Random Thoughts and Ramblings Whilst Waiting On the MIx
Well, I'm sitting here waiting on DJ Wicked to send me tonight's mix show so I might as well update this thing. Jamie K's been on me about that so I guess I should do this just so she'll get off my back. *ducks to avoid flying objects*
Jamie, you know I'm just giving you ish. :-p BTW, be careful what you ask for because you just might get it... read on.
Sometimes I get in a mood where I ponder life and society in general. Today, Jamie and I were talking about the constraints that society puts on us. For example, she was talking about how if you do certain things when you're a young child that it's so cute and precious. Yet, if you do some of these things as an adult you're type cast. Like, it's ok for a girl to hang out with a bunch of boys when she's young but if she does it at age 21 then she's a slut. Society is crazy... if you do something out of the "norm" then you're weird and an outcast. Why is that? Why do we do this to ourselves and our fellow man (or woman)? Why do we say "well, it's ok to be this way when you're a kid but if you're this way when you're an adult then you're weird?" Things like thumb sucking would be kind of strange to do an adult hood but I'm not even talking about asenine things like that... I mean the things like just walking away from someone you don't like ("you're a bitch/bastard") or a girl hanging out with a some guys "you're a slut."
And that brings me to another thing: Double standards. Why is it that if a guy has a bunch of girls around him he's a stud, yet if a girl has a bunch of guys hanging out with her then she's a slut? Will someone please, for the love of Pete, explain this one to me?
I've never understood why some things are ok for guys but not ok for girls... or even vice versa! Girls/women are allowed to like movies like "Love and Basketball," and "Steel Magnolias." Yet, if I like those movies, I'm gay. Yes, I do like those movies (those two in particular are among my favorites) and I'd hardly say that I'm a homosexual. I even like to cuddle (yeah, I said it). Yet, some would say that makes me less of a man. Feh. Also, is it just me or are people even inadverantly becoming biased against homosexuals? While that lifestyle isn't for me, I have no problem with people who are gay... but society seems less tolerant while also saying that we should be more tolerant of gays and lesbians. The gist of that long ramble: When someone doesn't like something why do they go "that's gay!"? I DON'T GET IT!
Maybe I'm not meant to... maybe no one is.
When I think of things like this, it only further makes me think that a society where your worth as a human being is determined by what label your clothing has on it, what movies and music you like and what your credit score is has got to be what will bring mother Earth to her knees. Just today Madonna said in an interview that she refers to the world around us as "The Beast" (possibly meaning the anti christ?) and that we're all enslaved by it... she also went on to say that if we, as a society don't change our ways that we're all going to Hell. Normally I don't agree with Madonna and I think she's just some loon hiding behind her religion/cult of choice. However, after really pondering her comments... the more I think she makes some sense.
We have become enslaved to the world and to a society that is just royally screwed up. Look no further than the examples that I've cited above for why I think it's so messed up. One might say "we need to change this! Who's to blame?" To that I say: "Look in the mirror." Yep, we did this to ourselves. Can we fix this? Honestly, I don't think we can.
The truth hurts, eh?
But maybe you can help to change my mind. In order to do that, we need to change the way we judge other people. When it comes to judging others, just don't! I know that I've been guilty of passing judgement on people from time to time but I sincerely try not to do that. Even in the Bible it says that it's not our place to judge each other ("judge not les thou be judged").
But, again, I won't hold my breath.
Don't you hate it when I get in my moods? Jamie, I warned you!
--Jonathan
Jamie, you know I'm just giving you ish. :-p BTW, be careful what you ask for because you just might get it... read on.
Sometimes I get in a mood where I ponder life and society in general. Today, Jamie and I were talking about the constraints that society puts on us. For example, she was talking about how if you do certain things when you're a young child that it's so cute and precious. Yet, if you do some of these things as an adult you're type cast. Like, it's ok for a girl to hang out with a bunch of boys when she's young but if she does it at age 21 then she's a slut. Society is crazy... if you do something out of the "norm" then you're weird and an outcast. Why is that? Why do we do this to ourselves and our fellow man (or woman)? Why do we say "well, it's ok to be this way when you're a kid but if you're this way when you're an adult then you're weird?" Things like thumb sucking would be kind of strange to do an adult hood but I'm not even talking about asenine things like that... I mean the things like just walking away from someone you don't like ("you're a bitch/bastard") or a girl hanging out with a some guys "you're a slut."
And that brings me to another thing: Double standards. Why is it that if a guy has a bunch of girls around him he's a stud, yet if a girl has a bunch of guys hanging out with her then she's a slut? Will someone please, for the love of Pete, explain this one to me?
I've never understood why some things are ok for guys but not ok for girls... or even vice versa! Girls/women are allowed to like movies like "Love and Basketball," and "Steel Magnolias." Yet, if I like those movies, I'm gay. Yes, I do like those movies (those two in particular are among my favorites) and I'd hardly say that I'm a homosexual. I even like to cuddle (yeah, I said it). Yet, some would say that makes me less of a man. Feh. Also, is it just me or are people even inadverantly becoming biased against homosexuals? While that lifestyle isn't for me, I have no problem with people who are gay... but society seems less tolerant while also saying that we should be more tolerant of gays and lesbians. The gist of that long ramble: When someone doesn't like something why do they go "that's gay!"? I DON'T GET IT!
Maybe I'm not meant to... maybe no one is.
When I think of things like this, it only further makes me think that a society where your worth as a human being is determined by what label your clothing has on it, what movies and music you like and what your credit score is has got to be what will bring mother Earth to her knees. Just today Madonna said in an interview that she refers to the world around us as "The Beast" (possibly meaning the anti christ?) and that we're all enslaved by it... she also went on to say that if we, as a society don't change our ways that we're all going to Hell. Normally I don't agree with Madonna and I think she's just some loon hiding behind her religion/cult of choice. However, after really pondering her comments... the more I think she makes some sense.
We have become enslaved to the world and to a society that is just royally screwed up. Look no further than the examples that I've cited above for why I think it's so messed up. One might say "we need to change this! Who's to blame?" To that I say: "Look in the mirror." Yep, we did this to ourselves. Can we fix this? Honestly, I don't think we can.
The truth hurts, eh?
But maybe you can help to change my mind. In order to do that, we need to change the way we judge other people. When it comes to judging others, just don't! I know that I've been guilty of passing judgement on people from time to time but I sincerely try not to do that. Even in the Bible it says that it's not our place to judge each other ("judge not les thou be judged").
But, again, I won't hold my breath.
Don't you hate it when I get in my moods? Jamie, I warned you!
--Jonathan
posted by Jonathan at
7:00 PM
1 Comments:
ahem.. I found it quite offensive to read the "sucking thumb" thing, for the fact of I was sucking mine at that exact time of reading that. I am torn apart by your rude comments :) haha.. No, really - I am, I just like to laugh!
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