09/13/2013

 Popularity is a poisoned word. Too much people crave for it and admire it. On the surface it always looks like popular people (I am talking on school level by the way) lead a perfect sought-after life: a thousand friends, the looks, the money, the body,… At my school we have this one group of popular kids. You could identify them as the typical ‘rich kids’. They actually aren’t with much in that group, quite exclusive. But that makes it even more attractive for others to try to get inside probably. And especially the socialnetwork sites show "who’s popular" and who isn’t. And it all depends on the amount of friends and likes. How much you answer the beauty ideal of society. And in reality those people who seem to have "the perfect life" are the ones who don’t, and are the most shallow and fake. Unfriendly too, because a lot of them have the pretentious asshole-syndrom.

But then you have the other group of popular people who have a lot of friends because they are sincerely friendly and nice to be around. And the great thing is, that people can be popular without leading a perfect life or having the ‘typical society allowable looks’. They break out of them. And that inspires others to do likewise. And of THOSE people we should have more. The thing is to not get trapped in that socalled popularity perfect life that everyone thinks it is. Don’t, because once you see how they really lead their lives, you see it is 99% of show and 1% of reality + in fact they are dependent of others, they need others to admire them, without them they are nothing because they live for popularity. I think people should combine all of their forces and work together towards a better society. I know how cliché this sounds, but it is the truth and I could only wish to have the power to change it. I notice it in all of my surroundings. And it causes a lot of the insecurity girls nowadays have. 

EVERYONE thinks about what’s acceptable for society, even when you don’t. Because the reality is: everyone thinks about society’s standards. "You have to have a flat stomach." "You have to get rid of your zits or you’ll get laughed at." "You have to have clothes from a brand, same counts for shoes." " You have to have a lot of friends." "You have to be talkative because else you’ll be considered a freak." "You have to have long hair" "You have to wear makeup or you’re too boyish" "You always have to look happy because if you don’t you’re an attention seeker". And the WORST thing of all to me is: people who choose their friends and other surroundings by their appearance. What the hell? What do you have got when you’re friend is pretty (according to society) but practically has the most arrogant and selfpretentious personality? No-thing. Stop it. I know this entry won’t make a life change, but at least I know people will be able to read it and think by themselves about this. There is always a possibility I can make them aware of it and change it just a little. This is just something that bothers me SO much. Society. I too hate the clichés and people who can’t stop but complaining about society, but I almost never do. It was just incredible how much I noticed it the last couple of days and I HAD to write it out. This isn’t supposed to be a cliché, this is a real problem. This hits everyone, don’t deny it. So we should all stand up and fight these ‘ideals’. And you can start with thinking: What do I want? 

This entry are actually about two subjects but they bothered me very much lately and feel so powerless, I had to do something.