So I was thinking. It kind of has to do with the whole question thing. Why is it that people always want what they don't have. For example, some people who are tall want to be shorter, some that are short want to be taller. People with short hair want long hair, people with long hair want short hair, people with straight hair want curly hair, people with curly hair want straight hair, and the list goes on and on and on. So why? Why cant we just be happy with what we have?
Everyone is always complaining about how they wished something was a different way, like being tan for an example, in the winter people aren't tan because there is no sun or heat to make it that way so what does someone do they come up with tanning beds or spray tans so people can make themselves turn orange and look way worse then having light skin.
Another thing I learned that happens when you try to change your hair color is that if you use a box or even at the salon it doesn't always come out right and then you have to find a way to change it or deal, so I learned no more hair dye for me. But it did make me realize that in today's society no one is ever really satisfied with how they look they always want something changed or different. Why does society affect the way we think or do things?
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That's a very interesting thought. I think part of it has to do with the media making it sound like everyone has to be a certain way. For example, in the modeling industry, every photo taken is changed and worked on before putting it into an article. They mess with it until its what they consider perfect. Perfect people everywhere we look. So, we want to be like them. We want to look like them. But we cant because THEY don't even look like that. So it's sort of a loose win situation. Everyones self esteem grows lower, stores get rich off people buying things that will make them look like something that doesnt really exist. How lovely.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Rachael, though I would add this: we want things that we can't have. Human nature. The problem is, we also want things that we can have, but aren't willing to do what we should to get them -- for instance, you folks may really want to drive, but don't want to wait until you are old enough, may not want to study the driver's manual, and almost certainly don't want to practice as much as you should in a safe environment. So you drive illegally, you know, just with friends or just for a couple of blocks; and once you have licenses, you (Please note that I'm speaking generally, not referring specifically to Rachael or Kelsey or any of the rest of you, other than inasmuch as you are teenagers) have terrible driving habits like driving too fast and not paying attention.
ReplyDeleteSorry: rant got away from me. My point is this: we see things we can't have, and things we can have but don't, and we look for the easiest/fastest way to get those things. It seems, because of the media influences Rachael mentioned, and the simple fact that people that look a certain way often get things they want because of the way they look, and we want to change how we look to get what we want. It often comes back to the things like hair because hair is easy to change; so for instance, I look at, say, Hugh Jackman, who is the most perfect man in my generation, and I want what he has -- fame or fortune or success or whatever I want. Now, I can't grow to his height, and I can't change my facial structure to look like his, and I don't want to put in the effort to have the muscles he has. So I do the easiest thing I can think of, in the hopes that it will get me what he has and I want: I get his haircut. Then when that doesn't work, I try dressing like him. When that doesn't work, I - look for someone else to imitate.
Repeat that a thousand times, and I think you have American culture.
By the way, Kelsey, I think you have great hair.
Thanks Mr. Humphrey, but you didn't see it before school started i used to have tons of blonde in my hair and i wanted to go back to my natural color and well it turned out black, thank god they make color opps which takes out the color. =]
ReplyDeleteWhy does society affect us? Because we live in it? We are totally immersed in it from the day we're born. Why do I speak English?
ReplyDeleteI'm not answering your question cuse this is after the first week but I'm posting cuse I can and I agree with Will altough there are a few things in which we do that maybe society doesn't like.....so yeah stick that in ur juice box and suck it! I don't know why I said that I just felt like it!
ReplyDeleteyou so got that quote from me. QUIT STEALING MY LINES!!!!!
ReplyDeleteI guess it kinda depends on how you let society effect you. And you know, it also depends on the person. Because like, people throw us all in a bin and say "WELL AT HEART YOU JUST WANT WHAT YOU CAN'T HAVE" when I might complain about something like the windows smelling odd. I rarely SERIOUSLY go for stuff I can't have, I was raised to avoid that and be grateful for what I have around me. Sure, I wish I had a better face, but at least I have one. That's obviously not always the case though, like I really do wish I had a tasty burga right about now.
ReplyDeleteGeneralizations like this kinda tick me off though, because I'm sure there's at least a grip's worth of people that are COMPLETELY content with themselves. Not that there's anything wrong with not being content with yourself, I think it's perfectly normal to wanna be something/someone else. As long as you're not ripping your face off and drawing new features on with a sharpie, there can't be much harm in it.