Since about the dawn of time, we have always been told, or at least always heard, it's us and them. You know, the "populars'" against the "Nerds'", the "Jocks'" against the "Geeks'", the "Gays'" against the "Cool kids'", and inevitably, the "Goths'/alternative kids'" against the world. To a certain extent, I guess the term is nice when correctly used in the right content with the right intent in general. I don't understand the whole "Outcasts" versus the "Populars". I don't know if you have a friend who is Goth or Alternative styled, but one of the biggest complaints is being stereotyped, (You know, Mrs. Walker next door swears she saw you sacrificing virgins.) but we are hypocrites by hating the "Popular" kids.
Popular, by definition, is someone who's company is enjoyed by many people (Synonyms: Well liked, friendly) so why by our definition is popular considered such a bad thing? Why is it bad to be well-liked? More than once, I've seen someone deny being popular like it was something to be embarrassed about. Why do we consider popular people as our enemies? Sure, we all know the rich, popular asshole, but not every popular kid is a little twat.
So here's the 'Wake up' part: Pinch your arm, slap yourself, drink some coffee, and wake up. It is not you against all the jocks' or popular kids. I am friends with tons of popular people because they are nice! Who cares if they are rich, poor, small, big, popular, nerdy, social, awkward, those are all just labels that we are given, that doesn't mean that everyone there is the same!! Times in which it is okay to do 'us and them' is here:
Scenario 1: You are a starving artist, no one will buy your work, you and your lover are just skimping by and you feel a heavy burden. Someone tells you that you should give up. That, is a moment of 'Us Against Them' because at that moment, you are battling the world for your place.
Scenario 2: You are not aloud to try out for the school football team because you are a girl, so you and your other friends who play protest. That, is 'Us Against Them'.
So don't let some one's label make you not want to befriend them. That's just a waste.
"You see us as you want to see us... In the simplest terms and the most convenient definitions" -The Breakfast Club "People never think anything is anything really. I'm getting godamn sick of it." -The Catcher in the Rye "You can't ever find a place that's nice an peaceful, because there isn't any. You may think there is, but once you get there, when you're not looking, somebody'll sneak up and write 'Fuck You' right under your nose" -The Catcher in the Rye  Xo -Mayhem |
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