Monday, 18 April 2011

Unpopular Sentiments

Psychologists have done innumerable studies identifying the average person as terribly prejudiced but, because no one wants to see themselves as prejudiced, these feelings are relegated to sub-conscious levels of awareness.  In other words, you're racist but your brain knows that you shouldn't be so you remain blissfully unaware of your racism.  I'm kind of wary of anything going on that I'm not conscious of and so I'll readily admit the following: I prefer attractive people to unattractive people, I am disdainful of overweight, homeless, poor and/or addicted people and I think I am better than anyone wearing crocs and/or jogging pants as well as people with mullets.  This is mostly because I am afraid of becoming a member of any of these groups.  I view my generation (18-25) as predominantly pathetic, a group whose obsession with drinking is the logical consequence of how much they hate their lives and fear the future.  This is mostly because I have existed on the margins for quite some time and am jealous of their ability to merge seamlessly into normal (re. absurd) life.  I'm also convinced that anyone who is against porn is sexless and ugly.  Finally, because I am cognitively lazy I rely almost exclusively on stereotypes and am certain that most (re. all) are true.

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