out with males instead, which are also, equally as stupid, but at least they're friendly. (In fact, I don't think my male friends have ever talked about me behind my back, at least not something that was insensitive.)
