Monday, April 18, 2011

Socio-awkward levels in the derogatively titled twenty-somethings of Colgate University

I really hate socially awkward people. I don't know if it's because I used to be socially awkward or if it's because an inability to interact appropriately with people by the time you've reached twenty is a sign of either elitism or budding sociopathic tendencies. Either way, I don't want to hang out with people like that.

I think I have problems interacting with people, but I don't lack empathy. I understand things. Sometimes I display spite, get so upset that I say and do things that I will regret given enough time. But I don't consistently lack the ability to understand what should be said and what should never be said. I don't ask people awkward questions which produce answers that make everyone feel uncomfortable. I understand small talk. Goddammit, and I'm fairly straightforward--I don't fuck around. But even I recognize that there are some things that can never be said or shared with anyone no matter what you think you could get out of it.

WHY THE FUCK DO YOU EXIST? You being a person who was once close to my heart but whom I am now scared of because they lack the ability to talk with other people in their age groups in an acceptable manner.

WHY DO PEOPLE LIKE THIS EXIST? Is this a sign of the coming apocalypse? Why can't some people seem to understand deeply embedded social norms? Have you ever wondered why professions of physical and intimate attraction are usually kept under wraps? Fuck. I don't care how bored you are, you can't just start asking anyone you want how they feel about any other person. You'd have to, I don't know, actually be someone's friend to allow you that kind of leverage. What the FUCK! I don't want to know that so-and-so likes me because that is absolutely fucking useless information--literally, there is nothing I can do with this information except prolong my longing for a situation which will and would and could never happen. I don't want to know people's dark secrets. I don't want to know. Ignorance is fucking bliss. Especially in social setting. So please stop... stop talking to me.

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