You're in high school wearing baggy jeans and a black top, with your friends wearing basically the same. All of a sudden, your friend starts talking about how hot Chris Brown looked in one of his videos. You guys walk by the cheerleaders, and the captain says to you, "Pick one: prep or punk!" Everybody laughs at you, because you seemingly can't 'decide' your label.
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...don't label me, i'm too busy being goth...60% Voted for by azure fades, A Dreamer Awake, holy-crap-a-rama93.
Are you punk, goth, poser, prep, rebel, geek/nerd, hippie, or jock? You don't label yourself? Good for you! Most labels are hurtful, anyway. Besides, if you get straight A's, are you exactly a 'nerd'? If you like pink and Jessica Simpson, are you a 'prep'? It really doesn't matter what we like! Labels are for soup cans! I mean, in our own way, everybody is individual. Not all 'goths' wear all black and are bad kids. Not all 'jocks' live on sports. In fact, if you would call someone a rebel because they protest against KFC, they might get mad at you. They aren't a rebel, because it's only 1 thing; they're rebelling and sticking up for what they believe is right! And what do you have to say on this?
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Labels are normalVoted for by TheDarknessVisible.
It is human nature to classify and organize things. Stop fighting it. It is pointless. You may as well question whether we should have words for different things or call everything "thing".
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IT'S WRONG SIMPLE AS THATVoted for by El Amor Soy Yo.
WHEN WE LABEL OR STEREOTYPE PEOPLE, IT'S DEMEANING AND RUDE. WE ARE ALL GUILTY OF THIS FROM ONE TIME OR ANOTHER.IT'S NOT TAKING TIME OUT TO GET TO KNOW A PERSON, SO EASY TO CLASSIFY THEM AND DISMISS THEM IF THEY DO NOT FIT INTO OUR IDEA OF WHAT THEY SHOULD BE OR WHAT WE WOULD LIKE THEM TO BE.
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January 3, 2006
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I agree with Glass Silence
People labeling you into categories is stupid. If someone can't get to know you before deciding if they like you, then they should get over themselves and try caring about people for a change. My goodness! All of the people I know who do that don't have the best friends in the world, so you can tell it doesn't work! I'm a quiet person, but I still talk to anyone who wants to talk with me, or if I'm sitting by them, and am being bored out of my mind! We shouldn't label people, but we do. We ought to try to minimalize it the best we can. But, well, since when has half the population cared what's right to do? Yes, so cynical. I'm not in the best of moods presently, and yes I know it's good to have a good outlook on people and life. And, yes, I know that is judging half the population and that it is a sweeping generalization, but I may be underestimating, and about judging, I'm sorry but I'm not perfect. We are all hypocrites, and that is truty, not cynicism.Please register or login to comment! It's totally free