Post by Reaper696 on Mar 16, 2004 18:31:53 GMT -5
Preppy, d**e, f**, slut, nerd, jock, conceited-ass-uppity-clique-lickin' bitch...
What do these have in common? They get quickly slapped on people and damn near treated as law. Ever notice that they're always thought of negatively? You could be the nicest person in the world, you get labeled and people look at you like you're Pig Pen's lover.
By my math, this phenomenon is because people fear the unknown and the different.This is very ingrained in one's psyche. When I was a kid in CrackDonald's, this was back when the burgers were served in the styrofoam thingies, this one guy brought his Big Crack back because it was upside down.
Maybe everyone should have an instruction book as to how they are: Ita Lotaknut, metrosexual, likes chicks, manicures, facials, chicks, porno music, intimacies with vacuum cleaners, the Lambada, naked chicks with beer. Maybe this'll let down a few guards, unless you're one of the rare oneswho believe everything people say.
I also think labels are applied as a means of control. If people told you I was actually Satan's hermaphrodite mom, how many of you would be reading this? People are always tryin' to keep their friends like they are, and labels can affectively keep one within an "area". Control freaks hate an open mind; did your parents ever tell you everything? Ever see a lawyer on trial? Ever see a priest on Jeopardy?
An open mind can't truly discriminate, designate yeah, but at least looks into something before deciding. But alas, even an open mind must label, hopefully just to save memory: I could say "Bush's foriegn policy", and you label it "caveman" . I say "Micheal Jackson case", and it's labeled "circus". I say "have sex with me", and it's labeled "Hell naw!!! What the etc. etc. x 20".
Sometimes you can make the labels more positive by adding more adjectives: "He's such a hip nerd", "Don't worry, she's a gentle jock", "Yeah he's a bitch, but in a good way". But, this doesn't always work: "Damn, that f**'s jiggy!", "I wish I had a d**e that sweet", "Ah Lulu, the thinking man's slut".
Now, I've thought of 2 labels that can almost never be thought of negatively. One of them is "dude". When have you heard "You're a stupid, limp-dicked, animal-screwin'-watchin', ho-on-layaway-havin' dude man!"? I bet never. Dude isn't a word that is meant unkindly, unless you say it to the wrong woman. "Do I look like a dude to you?" one might say. Though honesty might kill you at this point more than likely you say "I only meant it in a nice way (you f*cking bitch)", and she either huffs off, or accepts the joint you've been tryin' to hand to her. Now for a little definition about "dude". Since I'm too lazy to to totally restudy it I'll just say it's a rancher's term. 2 of said dudes were Calamity Jane and Annie Oakley (rumor has it they did look like dudes), so by my math dude does not mean male exclusively.
Now we go to "stoner". Only sober, old, uppity, straight-laced-in-the-ass, short-sighted, naive, no-fun-havin', probation/parole-stuck-with people use it in a bad way. Anyone else smiles out of instinct or habit, or are too busy eating to care. As far as I know, being a stoner isn't bad unless your toilet's a cup. Being called a "drunk" most consider worse, except the corpses with the bottles anyway, but stoners laugh it off with glee.
I say we pass a label law: All must agree as to what labels can be put on people, and when all the labels are gone we can go back to grade school insults (those were the days dude): "You big poopy pooperhead!" "Nice butt, who did the hair on it?" "Yo' momma snorts Geritol!" "Yo' daddy's my dog!"
There's no way we're getting rid of these labels, but we can outsmart them by out-arguing the frivolity of their intent. If one tries to insult you by labeling you I have 1 sentence that will end the conversation: "You don't know what that is, you're too dumb to be a stupid bitch". Ok, seriously, if you're really bored and wanna take on a battle of wits with the unqualified think of the label they're applying, and tell them the aspects of said label you're not. More than likely they'll switch to another label and you do it yet again. Sooner or later they'll run outta ammo and walk away, internally labeling you as "weird".
Remember, everyone else labels you, and that is always opinion. So as long as it's opinion find solace in the fact you don't need to care. Let the mini-minds assume and apply their toileted training, 'cause life sucks if you don't like the occasional joke...
What do these have in common? They get quickly slapped on people and damn near treated as law. Ever notice that they're always thought of negatively? You could be the nicest person in the world, you get labeled and people look at you like you're Pig Pen's lover.
By my math, this phenomenon is because people fear the unknown and the different.This is very ingrained in one's psyche. When I was a kid in CrackDonald's, this was back when the burgers were served in the styrofoam thingies, this one guy brought his Big Crack back because it was upside down.
Maybe everyone should have an instruction book as to how they are: Ita Lotaknut, metrosexual, likes chicks, manicures, facials, chicks, porno music, intimacies with vacuum cleaners, the Lambada, naked chicks with beer. Maybe this'll let down a few guards, unless you're one of the rare oneswho believe everything people say.
I also think labels are applied as a means of control. If people told you I was actually Satan's hermaphrodite mom, how many of you would be reading this? People are always tryin' to keep their friends like they are, and labels can affectively keep one within an "area". Control freaks hate an open mind; did your parents ever tell you everything? Ever see a lawyer on trial? Ever see a priest on Jeopardy?
An open mind can't truly discriminate, designate yeah, but at least looks into something before deciding. But alas, even an open mind must label, hopefully just to save memory: I could say "Bush's foriegn policy", and you label it "caveman" . I say "Micheal Jackson case", and it's labeled "circus". I say "have sex with me", and it's labeled "Hell naw!!! What the etc. etc. x 20".
Sometimes you can make the labels more positive by adding more adjectives: "He's such a hip nerd", "Don't worry, she's a gentle jock", "Yeah he's a bitch, but in a good way". But, this doesn't always work: "Damn, that f**'s jiggy!", "I wish I had a d**e that sweet", "Ah Lulu, the thinking man's slut".
Now, I've thought of 2 labels that can almost never be thought of negatively. One of them is "dude". When have you heard "You're a stupid, limp-dicked, animal-screwin'-watchin', ho-on-layaway-havin' dude man!"? I bet never. Dude isn't a word that is meant unkindly, unless you say it to the wrong woman. "Do I look like a dude to you?" one might say. Though honesty might kill you at this point more than likely you say "I only meant it in a nice way (you f*cking bitch)", and she either huffs off, or accepts the joint you've been tryin' to hand to her. Now for a little definition about "dude". Since I'm too lazy to to totally restudy it I'll just say it's a rancher's term. 2 of said dudes were Calamity Jane and Annie Oakley (rumor has it they did look like dudes), so by my math dude does not mean male exclusively.
Now we go to "stoner". Only sober, old, uppity, straight-laced-in-the-ass, short-sighted, naive, no-fun-havin', probation/parole-stuck-with people use it in a bad way. Anyone else smiles out of instinct or habit, or are too busy eating to care. As far as I know, being a stoner isn't bad unless your toilet's a cup. Being called a "drunk" most consider worse, except the corpses with the bottles anyway, but stoners laugh it off with glee.
I say we pass a label law: All must agree as to what labels can be put on people, and when all the labels are gone we can go back to grade school insults (those were the days dude): "You big poopy pooperhead!" "Nice butt, who did the hair on it?" "Yo' momma snorts Geritol!" "Yo' daddy's my dog!"
There's no way we're getting rid of these labels, but we can outsmart them by out-arguing the frivolity of their intent. If one tries to insult you by labeling you I have 1 sentence that will end the conversation: "You don't know what that is, you're too dumb to be a stupid bitch". Ok, seriously, if you're really bored and wanna take on a battle of wits with the unqualified think of the label they're applying, and tell them the aspects of said label you're not. More than likely they'll switch to another label and you do it yet again. Sooner or later they'll run outta ammo and walk away, internally labeling you as "weird".
Remember, everyone else labels you, and that is always opinion. So as long as it's opinion find solace in the fact you don't need to care. Let the mini-minds assume and apply their toileted training, 'cause life sucks if you don't like the occasional joke...
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