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The Arrogant

Normal is not how I’d put it, in terms of who I am. Not even close. But normality is also not something I’d wish for. And I mean, why should I? What are the perks of normality? The approval of people who only accept the select few, who outcast the different? It’s nearly laughable how ignorant they can really be, how they never try to understand people who are different from them. Possibly they don’t have the brain capacity.
Personally I think they can’t wrap their mind around how special a person is, and in frustration of not being able to understand, in envy for not seeing their own uniqueness, they lash out. I can laugh right now, seeing how red in the face they’d get over this, how defensive.
This is to those arrogant jerks, that I too go to school with. While they spend their time putting people down, building up their egos, they’re blind to the reality that it will never truly make them happy. It will only strengthen the tolerance and patience of those they constantly attempt to annoy, which in turn makes them look like idiots. For example: A boy in my class once bragged that he stayed up nearly all night arguing with a girl. The future of America, ladies and gentlemen.

Fact: Acting like you’re better than everyone else does not make you better, and it most certainly does not make you smarter.

Some people think they’re so smart, always right, so awesomely amazing that people should turn to dust before them. However, have you ever noticed how little they have to actually show for it? Comebacks that are more ridiculous than clever, constantly causing an unnecessary banter. Not to mention constant eye-rolling of people they banter with because, here’s a shock, they didn’t turn to dust. Which is usually followed by another ridiculous comeback, and another, mort unnecessary banter, and the cycle continues. Meanwhile, their friends are either joining in or constantly talking about them behind their backs.

Fact: saying you’re perfect, makes you imperfect.
But how can you not feel sorry for the egotistical? Perhaps the reason they see the world so backwards is because they’re still lost in the mirror, so consumed by their own reflection. Or perhaps they just can’t understand the real way they’re amazing. So they try being conceited, and in that they can find so many talents. In all honesty it seems like they’re lost, and with no place to go they band together and feed off of each other’s over confidence.
Honestly, they’d never truly admit to why they do the things they do. But it’s obvious that part of it has to do with an inability to understand, and a sort of insecurity that comes out of it. I do have to say I feel sorry for them though, they’re missing out on getting to know all the best kind of people in life. In that mirrored perspective of theirs, they’ve pushed down good people, and have greatly misunderstood the meaning of “individuality”.




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TearsofJasmine said...
May 27, 2012 at 10:33 pm:
I totally agree!(: I really love your writing style! Keep at it!
 
TessaRose replied...
Jun. 3, 2012 at 12:13 pm :
Thank you, so much.
 
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TemperanceBrennan said...
May 22, 2012 at 8:19 pm:
OMG!!! I love this! I can totally relate to this! Keep writing this is amazing!!!
 
TessaRose replied...
May 22, 2012 at 8:32 pm :
That means a lot, thank you. I'm glad you liked it.
 
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