Douches and Idiots: AKA Why is it "cool" to be an idiot?

This is sort of a rant that I had to get off my chest.

It seems to me the world is full of douches and idiots. Why do people (particulalry younger people) think it's funny and cool to be uninformed and uneducated?

I love college, it's going well for me but I have stayed to myself. The reason why is because 99% of the population are uninformed hipsters. I can not stand this. All they want to do is get drunk, party, hook up and act like hoolagans and thugs.

Example: So I'm in my 4th period class and I'm having a convo about politics to a classmate and I go, "Yeah I heard it on the news" and suddenly this girl (who is part of a gangsta group apparently) goes, "Who watches the news? I don't watch the news!" (as if she's the fucking moral compass for the whole school) and everyone cracks up. This whole class is comprised of losers and D average at best students.

WHY IS BEING UNIFORMED FUNNY? And it's not just here its everywhere. Everyone thinks it's funnier than hell to not know a damn thing about politics or even basic news.

DOUCHES and IDIOTS. The whole world is full of douches and idiots. THESE people are the future, if I were you I would stock up on canned goods.

Well, let me clear myself up then. "A large portion of the world seems to be douches and idiots".

And I didn't even mention what news source it was.

yeah i know what you mean, at the school i use to go to, people were exactly like that. They didn't care about what was going on in the world. All they cared about was rap music, clothes, and cars. The majority of the campus was black (im not trying to be racist or anything like that, this is just how it was) and everyone there dressed the same with really baggy clothes and those fucking tall-t's or whatever they're called. They all drove the same type of car which was crown vics on 24s with the most god awful paint jobs, and all they talked about was partying and rap music. No one there cared about anything going on in the world. you could barely understand what people were saying because it was all ebonics/jive talk/whatever you want to call it and it seemed like to be cool, you had to talk like you were ignorant and uneducated. On the other hand, I've been taking night classes at a new community college and everyone there keeps up with the news and are all very educated. It might be because its night classes so the majority of the people there are older than 21, but everyone in my classes seem very well informed and we always have some great debates, its really cool.

Exactly cygnustaxt.

It's not everyone, that political club I'm in has informed people in it. So it's not everyone but I think the number of uninformed people seems to be getting bigger and bigger.

Oh and billion, theres no use confronting her. That would only cause unneeded issues and problems.

Yeah I suppose.

You can't help people who don't want help. It's just that I'm so glad my parents raised me to read, watch the news and be involved with things that are educational.

I wish more people were raised with those priorities.

in EVERY SINGLE class that i have been into, people are just waiting for the time to be up and rush out. they are texting all the time, etc...

and 10 mins b4 time is over u hear every1 in the back, packing their shit up getting ready to get the f out...

it kinda makes me feel far less than that 25% who do go for higher education actual "want to" do it...

now go figure why u got such an answer! our generation is too spoiled, wants nothing but fun... no intellectuality, no knowledge, no responsibility, no involvement... makes me sad and mad but i can care less as long as i can pull my own ass up the ladder, after all everyone should do their own best and it wont go unrewarded while others will suffer from lack of that personal effort

once these people hit their 30s and actually have to work their ass off to make enough money to make ends meet, i see they wanna go back to school. in fact most of the people in my classes who seem to listen carefully and be involved and work hard for best achievements are older generation who are certainly not fresh off the boat (high school).

Glad to see you have your eyes and ears open Rebgirl420...In less than 10 years i've watched an entire generation degrade into something I don't even wanna try and understand...Born and raised in paradise,yet they find some type of glamour in being a PHONY thug with a ****er attitude...Glad to hear your staying away from these ASSHOLES!!!Be a good person...BLING is BULLSHIT!!!:420thought:

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Originally Posted by DTRave420

BLING is BULLSHIT!!!:420thought:

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Bling is the shit! :D:D people just wanna bling blang when they dont have the situation to do so... Bling is really cool if u got your life together and are making your money and have reached your goals...

i mean people with crappy jobs and low pays wanna have what celebrities have, failing to realize they must be educated and informed people in this age to be able to actually and easily have that bling bling!

in fact Bling motivates the hell out of me:D to be informed and in the know and educate myself, so i can make the most out of my life, intellectually and financially

Bling-bling - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Bling bling celebrities got what it takes to bling and they just sing about it, its people who need to decide how things go... many singers sing about their hardcore criminal background and shooting and killing people as well, should people run around and follow their path? that speaks to people's judgment

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Originally Posted by rebgirl420

Yeah I suppose.

You can't help people who don't want help. It's just that I'm so glad my parents raised me to read, watch the news and be involved with things that are educational.

I wish more people were raised with those priorities.

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we should sooo start up a parenting institution:thumbsup:

I think Chris Rock summed up that whole kind of attitude the best in one of his standups. To paraphrase....

"I love black people, I AM a black person, but I haaaaaate s!"

And yes, there is a difference between black people and "s". I'm sure you can guess which one is the negative stereotype that seems to get flaunted thanks to our friends in the Rap industry.

Well to be fair it's not just the "gangsta" crowd, it's punk ass kids AND adults, regardless of subculture.

Really what it boils down to, regardless of race or sex or creed is what bringing up they had.

Some parents stress education and mind expansion and some don't.