[BlackWingdAngel]

This is just something I was thinking hard on while I was in my English class today. I mean, I think about it a lot, but I thought of good words to express my opinion. Please reply with comments or opinions...I love to discuss this type of thing.

Into the confines of social camouflage

By Lauren ******

Why is it that completely ignorant people laugh at others? Perhaps to make themselves feel better? Or maybe because they are too stupid to understand true humor? It could be because they are bored with their own lives and have to pick at the more interesting ones. I’m so glad I’ll never fit in with that pack of mindless imbeciles. I’d rather find ways of my own fun and humor than leech to others and suck the self-esteem from the less weak-minded. It’s just funny that when they say they can relate to certain songs that claim they are different, they only say it but to be the same. Just another fad. What ever is “cool” at the time. Why be a bimbo? Why shun what all is good and natural to be camouflaged into the barbaric ways of this drunken society? Why submit yourself to the confines of indifference? Do not submit to this infectious disease

[Illuminatus]

My amateur psycho-analysis says you're bullied at school.

[BlackWingdAngel]

no you just dont understand. im not f****** bullied dude! im not even talking about being picked on dammit. im talking about how people try to be just like everyone else. where the hell did you get that idea?

[Illuminatus]

You soooo are.

You're rejected by your peers so you project your feelings about yourself onto them.

[BlackWingdAngel]

no im not bullied dude. im a ****ing senior. who's bullying me? you need not say what i am when you dont know. this piece i wrote has nothing to do with bullying. you are just an ignorant asshole who hasnt the brain to read into something and see what it means. how am i going to get bullied? no one does that **** anymore. your high school must have been really immature.

[Illuminatus]

Now you're projecting your anger onto me.

It's textbook, it really is.

[Riklet]

^^shhh

"true humor" - laughing at the stupid **** human beings do is, imo true humor.

why did the dead baby cross the road?












because it was stapled to the chicken.

[LeonS]

Originally Posted by BlackWingdAngel

This is just something I was thinking hard on while I was in my English class today. I mean, I think about it a lot, but I thought of good words to express my opinion. Please reply with comments or opinions...I love to discuss this type of thing.

Into the confines of social camouflage

By Lauren ******

Why is it that completely ignorant people laugh at others? Perhaps to make themselves feel better? Or maybe because they are too stupid to understand true humor? It could be because they are bored with their own lives and have to pick at the more interesting ones. I’m so glad I’ll never fit in with that pack of mindless imbeciles. I’d rather find ways of my own fun and humor than leech to others and suck the self-esteem from the less weak-minded. It’s just funny that when they say they can relate to certain songs that claim they are different, they only say it but to be the same. Just another fad. What ever is “cool” at the time. Why be a bimbo? Why shun what all is good and natural to be camouflaged into the barbaric ways of this drunken society? Why submit yourself to the confines of indifference? Do not submit to this infectious disease

What do you want us to say about that?

Your right to be honest on most areas.
Oh and about why people aspire to be like others..........Its because most people are afraid of being different and being alone.

[Cyparagon]

Originally Posted by BlackWingdAngel

Why is it that completely ignorant people laugh at others?... and have to pick at the more interesting ones.... and suck the self-esteem from the less weak-minded.

Those three points indicate bullying. Defensiveness didn't help.
In any case, I do agree with what you write.

[Illuminatus]

Here's why I think she was bullied in the past, or at the very least constantly rejected by her peers:

Why is it that completely ignorant people laugh at others? Perhaps to make themselves feel better? Or maybe because they are too stupid to understand true humor?

Firstly, the whole thing starts off with a barrage of insults in a vitrolic tone. Obviously, she's attaching strong emotions to this piece of writing, it's not a considered analysis of why people do these things. Her main motivation seems to be anger. She also isolates herself from these people by claiming they are too stupid yet she is not. A 'Me Vs Them' scenario is born.

It could be because they are bored with their own lives and have to pick at the more interesting ones. I’m so glad I’ll never fit in with that pack of mindless imbeciles.

Again, more anger motivated rationalisations for why people laugh at others. However, her choice of language in this case is somewhat telling. Firstly, she makes the assumption that anyone who's laughed at anyone (she doesn't give reasons why, which subconciously indicates she's referring to events she's experienced firsthand) is automatically less interesting than those they're laughing at. Obviously, to know how interesting someone is you have to personally know them, so she's narrowed the targets down to either her circle of friends or herself. Secondly, she mentions that she's been socially shunned by the 'laughers' and implies she's better than them, (she also uses the specfic 'that pack' instead of 'those type of people', which is probably a minor point but still an interesting choice of words), the constant insults, anger and rationalisations where she claims she's better than them seem to imply she's been emotionally hurt by them and now she's releasing that built-up emotion.

I’d rather find ways of my own fun and humor than leech to others and suck the self-esteem from the less weak-minded.

Interesting how later she claims this post is not about being 'picked on', yet I highly doubt you can 'suck self esteem' from people by being different to them. People being different is something which she claims she'd prefer, however she's got nothing but anger for people different to her.

She is practially claiming that her self-esteem is being lowered by these people, which means she's either being picked on, or she's weak-minded.

It’s just funny that when they say they can relate to certain songs that claim they are different, they only say it but to be the same. Just another fad. What ever is “cool” at the time. Why be a bimbo? Why shun what all is good and natural to be camouflaged into the barbaric ways of this drunken society? Why submit yourself to the confines of indifference? Do not submit to this infectious disease

Here she implies she's not considered cool and listens to different music than others. (people who are different are a common target for bullying) To expand upon my earlier point about being angry at people different to herself, here she's practially insulting people who like certain types of music or are interested in certain thingswhich she dismisses as fads anyone who likes them are apparently 'bimbos'.

Taking everything she's said as a whole, I can only conclude that she's been constantly shunned and mocked by her peers for being different, this has led to a distinct bitterness for the people who share the superficial characteristics of those who shunned her. She rationalises the peer rejection by trying to convince herself that she's better than those who rejected her, but if she was truly better than them she wouldn't feel bitter towards these people, nor would she be repeating what they did to her.

I think what she really wants is a clique of people just like her with the same tastes and interests, so one day she can shun those who shunned her. Afterall, she is the 'black sheep no-one wanted'

no im not bullied dude. im a ****ing senior. who's bullying me? you need not say what i am when you dont know. this piece i wrote has nothing to do with bullying. you are just an ignorant asshole who hasnt the brain to read into something and see what it means. how am i going to get bullied? no one does that **** anymore. your high school must have been really immature.

Here the cycle repeats, my rejection, her bitterness and rationalisation to convince herself she's got 'more of a brain' than me.

BlackWingdAngel: I don't mean to be insulting, but you're not a beautiful and unique snowflake, when it comes down to it you really are like everyone else. If you think following fads and relating to certain types of music is an important part of someone's personality (to the degree that you anonymously insult them) does that make you any different for those who shun people for the very same reasons? No, it doesn't. At any one time someone somewhere is writing something extremely similar to what you wrote, it's not special and it's not insightful, a quick search on livejournal or myspace would prove that. When you leave high school it'll all be different, most people grow up and move on from childish clique behaviour. If you were truly better than them, you'd start now.

[GodOrGun]

I don't agree with 80% of that.

[Alison]

From that I would say you've been bullied in some form.

I was bullied from the age of 10-16 and at 14 I started thinking like you but without the anger and viciousness.

Why do people bully? Because they want to make themselves feel better. Because they want to drag others down. Because it's what they've known all their life. Because it makes them popular, people are scared of them so go along with them etc. etc.

There's no anger in what I've just said but I am saying it from experience.

[shadzofsilver]

Some people bully people simply because it's a form of entertainment for them. Kinda like ripping someone's argument to shreds on a forum is a form of entertainment for other people. Think about it.