What is wrong with everyone?
Now this is not a question I plan on getting a scientific answer to or anything, but seriously what the hell? I am sitting here watching the movie Never Been Kissed with Drew Barrymore, mostly everyone has seen that, therefore know where I am going with this. I fortunately skipped through high school without too many issues, I was not a popular person but I was not a total dork. I do remember though the people who were less fortunate than me getting bullied, Now I know in today’s society bullying is a very important issue, but it just down right sucks. Kids are mean no, strike that people in general are down right cruel. Thankfully Facebook was only allowed for college students when I was a student.
I see people on Facebook and Twitter just being straight assholes. Calling someone fat or just totally dissing them on anything. Why can’t everyone just take the phrase of “Treat others how you would like to be treated” type deal. There is criticism for everything, I am so thankful that I am not a teen growing up with social media. It is a great tool for some things but I doubt it was all supposed to be for negativity. Thankfully though some people do get help for things they are dealing with, but what about the other people. The ones who are too scared to do anything. The great thing about how expansive the internet has gotten though is that there are a shit ton of sites and such for those people to get help or even just to talk to someone. I feel like some people would be too scared to do so, since they have never been accepted into any sort of group. Most people feel better on sites such as Tumblr since there are more people like them, you can find at least one person on here to make you feel better about being you. Telling someone to grow thicker skin or just face your fears are not always the best way to go about it. Why should you change how you are or how you approach a problem because other people suck?
Girls and guys out there in the world, please remember it is not about how many likes you get on a photo. I know younger girls that put up a picture of themselves and then take it down because it was up there too long with only one or two likes. Seriously? Who gives a shit, if you like it then you should keep it for you. I know I had put up a small post a few days ago about being excited about a few likes a followers. I was excited about the fact that people are reading some of my posts and liking them, that means to me that they can relate on some aspect. Most people all feel the same way but will hold back everything just to fit in.
If you don’t believe me about not being popular in school, this might change your mind. I at one point carried around a Napoleon Dynamite lunchbox around as a purse, and a guitar backpack, that was cool as shit. Now most of you are probably thinking damn those are cool as shit, because they are. But when I was around that high school age, it totally was not. There were a few snickers and whispers behind my back, yet I tried with all my might not to let that bring me down. My mom raised me to try and be as confident as I could be, and thank goodness for that. When I did hear those whispers about how stupid I was I would look down at whatever oddity I had and just smile. If it makes you happy without harming someone that is, than do it.
Writing this though I realize now I care more about what people think or how they judge me and I am way older. How did I regress on this subject? Isn’t it supposed to be the opposite way around? I still try to be myself as much as I can, but I guess with age my quirkiness has gotten toned down a bit. I miss the girl I used to be, so full of life and happy no matter what. I was the friend everyone came to for advice, yet no one could help me in certain matters. I always kept a smile on my face even if I was depressed about something. Maybe it was years of keeping a smile plastered on my face that made me not give a shit today. I do hate the world for making me cynical and try to understand human nature. That happens though as you get older, you see the world for what it is. Maybe kids today are better off for realizing this when they are younger rather than older, but then again that makes them grow up too fast. There was a girl I saw that looked like she was twenty, she was fourteen. Girls are skipping the awkward stage of looking goofy and not being gorgeous to looking like models. I am slightly bitter about this, since I did not get to skip that level of life. The only thing that makes me extremely furious is that they lose their child like wonder. They skip the movies to go get stoned or take some percs. Don’t get me wrong, I used to underage drink and I smoked a little when I was younger but I still had the childlike imagination and wonder. Now it seems that drinking and smoking isn’t just a weekend thing, it is an everyday thing. Kids turning into alcoholics before they can even legally drink. Having drug addictions before they can even make their own doctors appointments. It is downright tragic. I am not trying to bash on these types of people, I just want them to get help, see the light. Have fun with the things you can’t when you get older. See the true beauty in life before you have to see the demons.
Hopefully most kids these days aren’t as evil as the ones who created Josie Grossie, but I am sure there is. If you are the one who is miserable and can’t manage to get out of bed because of these issues, please know there is help. No matter what your situation, there is always help. Even if you are the person causing the harm to others, there is help for you too. Most people cause pain to others because of the pain they are in. Misery loves company is the truest thing. A majority of the people I see inflicting others misery, have things way worse in life and no one sees that. Even the people with smiles on their faces have frowns on the inside. I just hate how evil the world is sometimes and it is truly heartbreaking to see.
