Ok so this is my first ever blog so please bear with me. As I wasn't sure what i was supposed to put in here i thought id check out other blogs and see what they were about. There seems to be 2 kinds, one a kind of emo diary of how everything is so unfair and the world owes me a living but really everything is against me and the other is opinions on events or just random thoughts on subjects.
As i don't think the world is going to end just because someone said the latest album by my favourite band sucked, even though everyone else in the world knows it was just rushed out to meet the record labels contract, and the hurt from the comments isn't going to make me want to kill myself, I'll go with the 2nd type.
I mean seriously what is with kids these days. I mean when i was 15 or 16 my biggest worries centred around was i going to be able to get drink on Saturday night, did someone have fake id, could we find some old drink to buy it for us, etc etc. Yes there was the normal teenage angst of girls, sports teams you supported, friends etc etc. However none of these seemed to important, you had friends, you went to school, you hung out and that was about it. Yes you had the group of popular kids, but there were loads of other groups as well. I was part of my own group, that used to hang out get drunk and have fun. We were never the most popular but we all knew the most popular and at time we would hang out with them. We just got on and did our own thing without really bothering what anyone else thought.
Todays kids though seem so wrapped up in how other people will perceive them, its getting beyond a joke. I mean kids at 14 on diets, counting calories. Girls at 15 getting boob jobs and nose jobs, is it really necessary? Kids dressing 'emo' (whatever that may mean) just because you think your being different. Well I've got news for you, you look exactly the same as 20 million other emo kids. its not being different its just following another trend. And what gets me more is that they profess not to judge people by there clothes, but when infact do exactly the same themselves. I remember being out once with some friends and there happened to be some emo / goth kids there. I was in my usual jeans and shirt or something similar, and we were talking about some band or other. I used to know my stuff, infact i played bass in a band myself for a while. However these kids were like what do you know about the music your not goth / emo / rock / indie (delete as appropriate). now if that isn't stereotyping what is. I mean after i told them to f off and go sacrifice a lamb to Marilyn manson while slitting there wrist they were no to pleased.
But back to my point what is going on with todays kids. I blame the parents, oh and the liberal do-gooders. I can say that as I'm a liberal myself, but some of it goes beyond the joke. You hear kids now rattling off a list of problems be it ADD, ADSD, ASDA etc etc. What are these things, who made them up? I think its just psychiatrists making a fast buck telling parents who cant control there kids they have these problems and prescribing them drugs that they happen to hold shares in. Most of these parents if they had any nouce would know that if they stopped feeding there kids E numbers and let them actually burn off energy by playing the problems would go away, but hey its easier to feed them junk, sit them in front of the TV and feed them full of drugs. But hey why deal with the actual problem when you can sweep it under the carpet. But then again that seems to be the same with everything. Poverty in Africa, send them some money and we all feel better about it, when the actual way to solve the problem is stop trade embargo's on the countries products and give them an even playing field when they try to sell stuff into international markets. Prime example is cotton. African countries produce it cheaper and to a better quality than the US farmers, but due to the huge subsidies the US govt pay to the farmers, and the huge import taxes Africa nations have to pay, they cant sell it to the US. Makes you think that everytime you buy a cotton towel, that not only are you paying $10 for the towel, but your also paying another $2 or 3 in tax to subsides the farmer. If things were fair you'd be paying $5 or 6 for a better quality towel, nothing extra in tax, helping the poor in Africa, but some senators best friend would be feeling the pinch. Which do you prefer?
Ok sorry for the ramble, back to work now
