The Flow?

     The flow... of society, fashion, and popularity. Everyone goes with the flow and just follows. Why? cause the guy in front of you or next to you is doing it so might as well. We all were a part of the "Flow" at least once in our lives, some in jr high school but many in high school. We did what everyone else did just for the sake of being like everyone else. Everyone dressed as if they were in jail so even the whitest of white people tried to also. Then it went to the retro look with the guys wearing skinny jeans and stupid colors. After that everyone wanted to be a skateboarder wearing such fresh sneakers holding a skateboard acting like they skate. Then it all went to rock and punk along with all the metal. But why do people do it, keep changing themselves because everyone else is. All they do is waste money just to change their look again five months later.

     I never liked the way everyone did things, maybe thats why I didn't have that many friends. But that was by choice... I didn't want to be like everyone else. Everyone went to wearing skinny jeans and retro colors I didn't even try. Then it went to skating but I didn't even care. Then when everyone went to rock and metal I went to country. I didn't try to be different but I just found it retarded how people changed because everyone else did even though they don't know who everyone else is, why change because of people they don't even know. But I believe no matter how much you change your cloths and hair you can never change the person so dramatically. Everyone changed eventually but some for the wrong reasons.

     Lets get out of high school for a minute, why does everyone change styles after a year? Last year it was heels and this year its all about wedges. What happened that changed the "in" style to wedges from heels? To me it is all on the companies that make these products and advertise them, they then influence a lot of people to buy and wear the "new style" that was already worn two years back but people are too slow and narrow minded to remember. Then if you don't wear wedges and still wear heels people will know that your are "so last year." So last year? What the fuck is that suppose to mean... style isn't like technology where hardware becomes obsolete in six months. But companies and corporations make people think it is and style keeps changing causing more and more people to buy more of their products and throw the old ones out. But wait the last time I checked stuff we throw out doesn't disintegrate or evaporate.
     What will we do with it then... throw it in space? Oh shit wait we already have a bunch of scrap metal and junk up there I'm surprised none of it came back down creating a hole in someones head. But then all of the style doesn't just apply to cloths or style, it can also apply to technology. Some people are stupid enough to get a entirely new computer just for the flat screen because the person they work with has a nice flat screen computer. People buy new Ipods, Zunes, computers, and laptops just because they came out with a new style and it looks cool, nice and all shiny. But they have no clue what is inside the pc or laptop, all they know is its pretty. So many people are impulsive and don't even think about anything before wasting money and resources. They say humans are more advanced than animals... a money plays with gold because its shiny and pretty, a "human" buys a new car cause its shiny and pretty yea so much for "advanced."

     The point I'm trying to make is think before you act and try not to be like everyone else. The thing that makes humans more "advanced" then animals is the ability of analytical thought. "Improvise, Adapt, Overcome" the marines say that and it has a lot to do with what makes humans smarter then animals. The ability to adapt to any situation and most people who say "I'm smarter then an animal" and slow down at a accident just to try to find a body. Violent, and impulsive... sounds pretty much like an animal. Hypocrites.

     Don't be part of the crowd, be yourself because if everyone tried to be the same then some of the greatest people who ever lived wouldn't be so great if they went with the flow. Thats why people in the 1950's were happiest because none of the yearly styles were created yet. There was no such thing as what in and whats out. It was what people were comfortable in and comfortable doing. The insatiable need for consumption was a large contributer to the crippled economy.