You Used to be Cool
April 20, 2023 10:06 am Leave your thoughts
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You used to be cool.
There are always going to be people who think outside the box, eccentric and larger than life. The genuine one in a billion, crazy sons-of-bitches that you know only come around once in your life, if at all. Then there’s the misfits who tried to make themselves into a character in order to be celebrated somehow. But, when you all have the same shade of badly-dyed hair and a misinformed shitty political opinion, you’re laughable because it’s just sad.
Sad, because it appears people mistake what used to be being “alternative” and into the strange side of life now as a crutch for their lacking personality and for the excuse to never develop themselves into anything more
AND what is with the subculture now being those who want a family, a decent job and to lead a productive life?
I feel it too, and I was “alternative” for the majority of my adult life (still got tiny holes in my face to prove it) before I started seeing people who didn’t “get it” try and latch onto people like me. We would try to reiterate that we were different even though, to the untrained eyed, we were the same. So, maybe that’s what’s happening now with the current cultural shifts, you know, the shift to dyeing your hair blue and demanding (not earning) copious amounts of whatever version of respect they try to garner from you.
Ha! You people thought Millennials came across as entitled.
This new set of fuck trophies is the epitome of misguided, entitled, nieve know-nothings. I feel so old writing that, I’m sure elderly people have thought that about me on more than one occasion but I guess I’m just blessed with articulation and an online blog to talk -S-. I was also blessed with growing up with the burgeoning internet so, unfortunately, I’ve been privvy to the changing world and the people who call it home more than a Boomer or those who misjudged me.
I think part of it has to do with too many choices. Like the online dating scene, swiping and writing someone off so easily has had consequences to the psyche of individuals, I think having so much access to seeing how other people behave or look has done the same. People say that about trans people who are young and wanting attention – that a large element of it is social contagion. It seems true in some situations, and it’s similar in other areas. There are so many different people and industries, so many “influencers” making money that it’s no wonder people are struggling with their identities and trying to stand out in a world with so much competition. Everyone is looking to be different from the different, and celebrated for literally doing and being nothing worth paying attention to.
No, chances are you aren’t special.
Chances are you may have…one(?) talent of some kind and whatever that is doesn’t cut it in the real world…Mostly you’ve just been blessed with the desire to need attention or get to the top anyway you can. The problem with that is….you’re just like everyone else, nothing out of the ordinary
And that was never a bad thing; throughout history people lived productive lives in their corner of the world without damaging themselves psychologically by comparing their lives to others or even thinking about trying to take over the world by showing their ass on social media.
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