Ugh, society..

[WaahZombie]

I've been frustrated.. really frustrated actually. For the past three days I've thought about why people do such stupid things. (when i refer to stupid things i do mean drinking, drugs, and such)
I've thought about this for three days straight without thinking of barely anything else. It's starting to take over my life. Last night I had a complete breakdown because I wonder why I'm so different from my generation. Today I've been shaking since i woke up.
It's creating a me against the world mentality, and it's making me feel like i dont fit into this world. I really need to get away from people. I just need to leave for awhile so i can try to fix myself.
I feel like people really get annoyed when i tell them about this, and thats not helping. And I feel as if theres not one person out there that agrees with me. Nothing makes sense anymore.

Help me understand why teenagers must do such stupid things. I don't understand it.

[EarthToBryan]

Hormones "make" people do stupid things, bull crap. I don't understand why people can't just control themselves, I can and it isn't THAT hard. I feel like I am a weirdo though, because almost everyone around me is a blinking idiot who doesn't put effort toward thinking. Our generation puts more value on popularity and sports ability than it does intelligence and I am fed up with it. Im not too upset, because the idiots will remove themselves from the gene pool soon enough if they keep the stupidity up, but I still wonder how we got to the point where people think it is reasonable to want the best but put no effort into achieving it. We can't do much to change stupid people making stupid choices, we can only take care of ourselves so don't fixate on it too much. (sorry if this seems to be a doom and gloom post, but I have no tolerance for stupid)

[WaahZombie]

Hormones "make" people do stupid things, bull crap. I don't understand why people can't just control themselves, I can and it isn't THAT hard. I feel like I am a weirdo though, because almost everyone around me is a blinking idiot who doesn't put effort toward thinking. Our generation puts more value on popularity and sports ability than it does intelligence and I am fed up with it. Im not too upset, because the idiots will remove themselves from the gene pool soon enough if they keep the stupidity up, but I still wonder how we got to the point where people think it is reasonable to want the best but put no effort into achieving it. We can't do much to change stupid people making stupid choices, we can only take care of ourselves so don't fixate on it too much. (sorry if this seems to be a doom and gloom post, but I have no tolerance for stupid)

ahhh! man youre my hero.
I'm glad someone else is smart.
You're right though.. Its all based on popularity, something I can really care less about. Its stupid that people cant find any other way to have fun without drinking and drugs. Its annoying.

[EarthToBryan]

Drinking and drugs are (usually) just an escape from reality, so you don't have to deal with life's problems. It might sound callous to some, but you have to take responsibility for yourself. No one else is going to fix your problems, no matter how much you whine and drink.
I have been hard pressed to find anyone else I know that shares my views, so kudos to you sir (and rep) for being an intelligent person, who dares to take responsibility for themselves into their own hands.

[WaahZombie]

another thing i dont understand is parents of teenagers who do stupid things..
Especially when they allow them to go to parties, they almost have to know that they'll be doing such activites. It confuses me so much.

[EarthToBryan]

Experimenting with alcohol and binge drinking or alcohol dependency are two different things though. I think that very moderate use of alcohol is ok, if done socially, but when it is used as a coping mechanism it turns completely unacceptable. Also drug use is unacceptable with "hard drugs" in my mind. Marijuana is a bit of a grey area (unless smoked, when it harms the lungs), but anything harder has waaay too much potency and is used as an escape. I personally don't plan to use any of them, but some use is more acceptable in my eyes.

*edit* The most important factor being self control. If you can't control yourself with drugs then it is completely unacceptable.

[Fiction]

Lots of people use drinking and drugs to escape as someone above said. I don't think you can really judge people for that. I've got drunk many times as a way to cope and escape from my life. It was nothing to do with being "popular", because I never told anyone. I was actually ashamed of it, but at the time it was a quick way to feel happier.

Of course there are some people who do it to fit in and be popular, but can you really blame them? No one wants to be the outcast. Maybe it isn't the most sensible thing to do but sometimes it can feel like the right thing in the heat of the moment, I don't think you can judge people for that.

Why people drink and take drugs isn't a simple straightforward matter, and I don't think you can really judge until you've felt like them and been in the same position as them.