I hate my generation. I mean that literally, I'm not talking about the song. I know every other generation of humans had their share of failures as well, and maybe it's just because I have to grow up with these people but I am disgusted by so many people my age. Where do I start?
I hate all these marriages that are happening out of nowhere, and most of them are probably happening because it's between two "upstanding" religious folks who just can't wait to bone each other but have to wait because otherwise they would make God cry, so they get married after five months and suddenly everything is awful! Oh no!
On the other hand, at least those people generally aren't polluting the world as much as those OTHER people, the ones who continue to pop these hopeless children into the world. I say hopeless because, well, there is no hope. I'm not blaming these multitudes of babies, even though I will be in 16 years when they make the same mistake. Why are these people so stupid? I graduated high school three years ago and I'd say anywhere between 1/4 and 1/3 of the girls I graduated with (or would have graduated with) have already had children. Because 21 is the perfect age to do such a thing as continue to pollute the world with more humans.
And I don't like how everyone is so full of themselves. I feel guilty having this blog and making my ridiculous "witty" blog titles and giving everyone my asinine opinions on things that don't matter, and filling people who don't care in on the happenings of my life via Facebook. I feel guilty playing music and thinking that maybe someone would care about it, when no one has a reason to care about anything I do. So I suppose I'm full of myself also. But some people are really ridiculous. You know, people being cryptic with their insults to someone they're angry at, and maybe even trying to be poetic about it, when it's really just angst at its most watered down. Or people who just try really hard to be so artsy or "alternative" or whatever, when they should just, as cliche as it is, be themselves. I stopped trying to impress people sometime in high school when I realized I was awful at it. Well, I guess I still WANT people to think I'm cool or whatever. Doesn't everybody? But I've never resorted to straightening my hair and wearing bright girl clothes and all that to make people like me, and I never decided that "if I drink with THESE people I'll be awesome!" or anything like that.
I'm not glorifying myself, I hate myself. I'm just saying that everyone who knows me knows what I'm really like: an awkward, angsty fail. It's not like I go to hang out with my church-going friends and talk about how Jesus rocks, then go to party it up with some PARTY ANIMALS or whatever they're called these days. I just exist. And that's the other thing I hate, but that doesn't just apply to people my age, it's everybody. But I won't bother, that's just the typical "people are so fake" rant. No one cares.
As usual this post went way off topic and I forgot my point and I had to point that out at the end.
I think this generation has such a desperate longing for individuality that they decided to become as "artsy and alternative" as they could in order to achieve that. I think they began using some random person/group of people they found interesting as a base for this so called "creativity", but in reality, wandered farther and farther from their original goal by trying to be so much like them. Eventually, they lost sight of their true selves. Other people got on the bandwagon and now it seems almost impossible to be original due to all the copy cats out there that copy whatever original thing comes out and eventually the original thing is beaten to death. I don't know if any of that made sense at all. Bottom line, I agree with you. It drives me insane, I just fail at getting my rant of agreement out, heh.
ReplyDeleteThey long for individuality yet crave acceptance. They work so hard to please so many different crowds that they get lost in them.
ReplyDeleteI was also just thinking of the whole getting married so quickly just because they are "religious and feel the need to" thing today..I find it kind of funny.
Alright, I'm done now, this stuff just got cut off my original comment. I will stop polluting your post. XD
It made a lot of sense. Actually that was more or less what I was trying to say but as usual I forgot what I was talking about halfway through which probably makes these posts kind of weird to read.
ReplyDeleteI hate to say it but I think a lot of the blame for such unoriginality can be placed on the internet and how easy it has become for anyone to find anything they've ever wanted. It puts much less pressure on people to be original. Someone can watch some teenagers playing with their pop punk band on Youtube and decide they can do the same and mimic their every move. As much as such convenience can help, it also hurts when people are idiots about it.
But that's just what I think.
Everyone wants to be appreciated/loved/admired/something along those lines, but a lot of people forget that the people that they look up to, the John Lennons and Kurt Cobains of the world (I only used musicians as examples because that's what I know about the best) are looked up to by so many people BECAUSE they were so unique. Jimi Hendrix didn't get famous by trying to be exactly like Chuck Berry or whatever, after all.
ReplyDeleteI always feel like I should comment on your blogs, but then I figure there's no point because we've already talked about all these things in real life. So you know that I agree with you.
ReplyDeleteSadly enough I know people who have done court house weddings just so it would be "okay" to live together and then later had a "real" wedding. That's why I want to wait until getting married isn't just a fad anymore before I/we (?) (AWKWARD) get hitched. Lolz.
I'm also really hoping the flannel wearing fad goes away soon. And the beard fad. And just the entire race of hipsters with their fake giant glasses and tight pants and their terrible music.
I would also really like it if the "I'M A PHOTOGRAPHER" thing went away, too. Just because you have a camera and know how to use "picnik" or whatever it is that makes peoples' pictures look terrible doesn't mean you're a photographer. Compare this to people thinking just because they know power cords (I know I know, but at least I gave up by the time I turned sixteen) that they're musicians. Or just because they can play fast but really have no knowledge of music (haha).
Sorry I ranted on your rant.
Another thing I find really upsetting is when you have done something all your life that suddenly becomes popular and everybody starts doing it and then you look like you are just part of the crowd that is trying to be like everybody else. It's great to find people who are interested into something you are and it's great to be able to share a love for something with other people, it just annoys the crap out of me when the people do this simply because everybody else is and simply because it's the "cool" thing to do.
ReplyDeleteThat's how I feel about the flannel wearing fad and beard fad that Whitney mentioned. I only ever wear flannel when, you know. It's cold. But I've had a beard for most of the last, like, eight years and everyone called me Amish and all this crap until the last year or so when those people started growing their beards out too. So NOW it's trendy because your favorite alternative indie rocker is unkempt?
ReplyDeleteI'm going to be pissed if long hair becomes "mainstream cool" again, mainly because I get a decent amount of crap because of it. Not enough to have an impact on my life, but people DO make their oh so hilarious comments. It will be amusing and annoying if those people end up having long hair of their own in the next couple years because, again, their favorite alternative indie rocker does it.