Welcome to Gaia! :: Why are people so stupid?...(regarding changes of status)

I’m a junior at my high school and I’ve started to notice that people have become

a) biggrin Too stupid to notice someone has suddenly changed their lifestyle (Like a preppy guy turning “emo” in two weeks and then thinking that they’ve been like that their entire life)
b) biggrin Way to horny so they become attracted to people because they look better because of the change but they know full well that they aren’t what they claim to be.


I mean…..god damn people… There’s a guy at my school that fucking changed from nerdish looking guy to a full on emo in one day. It was his HALLOWEEN COSTUME and he just decided to stay like that because it looked good and now everyone accepts him and pretends like he’s been like that for years.

So, I guess I just want to know if anyone out there is as pissed off about this as me…..Oh, and what the hell is emo? Like, I know the word came from the whole music thing, but what’s the point of being “emotional” and dressing like you’re someone that just gives up on life or likes dressing like the opposite sex. Does the way you dress change your status to emo even if you’re happy all the time? (Cuz if not I’ve never seen a true emo)

Blah….rant is dead sweatdrop

But they are so fucking stupid gonk
God....and I'm smart enough to know that I'm smater then most of them but I'm still pretty stupid....I hate bieng this age...

TEENAGE ANGST!

It's because they are teenagers. I'd be a bit more concerned if they were farther away from puberty. It is just the changing hormones, and the change in society... It's people learning who they are, why, and what they want to do with that.

Just like Toddlers, Teenagers have got to rebel a little, stretch their wings, push limits, until they find a place where they are comfortable. 3nodding



As for "Emo" there are two types of "Emo". There is "Scene" (that's what your talking about) and "Indie". Indie emo is more like the original '80's emo, sticks closer to the "emotional" part and the type of Indie music. Where as Scene emo is what most people call "Emo" now, the whole sad, eyeliner, occasionally "cutting", etc.
That's the ubber short version, but I hope that helps. (I did a paper on "Emo" a few years ago...)

i have to disagree Turrican. teenagers are getting stupider, i happen to be one of the lucky smart ones, but i've seen people change in less than one day. hell, i've done it. for different reasons tho. but for others to pretend the one who changed has been like that for years is just plain ignorance. im 13 so i should know. it does make me mad that teenagers are like that.

about the kid who turned emo, i can't really blame him/her. the world is almost literally falling apart. what with the lack of oil, the bad president (YES! he's being replaced), and not to mention the war, the world is pretty much doomed. i probably would have turned emo a long time ago if it wouldn't freak my mom out.

Well, at larger schools, large changes can go unoticed while in a smaller school system, the smallest changes are the biggest deals. I gess that's because more stuff happens scocialy in a large school than in a small one. Thus anything can be big news in a small system of people, school or other wise.
And I gess it's not if they call you "emo", but if you consider your self "emo". I belive you are what you belive you are. Just don't give a rat's a** about waht they say.

You are definitely right people are stupid. I think a lot of it has to do with a lack of parenting and a lack of learning. Also, people might not have the higher mental facilities to think and plan ahead all the time. Not much different than a fish or cactus.

In real life, outside, I always feel (and I'm not bragging) that I'm a lot smarter than other people around me. I live in an ugly welfare town with low class people (a lot of illegals, too); they almost all look and act like morons.

Sometimes I'm horrified since I'm thinking all the time; because I realize how the world is screwed up. And I also realize most other people probably aren't thinking, or no where near what I do.

f**k you.
Gawd, I know how you feel.
I've been known people that went from nerd to super goth over a period of a month.
I mean, he's a cool guy and all, but really, come on.
And, me.
Well, I'm just me.
And, I know a lot of people say that, but I'm really just myself.
I've never been influenced by my peers, if anything, I've influenced most of the kids in my school.
I really can't wait to get to college.
hard.