Just Say No

Society, what the hell do you think you are doing? Do you actually like stripping people of their identities? Or is that just a neat bonus effect when you get them to bend to your will and conform to your screwed up normality. What can you consider “normal” when everyone is different? When everyone is their own person, thinking their own thoughts, living their own lives. What the fuck do you expect from people? No one is perfect, especially you. Society, you fuck more people up than abusive parents, meth, and wealth combined. So when you look me in the face and say, “You’re supposed to do this.” I am going to show you my central digit and politely tell you to FUCK OFF.

What? You say that by being happy on the outside I can become happy on the inside? No, it doesn’t work that way. That’s called repressing emotions. I’m not going to be another one of your stupid robots. I don’t want to be like everyone else. And if you or one of your mindless, soulless robots doesn’t like it, I couldn’t care less. I used to hate those people, the people you’ve turned to the dark side. But now, I see that it’s you that is the root of the evil. What you do to people, that is unforgivable. You tried to do it to me. I was fortunate enough to see past.

Why do I not care about stupid things like grades? Because that is not how you measure one’s ability to learn. That is not how you measure knowledge, nor intelligence. That is just another weapon you use to make us conform to your ways. Do not get me wrong, I love learning. Knowledge is the most precious resource we have, and I love swallowing it greedily. I hate that it’s just one more way to cast us out, to label us as inadequate and be rid of those that see through you. You motivate people to do things by telling them that if they don’t, no one will like them, no one will want them, no one will care about them. That’s not right. My motivation for doing things varies. Why do I pass all my classes if I do not care about them? Because someday people I care about will depend on me to provide a good life for them. If I don’t go to college, the only thing that I will miss out on is the opportunity to learn. I don’t care if you want me to believe that I need a degree to do anything. That’s not true. The armed services are a great example of a steady paying job, with benefits, that can provide for families. You don’t need a degree to enlist. I’m not saying this is my option one. No, I’m just providing an example.

I’m not sure if everyone will agree with the “Fuck society” statement, but that’s the beauty of it, I don’t care. I do not want to come off as whiny or “anti-conformist” or as a snob, that’s not my attitude toward this. My attitude is one of disgust. I loath society and its set of rule or norms, or whatever you want to call them. I don’t inherently hate the rules, but I hate that they are given to us.

“But that’s not normal!”

I’m not normal.