Last night I went to a concert and stood in the mosh pit in front of the stage. For the first band, everyone had their own space, and respected eachother. For the second band, things got tight and pushy, everyone was desperate just to get a few inches closer to the stage. My two friends had to bail. For the main band (the third band) I was getting knocked around, stepped on, and extremely constricted. Why couldn’t people stand how they did for the first band. Everyone could see, everyone could breath, and everyone was having a good time. Everyone was only about 5 inches closer for the third band than they were for the first. Are people that nearsighted that they need to be the closest they can get to be able to see anything?
This reminds me so much of society. People are greedy, inconsiderate, aggressive, and they blow little things out of proportion. I mean, HOLY CRAP, the things people would do for five inches! This is the situation in traffic (vehicle and human), school, work, stores, etc. People push, shove, take advantage of, destroy, hurt, offend, manipulate, other people for the littlest things these days.
Aren’t we a gregarious species? Aren’t we designed to help eachother to survive as a whole? Aren’t we social animals? Some species live in groups and help eachother, feed eachother, groom eachother, and look out for eachother. Other species live alone and fend for themselves, competing for food and territory. The way I see it, humans are the only gregarious species that act like tigers.
I just cannot believe the lengths people will go to for the smallest, meaningless things. I cannot believe how selfish society is today. I cannot believe people will fight to the death over 5 inches.
Friday, November 27, 2009
Thursday, November 12, 2009
My Annoyance with High School Drama/Priorities
So I was in line to pay at a store in the mall, when two girls behind me squealed “Oh my god we’re getting so popular now!” They were out buying new outfits to fit their new “popularity.” Man, I thought that only happened on TV! It was the stupidest thing I ever heard.
First of all, being on top of the totem pole is always confused with popularity. I think teens need to look up popularity in the dictionary. It is being liked by many people, not being nasty, bossy, and stomping on many people. Where was the translation lost?
Secondly, the high school totem pole is a bunch of hogwash illusions. Just because you stomp on someone and knock them down doesn’t mean you are at the top of the totem pole. Like I always say, zero is still zero, even with -1 and -2 under it. The high school totem pole only exists in imaginations.
Thirdly, WHO CARES! Honestly, what does it change? What does it give you? Other than hanging out with people that pressure you and stomping on everyone else, what good is it? I would rather hang out with people I get along with and like. I don’t care about ruling others or hanging out with the “cool” people. And the biggest point of all, can you put it on a resume? When you get out of high school (a short three years of a long life) will any of that matter? Will it matter who you hung out with, who you dated, who you put down? Will being “popular” boost your entire life. Will it boost your career? Will it make the rest of your life bliss? Have you wasted so much time on being “popular” that your grades failed? Will you now struggle to get into college? Will you have missed out on extra credit from extra-curricular activities because they weren’t cool? Have you pO’d “nerds” that you may later need to suck up to because they own companies? Do these “popular” peers really care about you? Have you lost all your real friends from ditching them for a “cooler” crowd? Along with all the skills you missed out on getting from being overdistracted and too cool for, you will not learn proper job social skills. These people learn that being rude and mean gets them somewhere; it gives them control. But this is the same behavior that will get them kicked out of class, fired, kicked out of an apartment, etc. WHAT IS HIGH SCHOOL POPULARIY WORTH?!
First of all, being on top of the totem pole is always confused with popularity. I think teens need to look up popularity in the dictionary. It is being liked by many people, not being nasty, bossy, and stomping on many people. Where was the translation lost?
Secondly, the high school totem pole is a bunch of hogwash illusions. Just because you stomp on someone and knock them down doesn’t mean you are at the top of the totem pole. Like I always say, zero is still zero, even with -1 and -2 under it. The high school totem pole only exists in imaginations.
Thirdly, WHO CARES! Honestly, what does it change? What does it give you? Other than hanging out with people that pressure you and stomping on everyone else, what good is it? I would rather hang out with people I get along with and like. I don’t care about ruling others or hanging out with the “cool” people. And the biggest point of all, can you put it on a resume? When you get out of high school (a short three years of a long life) will any of that matter? Will it matter who you hung out with, who you dated, who you put down? Will being “popular” boost your entire life. Will it boost your career? Will it make the rest of your life bliss? Have you wasted so much time on being “popular” that your grades failed? Will you now struggle to get into college? Will you have missed out on extra credit from extra-curricular activities because they weren’t cool? Have you pO’d “nerds” that you may later need to suck up to because they own companies? Do these “popular” peers really care about you? Have you lost all your real friends from ditching them for a “cooler” crowd? Along with all the skills you missed out on getting from being overdistracted and too cool for, you will not learn proper job social skills. These people learn that being rude and mean gets them somewhere; it gives them control. But this is the same behavior that will get them kicked out of class, fired, kicked out of an apartment, etc. WHAT IS HIGH SCHOOL POPULARIY WORTH?!
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