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Registered Member #576
Joined: Wed Feb 21 2007, 06:56PMPosts: 29 |
I was just wondering if anyone is on the same page as me. Since I am in my teenage years, 16 to be exact, I have noticed how for the most part it is not as simple as it should be. It appears that everyone is too caught up in being "cool", everyone has a certain group and in most cases people aren't just themselves. I know personally I feel more comfortable at home then in school. I believe people should let go of this cool factor, and drop the barrier that stops everybody from being able to be comfortable and friendly to everyone. I'm interested to see how you guys feel about this? ps-I didn't exactly know what to call this thread hah. Edited Sun Mar 25 2007, 10:44PM |
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Joined: Sat Dec 17 2005, 08:51PMPosts: 3128 |
Yep. I know how you feel. Every single youth group thing that comes to schools and stuff does too, and they try to fix that. It works for the day they present it, then wears off. It's annoying, but I've fallen victim to it also. Blehhehheeh |
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Joined: Fri Nov 25 2005, 11:39PMPosts: 665 |
Dork. LoL. JK. That's life for you. I made a Bleek's Report on this a long time ago, if ou can dig it up. |
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Ruler of all that is pocky
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Joined: Mon Nov 28 2005, 11:17PMPosts: 704 |
Rollins wrote ... I was just wondering if anyone is on the same page as me. Since I am in my teenage years, 16 to be exact, I have noticed how for the most part it is not as simple as it should be. It appears that everyone is too caught up in being "cool", everyone has a certain group and in most cases people aren't just themselves. I know personally I feel more comfortable at home then in school. I believe people should let go of this cool factor, and drop the barrier that stops everybody from being able to be comfortable and friendly to everyone. I'm interested to see how you guys feel about this? ps-I didn't exactly know what to call this thread hah. I don't think this is really something you realize based on age, but more something that you finally realized about society in whole.. If you think about it more you will realize that the people around you were just as fake back in grade school always trying to be cool and popular. When you get into the working world people will then be just as fake trying to be whatever it is that will get them promoted or money. In a sense the lunch room of a company is a lot like the lunch room of a high school. You want to be seen with the right person to make yourself look better. I have always notice this probably because I never fit into all of this. This is one reason why I really hate people it seems the whole system is built on being cruel to certain people in order to boost yourself and hollow friendships to show to the world in order to clime higher. They reach their goals by climbing over the heads of other people. |
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Rudeboy Supreme!
Registered Member #617
Joined: Fri Mar 23 2007, 06:37AMPosts: 1252 |
Im going to say i totally agree with PockyNinja. He is completely right. People everywehre try to be cool but at the same time there rly only showing how insecure they are about being a loner or not the really popular person. Most of the time prople like that end up getting shunned from a popular group there trying to convey themselves with and the not so popular people who can see that they are fakes the whole time. You can see right throught the fickle characters like these. It makes me angry that people are like this but it is and always be like that, Im sure...unless ofcourse the world implodes on itself. 
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Registered Member #514
Joined: Wed Dec 20 2006, 06:33AMPosts: 1067 |
Rollins wrote ... I was just wondering if anyone is on the same page as me. Since I am in my teenage years, 16 to be exact, I have noticed how for the most part it is not as simple as it should be. It appears that everyone is too caught up in being "cool", everyone has a certain group and in most cases people aren't just themselves. I know personally I feel more comfortable at home then in school. I believe people should let go of this cool factor, and drop the barrier that stops everybody from being able to be comfortable and friendly to everyone. I'm interested to see how you guys feel about this? ps-I didn't exactly know what to call this thread hah. Definitely agree with Pocky. High school is just the start. Everyone learns at an early age that everything to them is a competition. Everyone wants to just fit in and not stand out. You want to be in with the "cool" crowd but who's to say that they are cool? Are they cool because they are the jocks or the preps or the quiet ones. We all get categorized and I fell victim to being part of the crowd. There is the part of you that longs to just want to fit in. Then you strive to start dating the prettiest girl in the school to try to impress your group of friends. It's normal. Sad thing is that it doesn't end in high school. College is much the same with the groups and fitting in although it's a far more relaxed environment. Even at my military college we had groups. We were all even but we all had a certain circle of friends. Then comes the real world and it's all the same stuff over and over again within your business. Endless cycle. LOLs!! Here's what I learned along the way and I'll be glad to pass it along. I have a group of friends that I used to hang out with and still hang out with but they aren't just one "group" of like jocks or preps. I like to have friends all across the board. Each person from their own life experiences contributes different views on a situation which is extremely important for you to look at the whole picture before you decide what course of action that you want to take. Having all types of friends is an important skill to learn for when you hit the real world as it's called networking. Networking can land you better positions, higher paying positions, etc.. Be unique in who you are and what you do. Everything wants to fit in within the normal realm and not push the boundary. Some people like to push the boundary really far to see how far it will stretch. You decide what you want to be. You aren't in this world to impress yourself. Have confidence in yourself to know that you WILL impress people by making your own path and stop trying to conform to high school politics. Want an example? I dress in American Eagle not because it's the cool thing to wear right now but because I make the clothes look good. That one statement shows to anyone around you that you are secure in who you are. There is a fine line between cocky and confident. Make sure that you are confident in yourself. You'll be good to go.
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Sir
Registered Member #457
Joined: Tue Oct 10 2006, 01:13PMPosts: 2628 |
I take qualm with Rollins' original statement in that "for the most part it is not as simple as it should be." (being a teenager) I don't know your background, life story or even demographic category but where did you ever get the notion that anything, let alone being a teenager in 21st century America, was going to be easy? More importantly... why would you expect this or even want this luxury? This is something I battled with often in my adolesence. "Life's not fair, this sucks, these people are a bunch of ignorant assholes, if there was a just God they'd all be dead, smart people like me deserve better, why do bad things happen to good people, why do horrible things happen to innocent people, the list goes on" Then you know what I realized? Life's not fair. It never has been for the past 2 million years and it never will be in your life time. But that's ok... because no one is impressed by doing easy shit. You know what impresses people? Doing the things everyone considers impossible. Doing the things that would have crushed weaker individuals and most importantly... staying humble while doing them. Never looking for... glory or fame or recognition... fuck those base petty characteristics. Do what's right for you and do it well. All else will fall into place. |
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Registered Member #474
Joined: Tue Oct 31 2006, 10:47PMPosts: 259 |
I agree with Rollins im a lot more comfortable at home then in school. The "dorks" are the only ones i think that don't care about being cool and just trying to be them selfs. The kids that i think are the most fake are the wanna be bad ass's and wanna be gangster's. Edited Mon Mar 26 2007, 07:07PM | ||
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Registered Member #594
Joined: Thu Mar 15 2007, 09:37PMPosts: 471 |
I'm ur age rollins, so i can probably relate pretty well with u. Don't make it complicated man, just go with the flow like I do.Remember that u make ur choices, so just do whatever makes it better for u, whether its walking up to ppl you dont like and making friends with them, you never know what will happen,maybe they'll become ur best friend,may not. Just roll with it. ^.^ |
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Registered Member #185
Joined: Thu Mar 30 2006, 10:42PMPosts: 3167 |
I know how ya feel rollins. I think that my group of friends is one of the few that don't have to act a certain way to be "cool"... I think a lot of the people that post on this forum don't try to act "cool" because we've given up on that (because we know we're all geeks) I think that the biggest group of people who try to act cool are "wiggers", because they're trying to act tough like they're something special when they're not. I think the two things that should be avoided by people trying to act "cool" is w33d and b33r... Drink/smoke if you want to, and look into it before you do... but don't drink/smoke because other people are. |
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