| Ugh, like, omg, I'm like so totally emo, my life suxxxors and I need to tell everyone about it so they all feel bad for me and then pretend to be my friends and leave cute little statements like, "OMG I <3333 U SO MUCH we need to totally go do something soon, call me" but never really mean it.
Just...ugh. When I went to the bright eyes concert I kept seeing people dressed to the tee of what emo kids and scenesters are supposed to look like...and every single one dressed up looked so uncomfortable in their skin. Hands in the pockets, looking around, not making eye contact for extended periods of time, pretending to act all cute, pretending to love his/her boyfriend or girlfriend and pretending to know what it's like to feel something deep and intense.
I'm all for doing what makes you happy and not being too judgmental (hey, you're allowed to think what you think), but I can't help but feel like younger generations are going to shit. I'm dissapointed by the lack of intelligent, introspective, aware people. And in the same token, how those intelligent, introspective, aware people also turn their gift into a game, just like the emo kids and the scenesters. The whole world has become a clique. Unfortunately guys, we are in the valley of our vacillating nation. Dark ages, renaissance, sexual revolution, Victorian era, days of Roe v. Wade, days of free love...currently, we are at war, awash with racism for middle eastern ethnicities and, let's face it, in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, obviously racism for people of african american descent. Roe v. Wade is being called into question, the right to a minor's abortion on her own term is being called into question, creationism is desired to be taught in schools, FCC cracking down on anything and everything that encompasses the gigantic abyss of taboo sexuality, homophobia, and lastly, our failure to separate state from church. One nation under God? Whose God? Why does there have to be a God? If our president believes he is motivated by a divine power, is that not dividing the very nation he attemps to unify? Religion, prayer, creationism in school? School, the one place where people should be able to count on a solid education, equal opportunity, and no ulterior motives. And yet, nowadays, you always need to flip to the back of a pamphlet to see who sponsors the organization, see who funds the television show, even see where donations from that pizza shop you love so much goes towards. Papa John's pizza contributes to pro-life foundations. What the fuck, I can't even get the best tasting slice of pizza without making a political statement?
Ah, why the angry rant? I guess it's been building up. I am sick of being surrounded by stupidity, fakery, and ignorance. All these psychology classes are elucidating human nature for me. And right now, human kind is reaaaallly not looking too good on my chart. Maybe I'll become bitter like Skinner, believing that humans are just like rats in the Skinner box, operating by pushing a lever because they know they'll get food, never questioning why the lever is there and why the food is received. His evidence: Las Vegas. Slots in particular. People sit there, pulling the lever over and over for hours on end. And for what? In hopes of winning some money. Just money. Las Vegas is fucking depressing.
In my Personality Theories psyc class, we have to come up with our own theory of personality. Granted, it'll be almost impossible to come up with something original, I feel like I have a pretty solid idea cooking up. It has to deal with Real Self, Ideal Self, and Bodily Self. I'll post up my more concrete ideas in a week or so, see if my postulates hold true to human nature. Attempt to answer the question- do humans have free will, or is everything determined for us? I'm going for the first, but wondering how many realize that. |
