I have nothing to do. It's summer vacation, and my one source of things to do (school) is no more. Mostly, I've been playing Soul Calibur (why do they spell it like that?) II as Raphael. I've masteredd him for the most part. I go into practice mode and practice endless battles against each of the other characters on the hardest difficulty.
keycode for vmware 5So, I've prepared a little rant for you. It's mostly a counter-rant against teens who complain about society in their blogs and how much life sucks, etc. You don't need to read it, of course, as it will, for the most part, be a large waste of your time.
In any case, the only other news is that schedules and report cards should be coming in soon, and that I started a new story called The Demon Hunter on my fictionpress account (see links to the right).
Oh, and the Cubs suck. *Loves the cubs, but they stink a lot -_-*
-Neko
It has only recently occurred to me how utterly ridiculous it is to hate society, as so many teenagers, and adults as well, do.
I would like to say, before I begin, that yes, I am stereotyping: but this is directed at the teens mentioned below, whom this applies to.
I suppose I should start with this, and move on: when thinking of teen angst, I usually incorporate anger or hatred into the typical teen angst cycle. Teen hates society, teen wants to kill all, teen hates parents, teen hates everyone except their friends. Teen becomes "rebellious", in the loosest form of the term, to disobey said society, parents, and everyone and everything which they feel is trying to suppress their "identity."
The most ironic thing about this, of course, is that many teens go through it. So the teen tries to be unique by rebelling, but ends up being the same. Irony in the truest sense of the word. Not only that, but they will often do the same thing as their friends simply because their friends are doing it. I don't know about you, but that doesn't exactly prove one's identity to me.
So this got me thinking. It's extremely silly, ridiculous, and stupid to hate society because society is trying to suppress you with stereotypes, generalizations, etc. By hating society, you are putting society in a massive stereotype and generalization. This, in the end, makes you no better than society.
Not only that, but it's even more ridiculous because these hordes of angry teens will do absolutely nothing. Anger and hatred, I've come to conclude, never lead to anything good. It just leads to a dark cloud of bitterness which shadows your life and others' lives consequently.
The only way, truly, to change society is not by hating, or being angry, or wishing you could go on a massive genocide to get rid of all the supposedly stupid people. I've come to believe the only way is to love and understand people as individuals, without stereotyping them by what they wear or how they act as being populars or societal followers.
Love and understanding, I've come to find, are much more rewarding than punching someone in the face for making a snide remark to you. And not just to say, "I'm better than you because I'm nice," but it really is rewarding. You might actually get to *gasp* get to know the person if you're kind towards them. And who knows, you might be friends sometime. It's happened to me on several occasions.
I mean, really. What are they going to do if they call you a fag, and you just turn to them and smile. They might call you crazy, or just call you a fag again, but it'll make them think. A smile is all it takes.
The only way this world will get any better is not by sitting there and hating it and wishing you could destroy it. Hardly at all. It gets better person to person, through love. I can think of no moment in my life where anger or hatred have changed someone else for the better. Anger breeds anger, hatred breeds hatred, and all they will do is cause the animosity and the misunderstanding to get bigger.
....Wow, I sounded preachy. *Gets off soapbox* *bows out quietly*
-Neko