I’m weird, and proud of it. Honestly, from what I see around me, I prefer being the weird one, call me marginated, call me what you wish. What I see is more hypocresy than ever before: people don’t say what they think and most of the times they don’t even know what they think because they’re so prone to follow someone else’s lead that they eliminate their own basis of thought in order to “match” with the group and be “one more” instead of simply being different in opinion and having different ideas. Of course, putting all your ideas behind and following someone just because he/she’s “cool” is the easy thing to do...it’s like sheep being herded to the slaughter, they feel no pain or don’t wonder why they’re going there...They blindly trust the shepard, which they follow without once doubting. What they don’t know is that the shepard will eventually have lamb chops with what’s left of them. What’s my point? Right now friendship is a word said many times and meant in very rare occasions. No one cares if they do right or wrong, fair or unfair, they just “go with the flow”, with the herd. All that matters nowadays for teens is being “in” and “cool”...no matter if they have to leave their brains at the door, no matter if that means betraying a person you’ve known all your life...why should it? You’re in, he’s not...that’s that. What’s worse is people who can manage to figure this all out and even tell you how they have ideas which they defend, yet in a 24 hour margin you see how they can play on both sides. I hate people which double-side. Why is it people feel they have an obligation to keep everyone happy? That’s virtually impossible, and making some people mad at you means siding with someone...it means taking road A or B, defending one set or ideas or another...instead of waltzing around the place smiling constantly with nothing of your own in your head, trying to make everybody like you.
Ironically, what they teach us is that having a “strong personality” is what counts, and I truly believe it does count, but it brings you more troubles and doubts than joys; it also implies doing things the hard way. As I said before, I’m proud of being “the weird one”, since I truly believe in certain ideals, and I know that no matter how cool someone is: to beggin with, I wouldn’t go with him/her because of that and, secondly, if going with him/her meant taking his ideas as mine, forget about it. Having said this, I do feel a bit impotent for all the people which I see are blindly following people which aren’t worth a minute of their time. It’s like seeing a building start to burn down and seeing that the people inside wave at you and laugh when you try to warn them. Theoretically, it shouldn’t bother me; after all, everyone does what they want with their lives, but...it does...it does because I see how all my friends, people which I’ve known for many years, which are excellent people, now decay and go completely blind following others which are basically in need of attention...amazingly enough, they manage to get it pretty easily. I guess I cling to the hope that they’ll open their eyes someday...who knows. What I can’t accept is people turning their backs on life-long friends because of fashion statements basically. If you think logically, you become the weird one, if you point out pros and cons, you’re the weird one...I wonder if someday I’ll look back and think I didn’t have an adolescence...think that I didn’t enjoy those years to the limit...however, if the limits are what people do now...I don’t want to be a teenager...as I said, I’m weird and proud of it. I honestly don't care about being “in” or not...but I do care about my ideas and defending them, rather than selling them in exchange for a “you’re cool” pass.
Ironically, what they teach us is that having a “strong personality” is what counts, and I truly believe it does count, but it brings you more troubles and doubts than joys; it also implies doing things the hard way. As I said before, I’m proud of being “the weird one”, since I truly believe in certain ideals, and I know that no matter how cool someone is: to beggin with, I wouldn’t go with him/her because of that and, secondly, if going with him/her meant taking his ideas as mine, forget about it. Having said this, I do feel a bit impotent for all the people which I see are blindly following people which aren’t worth a minute of their time. It’s like seeing a building start to burn down and seeing that the people inside wave at you and laugh when you try to warn them. Theoretically, it shouldn’t bother me; after all, everyone does what they want with their lives, but...it does...it does because I see how all my friends, people which I’ve known for many years, which are excellent people, now decay and go completely blind following others which are basically in need of attention...amazingly enough, they manage to get it pretty easily. I guess I cling to the hope that they’ll open their eyes someday...who knows. What I can’t accept is people turning their backs on life-long friends because of fashion statements basically. If you think logically, you become the weird one, if you point out pros and cons, you’re the weird one...I wonder if someday I’ll look back and think I didn’t have an adolescence...think that I didn’t enjoy those years to the limit...however, if the limits are what people do now...I don’t want to be a teenager...as I said, I’m weird and proud of it. I honestly don't care about being “in” or not...but I do care about my ideas and defending them, rather than selling them in exchange for a “you’re cool” pass.
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