Archive for January 4th, 2009
Vanity in 2009?
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Now that the disclaimer is over with, let’s get down to business.
Of all the things alive and kicking in this day and age vanity is one that I can’t believe is still alive. As you may or may not know, everything I learn and know comes from television. According to television, the pinnacle of cool is something that hardly any human can achieve and those that could really couldn’t hold it over anyone’s head because they’re already so far removed from society.
Like fat women in halter tops, fat men in Speedos, skinny girls in halter tops, old men with earrings and bald men with pony tails you’d think what’s obvious to all the rest of us would be apparent to the person, (or victim as I like to refer to them) perpetrating the crime.
I’ve also heard that some of this is based on the misconception that attitude controls outward appearance. There are some people out there that seem to believe that if you think you are beautiful then you will be beautiful. If this was true then if I believed I could fly I would be able to. Well, two broken legs, a broken arm and a fractured collar bone later I can honestly tell you that humans can not fly under their own power.
In this day and age it’s near impossible to be cutting edge. Not only because the edge is constantly moving, but for the most part a lot of the technology is on average affordable. So if you think you’re cool because of your new phone just know that an eleven year old has the same phone as you and can execute all the options more efficiently than you. Think you’re cool because of your lap top? Yes, again there’s an eleven year old that has the same model as you and probably got it for $200 less than you paid for it.
That leaves just the beautiful people that are clueless. If you think you’re hot there’s a good chance that you’re probably fairly attractive, but it really doesn’t matter because with 8 billion people on the earth there is definitely someone out there better looking than you.
Furthermore, if there’s one thing I’ve learned from my television research and devotion it’s that vain people learn an important life lesson and turn there life around. So how is it that someone could be ignorant to this fact? The vain person always loses in the end.
Finally, the thing that bothers me the most about vanity is how anyone could think they’re better than me.
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