Every person that I pass that looks as if they're part of a certain "movement" just fills me with spite. It honestly just pisses me off that people try to look a certain way. It's obviously not a very rational way of looking at things but I just can't help myself sometimes.
These are examples of what I'm talking about (and yes I know I'm generalizing and yes I know these are stereotypes but, honestly, when do stereotypes NOT pertain to the general population?):
Prep: They just appear to dedicate so much time to their appearance. Expensive Hollister clothing, tanning, well-groomed hair, etc. It just seems like such a superficial lifestyle and I hate the egotistical attitude they often represent.
Jock: Often associated with prep, many are on one big ego trip. They make me angry because the only thing that seems to ever be on their mind is sports, partying, and whether or not they're going to get laid. They just seem to conform to the definition of "big stupid brute".
Goth: I'm going to go by the modern-day looking "goths" since there isn't any (and never really has been) any universal definition of "goth". I've always wondered if they are under the impression that they're "non-conforming" by wearing clothes from such a mass-marketed store such as Hot Topic. Can they honestly be that dillusional? Now I'm one to go against what's considered "social norms" (and I'm willing to bet most of you here are given your "socially-unacceptable" music tastes) but I don't see the necessity in using such a superficial factor as a means of doing this. We get it. You're trying to look different. What exactly are you achieving by spending $100+ dollars on gigantic bondage pants? Attention...what a benefit. Psssh.
Emo: See goth and prep and combine the two. That's how I feel about emos.
Nerd: They can't seem to socialize properly. It's not even that that pisses me off. They just indulge themselves in such inane subject matter and what's worse is they seem to openly display it as if someone gives a shit (someone was talking about a Star Trek book really loudly today in one of my classes and it was pissing me and everyone else off. I don't have a problem with what they're interested in but keep it to yourself for Christ's sake! I manage to keep my music taste to myself unless someone asks about it in which I'll tell them. I honestly don't like talking music with the average person, though.). What they're interested in doesn't tend to be anything of note either. It's always something typical like Star Trek, D&D, video games, etc. I mean c'mon. If you're so isolated and anti-social, at least indulge yourself in something a little more abstract or something that might make you stand out from the rest of society.
...and now for the big controversial one.
Metalheads: A lot of metalheads are up on their high horses thinking every genre of music is inferior and unwilling to branch out beyond metal. I understand how some people look at it as the only genre of music they truly connect with (Life Sucks, for example) but I get sick of the likes of, say, rap, punk, and electronic music being looked down upon due to poor representations of said genres. It's as ignorant as saying "metal is all screaming and noise". People that don't know anything about metal look at Slipknot as "what metal is". Can't the same ignorance be displayed when looking at a rapper like Lil' Wayne as a genre representative?
So, yeah, I probably managed to piss off a lot of people with that post. Once again, those relate to my experiences with the general population of each perticular label. I have met individuals from each category who had strong personalities that would outweigh any animosity I might have for the trend itself.
Hopefully I misunderstood.
