Juan's Quest for Acceptance (a tradgedy)

Too many people are trying to fit in. Personally, it's starting to get annoying. Kids walking around with snapbacks on their belts and scene kids with their hair looking all chopped up are the two things currently getting to me more than anything else. As a fashion trend, it's not so bad. Grown men trying to make sure they match their shoes with their shirt. I hope you notice the sarcasm. I only see it as a waste of money at best. The "swag" trend at Southwest is recent: hardly anybody dressed that way my freshmen year. Along with the outfit comes an obnoxious subculture. In this subculture, comparing a women to a female dog is a norm and smoking marijuana makes you "down".

The second group I can hardly stand are scene kids. These are the kids that most people call "emo" and are often seen with what appears to be straightened bed hair with an overdose of gel. They all listen to the same two or three bands and act as though they're the first to discover them. The music itself isn't always terrible, but then you find that one kid who likes to blast Blood On The Dance Floor out of his portable speaker system.

Equally irritating are the hipsters. These are the people who catch onto a new trend as soon as it starts getting popular, but only because everybody else is doing it. Unless you know what a hipster is, its kind of difficult to explain it. Basically they are the people who say they "love" Pokemon, but only know Pikachu and although they were a bunch of Star Wars clothes, they only now about Luke Skywalker. That's pretty much all I can say for this group...

The last three examples are examples of people changing to fit in with those around them just to feel accepted. In some cases its subtle, in others it's more drastic. People should not have to conform to society to earn a place with the rest. Take me for example. I wear whatever I get that year for my birthday and it lasts me all year, whether I like it or not. I don't listen to any bands, singers, or rappers unless they sound good to me. I act myself no matter what. People who don't like me stay away and people who do laugh with me. In these ever-changing times, kids think they have to change themselves to belong. In my opinion, this shouldn't be so.

With all this said, I'd like to make one last note. I don't mean to offend anybody with these singled out examples, but I just can't understand the reason behind the trends. Many of my friends fall in to one of these categories and they are great people to be around with. Part of why people change themselves is because other people comment on their flaws. They take it hard and try to change into something they aren't. Because of this, I keep silent about my friend's silly styles. After all, if deep down that's how they really are, let them be.