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Recently, I've come to the conclusion that I don't really like
people. I really don't like most of the people in my age group. Now,
you're probably reading this and snickering, thinking "Great! He's
gonna rant about all the preppy kids and the jock kids of the world!
He's gonna rant about all the people who don't watch anime, or listen to
the kind of music I listen to or etc..."
Nope, I'm afraid you're reading the wrong text file. No, those
people already get enough bad press. Most of them don't even deserve
it. In fact, once you're out of high school, or you're not in a college
that's filled with those folks you don't really have to deal with them.
Some of them are even <*gasp*> pretty nice people.
No, I'm going to talk about the other assholes of the world. The
ones who annoy me more because I run into them more often in my daily
life. I hate dealing with morons as much as the next guy. The only
problem is that there are more idiots out there than we'd like to
believe exist.
Case study #1: The bookworm. This type of moron reads quite a
bit, maybe William S. Burroughs, maybe Jung, whoever. It doesn't matter.
They read, and they think that just because they like reading they are
more interesting than people who don't like reading. They like to
believe that they are cool and really rather interesting because they
read. They think that the world should bow down and worship them because
they read books.
Who cares? If you can hold an interesting conversation about what
you read, that's cool. If reading helped to open your mind, and you
learned something interesting that's also cool. However, most bookworms
think that they are automatically smart because they're literate. That's
not the case. I have dealt with a number of people who don't read, or
don't read very much who are far smarter, far more interesting, and far
cooler than the average bookworm. First of all, don't get so stuck up
that you think that reading is an excuse to be an asshole. It's not.
Just because someone doesn't read doesn't mean that they're stupid or
not as good as you.
Most people who read are dull and stuck up. Don't be dull and
stuck up. I advocate burning all the books and lynching the librarians
(and the libertarians too, but that's another rant for another day).
Perhaps you don't need to have such extreme views. Just realize that
being literate doesn't make you better than anyone else.
Case study #2: The underground hepcat. We all know someone like
this. Many of you out there are probably one of these bastards. Most of
these people rightly deserved all of the teasing they got (or still get)
in high school. The underground hepcat likes one (or more) types of
media that aren't in the mainstream. They think that this makes them
better than everyone else. I hate to say it, but that's just isn't the
case. I don't care if you listen to Marilyn Manson or you were into
NiN "before anybody". I could give two shits if you like anime or
Chinese action flicks. If you're an asshole who liked John Woo "before
he was big," you're still just a frigging asshole. You know who you are.
Go shoot yourself now.
As an example, I would probably wipe my ass with most manga just
as soon as read it. That's my opinion. It doesn't make me cooler than
someone that likes manga. I just don't like manga. I'm of that opinion.
I don't like most anime either, usually it's badly dubbed, poorly
animated and horribly written, just because it comes from another
country doesn't mean that it's good. Again, this is my opinion. It
doesn't make me wonderful, and that fact alone doesn't mean I'm an
asshole.
Don't get me wrong, different types of media are cool. They
create a common denominator for a group of people. However, I've met
plenty of idiots who like the bands I like, or who love the movies I
like. I don't think that they're cool because they like the same thing
I do. This is something that many of you out there are going to have to
come to grips with. A good friend of mine really enjoys modern country
music. I'll never understand why, it makes no sense to me, and I
despise modern country. He's still a good friend and a great person.
He's also funny and smart. Another friend of mine listens to Oasis. To
say that I don't like Oasis would be a kind understatement. I didn't
really like the Beatles the first time around, let alone a cheap
knockoff. Nonetheless, he's been my friend for... shit, 18 years or
so now. He doesn't love everything I love, and I don't love everything
he loves. Yet he's still my best friend. I've never had a girlfriend
who liked the same music, literature, or movies that I did. Guess what,
some of them were really pretty wonderful people.
So, to sum up my point: If you're a moron, you're a moron. I
could care less if you can recite "Macbeth" backwards and forwards, or
if you were really into Skinny Puppy or the Chemical Brothers long
before I was. I don't care how high your IQ is, and your sexual
orientation doesn't make you really ultra-cool. I could really care
less if you know the names of every character in the entire print
version of the "Akira" saga. I could care less if you loved Chow Yun
Fat before he was "cool." I don't care how many Argento movies you can
recite in your sleep. If you're an asshole, you're still an asshole.
Just because you were picked on in high school for looking like a freak,
or being a stuck up jerkoff doesn't give you the right to take it out on
anybody who doesn't match your standards. Most likely, you're just like
the people that you hate. If you're that kind of person, I'm glad you
got tormented in high school.
I'm sure some of you think I'm an asshole at this point.
Personally, I'd love it if every reader did. Some of you will also have
missed my point. I don't really care. If you think that you're
wonderful, or that everyone else sucks because they don't like to get
their jollies watching cartoons about young girls in sailor suits
fighting evil... well, you can suck my hairy ass. You're most likely a
chucklehead. My world will turn without you.
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!! (c) !LA HOE REVOLUCION PRESS! #375, WRITTEN BY: CAP'N SPARKY, 12/22/98 !!