CAUTION: This is only opinion. I'm really not interested in an online argument over conflicting opinions.
I wonder. Why do we behave the way we do socially? It seems to me that in a way we want to be seen as a type of person, whether it's someone smart, someone interesting, or someone fun/funny. However, there are also the genuine people who are who they are. I think high school would be a good example for this.Smart people. When I was in high school (haha) there were always the smart people and the people who wanted to sound smart. There was always a distinction between the two. And there are different sorts of "smart". There are the people who know big words and use them appropriately and people who hear big words and use them in an awkward sense in which they just sound a bit ridiculous. I admit, after long hours of reading craploads of books, I feel tempted to cough up a lengthy piece of smarty-pants vocabulary, but I've never had the best memory around. But really, some people are smart and know it; some people want to look smart and show it.../flaunt it. ;D
IMPRESS. That was what I was trying to remember.
Anyway.
Interesting people. It makes me think of people who dress up in really scary clothes and march around the mall (seriously, she was spooky) or someone who was always telling people about the dream the he had the night before in immense detail. Buuuuuuuuuuullshiiiiiiiiiit. Or this other kid who has...1,2,3,...maybe 6 facial piercings (Honestly, I got mine pierced for aesthetics. I like it. =]). I guess everybody wants to seem interesting. I guess I do, but I'm not sure how (^-^). But some people go through a lot of trouble and weird things to look interesting. I think that everybody's interesting in SOME way to SOMEbody, and in that perspective it appears to be natural. I guess it's all perspective, really.
I can think of some really dull people.
Fun/Funny people. I guess it happens to all of us. Some people are really funny and some people are really annoying. I fall somewhere in between :). But it really bugs me when I say something really funny, and somebody takes my joke. Or when they take it from Family Guy. Or they say it too often.
Damn damn damn Edgecumbe.
Now I can't appreciate Yo' Mamma jokes or contemporary adult cartoon humor.
But the fun people are easy to see (Hi, Maria.*). But not the annoying ones who do stupid things (stupid as in a person's own perspective). I really don't understand those people. There's this kid who's off the wall half the time, but really.
Not too many people like him very much.
I like genuine people. I wouldn't say I really am 'cause I'm modest. I'm smart in some particular ways and I like knowing things-like the processes of our digestive system-but I can't remember anything that well and I hate school. I don't think I'm interesting. I suppose I'm funny/fun. But I suppose modest people don't describe themselves as well as friends do. Well, I guess that goes for everybody, but especially modest people.
But I digress.
I like genuine people. They can be counted on to not give a damn (Hi, Elizabeth*), express opinion, and be really funny (Hi, Tiffany*). It makes me a bit nervous when smart people make unfunny jokes and funny people try to say smart things but sound a somewhat stupid. But then there's also adulthood. Adults seem to be pretty genuine.
Thought:
Adults must have already matured to the point that they have
established identity and have no reason to act out of character. (My
cool, prego Art teacher*)
But I've forgotten the crux of my...uhm. Blog.
Why do we act differently around people? Well, maybe strangers mostly
for that first impression. Do we want people to know who we are, even
though we're trying to be someone we're not? I don't really know what to think.
I'm sleepy.
I
can't say that this applies to the whole world and every kid in it
because this is only hypothetical. After thinking about this, I'm
beginning to notice people who seem to be a different sort altogether.
Already I have a theory on one certain individual who acts like a
stupid ass but is pretty darn smart (I'm almost convinced that he/she
does this deliberately, repeatedly, to push over boundries as everyone
eventually learns it's just who he/she is; afterwards, he's/she's free
to do as he/she pleases) haha.
But that's just my paranoia.
Well, I haven't much else to say. I think this is a pretty valid albeit incomplete reflection on society.
Any ideas?
*In case you're watching.