Ba Ba Black Sheep
“Lets all wear designer clothes and act stupid! Everyone’s doing it!”
I have recently been to quite a few social gatherings. Too many for my tastes. And if there’s one thing I’ve noticed, its that *everyone* looks exactly the same. Pin straight hair, the same damn shiny lip-gloss and “natural” make-up look, similar accessories (there was first a woven friendship bracelet fad, and then the rubber “I support *insert name of big, well-known earthly dilemma here* bracelets, and before these two, the jelly bracelet fad) and the SHOES! Dont get me started on the shoes! Those flat ballerina/mountian climber inspired shoes that EVERYONE is wearing. I wonder what happened to stilletoes or sneakers or flip-flops or sandals or any other damn type of foot-wear!
Its like theres a factory manufacturing people with the same “tastes” and despairingly low IQ level (I’m not a real fan of the IQ system, but it gets the point across, so bear with me). There used to be a time when people had *personal* style and not something marketed buy all those corporate jack-asses out there trying to fit people into moulds. Whats sad is the idea is being bought. Everyone looks the same, talks the same and lyk walks the same and lyk oh my god lyk dun you lyk agree? >_>
Small talk with such beings has gotten increasingly tedious. I have always hated small talk, but I abhor it all the more at present, because now it extends to this:
Me: So, what music do you listen to?
Idiot: Um..lyke, I dunno, lyke yew knw that muvee Race, I lyke those sngs and lyk nething new, yknw? Lyke this sng, I luv this sng
*Cue song sung by some sexually depraved, small-man-part-complexed guy talking about some person that brings shame to the word “woman”*
Me: >_>
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Idiot: Yew dun lyke it?! Lyke omg!
Me(aside): Humanity is doomed.
You may choose to call me a snob, say there is more to people than their choice of music and clothes, and I should stoop down to- *cough* I mean I should be able to befriend all sorts of people.
My definition of friendship, however, goes deeper than calling up someone when I need a favour. Friendship, to me, is more than just building a contacts tree that I can fall back on if my career should suddenly collapse. It is more than just shallow conversation consisting of “hey, how are you?” followed by a half-hearted response of how wonderful I feel, and mock-interest in what the other person has to say. The idea of befriending someone simply to gain favours, pass time and make shitty conversation repulses me.
With my stance on fake people and their many ills, I see a lot of boredom in my future.
And yes, I am a snob. Proud of it, too.
Side note: I have a question. How do we create a post from the main page of RIL? I was looking for a link, couldnt find one and then decided to log out and in again..after which I realised I could’ve simply gone to history and clicked on a “create new post” thing… But yes, is there any way to get to the creat new post thing from the main page without going to history?
This world misses the likes of Janice Joplin and Jimi Hendrix (in terms of both unique looks and musical genius)! I wonder what it would be like if they were still around.
To post from the main page, scroll down and click on “Site Admin” under the “Meta” section.
REALLY? you can post from the main page? Being the administrator, I didn’t even know that
I’m not too good with the technical stuff, lol.
Imaginary, your post, dead on! These social gatherings are so well explained (and mocked at
) in your post. Your so right about the photocopied looks; hair, gloss, shoes!
And the ‘lyk,’ ah, that lyk that just has to come after every single word in a sentence.
What makes these social gatherings a little more interesting for the observer and a lot more irritating for its participants, is that aunties come to these places to look for the barbie doll for their not-so-barbie-dolliesh son. Thats the cherry on the top!
Two days ago, at my cousin’s wedding, an aunty goes to me “you’ve become very smart!” (it was actually almost a question) I wanted to laugh at first but decided to respect her age instead and I said “Become? No I AM smart. We just haven’t met for a while.”
HAHA! I am so out of this scene, and now I am glad to have given myself to the anonymous world of Northern California. : )
It was very entertaining, Imaginary! I cannot imagine how people sit through such gatherings.
:O Sidra, that aunty *actually* implied you were dumb?!
I shouldn’t be surprised…but I am
I, thankfully, found and acquaintance from school. The both of us sat there mocking people and having a good laugh, thinking we were so smart because we were speaking in English so we weren’t understood by anyone.
And then..
This girl sitting next to us holds up a bag and says “Excuse me, is this yours?”
That was a big “oh shit O_O” moment for both of us
Fortunately she wasn’t close to either the groom’s or bride’s side.
Other ways people (me, me, me!) sit through such gatherings is by looking after their siblings with unparalleled conviction and enthusiasm. What does put a slight damper on the plan is when my mom’s trying the same technique
I have a 1 year and 3 month old sister.
“HAHA! I am so out of this scene, and now I am glad to have given myself to the anonymous world of Northern California. : )”
Lucky you *pokes tongue out*
yes, thats a little envy you see. I am ashamed V_V
And thank you for the directions and the comment, Fraz. I do think, however, that Jimi Hendrix and Janice Joplin would be tossed aside for previously mentioned depraved singer and friends.
Tis a sad, sad world we live in.