So, I haven't been on here to write anything in a while, but last night I ended up getting into a conversation with a friend that quickly evolved into a rather deep one and inspired me to put alot of my thoughts on what we talked about on here. just a warning, this is going to read very scatter-brained....so for that I appologize, but I have no clue how I could organize these thoughts to make more sense....
It's my opinion/observation that our society as a whole basically sucks ass. The things people generally value and/or care about are drastically off-base these days. America can no longer be defined as it once was. People don't care about people anymore, except for a really small sample percentage of our society. In my experience, there are still some people out there that will surprise you with compassion and understanding when you need it most, but it's definately becoming increasingly rare. America was supposed to be the place people went to be part of something bigger, a place of progress, a new culture all it's own. People used to be proud to call themselves American, are you? I'm certainly not. We are the only country where when you ask someone what nationality they are, they ramble off a list of other countries....its proposterous. Especially since 98% of the time, those ties are 4 or more generations back. If you're parents were born HERE, and their parents were born HERE.....NEWS FLASH! you're NOT "italian", "german", "polish", etc.....you are AMERICAN. What else is sad is that our national language is almost no longer english. I'm all for people being able to speak langauges other than english....but this country was built on english, it should remain the universal language here. I can't even beleive that it is an OPTION to take the citizenship examination in SPANISH for christ sake! This is the only place in the world where people come to and actually refuse to assimilate into the culture. Anywhere else you go in the world you are expected to assimilate. We are expected to except anyone and everyone, and accomodate their cultures. Why? Why should we? As an American....if you travel anywhere else and people ask you where you are from, they CRINGE when you say you're from America. It no longer is respected. We are mimicking the timeline that Rome went through. It is my belief that we will eventually see the same fate, self-destuction due to greed and lack of compassion for the fellow man.
It's sad that I am literally blown away when someone cares about what's actually on my mind....those deep core values and feelings. I can't understand how people can decide whether or not they find someone interesting after a trivial conversation like "hi, what do you do for a living?" "where are you from" "where did you go to school" "whats your favorite color"......REDICULOUS. All that shows me is that the vast majority of society here is unbeleiveably conceited and cought up in monetary acheivements. It amazes me how some people are so easily interested in someone else. I get ridiculed for being "picky".....I'm not picky, I just know what interests me....and if someone doesnt have it I'm not going to stick around simply because they are attractive, have a good job, a nice car, education, etc. Those are all great things to have, and I definately would prefer someone I would date have those things, they mean squat if there isnt some deeply rooted emotional/intellectual connection to go with it. So many people are too busy worrying about stupid things like what someone looks like, what everyone else is doing, what's accepted as "cool" or "popular" or "in", what they look like to everyone else, if other people approve of what they want or decide to do, etc. That's all pointless horseshit. People should be concerned with how others FEEL, what concerns them, what makes them feel good, what makes them upset, how to make them laugh or smile. People don't seem to care about actually connecting with one another. Friendships are almost a joke, a popularity contest, a group of people that make you look good or like you're cool or some shit. I don't have a whole lot of friends, but I like to think it's because I only bother to talk and hang out with people that actually have shit in common with me. Similar hobbies, the want to share feelings with each other, the security that they will not judge you for talking about the things that bother you. It's really sad for me to think about. It's amazing how few people I can actually say know deep down what REALLY goes on in my head.....the thoughts that excite or haunt me constantly, the issues I'm internally trying to deal with or overcome, my insecurities. Do you have more than 5 friends that know your deepest thoughts and fear? I don't. I bet you don't either. If you do, you're probably the type of person I should be surrounding myself with. It's amazing how on almost every level of how our society opperates we are overly concerned with other peoples business. Everyone wants to know the gossip about other people on the lowest level, and at the highest level we're always trying to play world police. People need to stop thinking about everyone else and start working on the core issues at hand, and our country needs to stop trying to put our noses in the rest of the worlds business, we need to worry about our own country.....we are falling apart. Figuratively AND literally.
It's really all a damn shame. We used to be such a great place and great group of people. What happened?
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