I just bitch about my life

I could write a book about all my pet peeves, but I’m only going to rant about one thing right now: posers/people who act fake.

I started thinking about the idea of “posers” and how my definition of it has changed from sixth grade to now. Honestly, the essential thing hasn’t changed at all. The only thing that changed is what it’s describing. In sixth grade, it was the other kids trying really hard to be a “rocker”, or a “rapper”. I didn’t realize how stupid the whole idea was at the time, but obviously now, it makes me want to slap myself a few times. Today, my definition is more refined, but like I said, the idea is essentially the same: it’s about how people make themselves seem a certain way, but you just know it’s fake. It just really grinds my gears when I see someone, especially someone I know, and see them act so fake to other people. It makes me want to throw up in their face so that maybe they can get a clue. I especially love when people try to make themselves look cool on facebook. IT’S FACEBOOK!! No one cares that much! The only reason we have facebook is to communicate, not show off. That’s why I have one, at least.

I’ve had my fair share of calling out people/being called fake. Let’s take freshmen year for example, I met some people that didn’t go to my school and I wanted to be just like them and hang out with them and be with them all the time. I tried to act like I did *things*, when I really didn’t. I don’t want to get into it, but the moral was, they never cared for who I was or what I did, they were just bums who use their “friends” for stuff. It didn’t matter to them what I dressed like or what music I listened to, they only cared if I could get them what they wanted. This phase lasted for a month. Then I grew up. Not fully obviously, I know I’m not done making mistakes in my life, but I grew up enough to know what a true friend was.

In the words of the infamous Jessi Slaughter “how can you be a poser when you’re being yourself?” Well, some people would rather be someone else ‘cooler’ rather than being their own person. It’s not even like a lot of people are this way, there’s really only a few when you really look. They just haven’t gotten the memo yet.