Popular people where you live
To address these threads on Basil about grinding, underaged drinking, and the general sense that everybody is conservative (or just awkward and looking for excuses), I figured I'd just like to know why so many of you guys bash on the popular people of your area. If you could, [b]please list some of the traits and the lifestyles of the popular people around your area [/b](no assumptions, please). This mostly pertains to the high school guys, ages 16-18. This was mostly how it went last year as a senior for my school:
Attire: Everything goes, really. So long as you look like you have some sense of style and know your size, it should be ok.
Boat shoes, v-necks and faux hawks were all the rage. You wouldn't see too many Vans or AF1 rockers and only a handful of guys religiously wore fitteds/snapbacks.
Activities: EVERYONE hits the gym. Part-time job is mandatory. No all-ages clubs unless you're grade 8 or 9. House parties or small gatherings for drinks, that's about it. Also, the people are university-bound or nothing; university-prep classes only, so I suppose the equivalent of AP classes in the US, and if you're not doing ok in school, you suck.
Substance use: Everybody drinks, most people blaze, some hack darts. From then on, it's personal preference, but there's a problem as soon as you hit the cocaine mark or get addicted to anything (most people are social users strictly)
Misc: To give you an idea, people still use YOLO (don't be taken aback when we yell YOLO before a kegstand), but no one goes to parties unprepared, guys don't look for fights, and we're raised knowing high school isn't where it ends. It's a good circle of people, and lol, not gonna lie the stress our school board placed on health classes paid off.
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[quote=DrewStars]Oh my God... Popularity. Does not. Exist. The people who behave as just described are just people with bad habits. People who hate on them because those people have friends, [b]HAVE NOO LIFE[/b]. They need to hate on them because those "populars" have bad habits. Now I'm definitely not saying you hate on them. Of course not- it's just that, our generation isn't going to hell because of people like that. Those people aren't going to last. Our generation is going PLACES because of the hard work people like you and me put into our studies, long lasting friendships, creativity, and every other defining quality of ourselves. Focus on yourself, not the people who are going nowhere fast.
EDIT: @Below. Your not popular, you social. Trust me, your not in glee. And wearing brand name clothing doesn't make you popular, it makes you a carbon copy of every other male in the world.
EDIT #2: If anyone is planning to use the word "popular" in your post, or already has, read my first comment. Please. We can cure the world of the word "popularity". I mean, guys, this is a serious issue that has to stop. We can stop the cliché from taking over peoples brains and causing others to be overly judgemental. WE CAN CURE THE WORLD OF GLEE AND HIGHSCHOOL MUSICAL. (No seriously guys, don't say "popular" you look like a loser, just use the word "social" and "bad habits"
EDIT #3: And if people don't udnerstand, what I'm saying is that, "popular" is replacing the word "social" nowadays. And many times, "popular" is associated with drinking, grinding and other bad habits. Don't use the word popular, because you can call a really pure-hearted, good person "popular" because they have alot of friends, but other people may think they're jerks. [b]Don't[/b] use a word unless you know the exact definition, and "popularity" doesn't.
ALSO- I'm so sorry guys. This topic about popularity just gets me so hyped because it doesn't exist. Don't label people based on the social status you saw on television. I don't know how much I have to stress that fact.[/quote]
There are both negative and positive connotations to "popular" and as a result, you wish for the term to be put out of use when it's appropriate?
Your whole post is simply you stating that "popular" is something hyped up by the media (I might be a touch old, but I do believe "popular" was around when your parents were in school, too). Your first post had nothing to do with my thread (and somehow got 6 misguided likes), and you only further contribute nothing with this followup. I'm not going to discuss how you can fumble with such a term when I used it in a context that made it clear as day. Yes, social is another word for it, thank you and goodbye.
[quote=Cbass50]lol, I hate how most basilers are socially awkward and act like they hate people cooler than them or that have swag.
People in my area mostly blaze. Most people wear black or white vans and slim jeans/cargo shorts. Button-ups or cool graphic tees.[/quote]
No, I don't think it's that way. There are nice popular people and there are mean popular people. Personally I hate mean popular people. Jerks need to get the heck out!
I have a sister who is popular but she's a jerk to a lot of people. I hate her too even though she's my sister. THEN there's this one girl in my old hs that was like the nicest person ever! I wish she could be my sister! Sigh....
[quote=DrewStars]Wow. You think popularity exists in school? Get out of Highschool Musical. There are people who are just social butterflies, and others who are introverts. If your social and you love stepping down to the pre-jersey shore wannabee standards, people will hate on you. Period. Nobody cares, highschool shouldn't be about meeting standards, being popular or some other clichés you saw in Glee. Figure out what your going to be. Don't focus on other people; your living [b]your[/b] life, not theirs.[/quote]
You go, girl!
do i have to read that paragraph?
[quote=DrewStars]Oh my God... Popularity. Does not. Exist. The people who behave as just described are just people with bad habits. People who hate on them because those people have friends, [b]HAVE NOO LIFE[/b]. They need to hate on them because those "populars" have bad habits. Now I'm definitely not saying you hate on them. Of course not- it's just that, our generation isn't going to hell because of people like that. Those people aren't going to last. Our generation is going PLACES because of the hard work people like you and me put into our studies, long lasting friendships, creativity, and every other defining quality of ourselves. Focus on yourself, not the people who are going nowhere fast.
EDIT: @Below. Your not popular, you social. Trust me, your not in glee. And wearing brand name clothing doesn't make you popular, it makes you a carbon copy of every other male in the world.
ALSO- I'm so sorry guys. This topic about popularity just gets me so hyped because it doesn't exist. Don't label people based on the social status you saw on television. I don't know how much I have to stress that fact.[/quote]
Well, yeah I'm social, but we do have groups in my school, and I'm in the "popular" group cause I'm really social, outgoing, etc...
I'll just make a list of things I generally dislike:
- Constantly making meaningless couples and then breaking up the next week, only to be with someone else later
- Hypocrisy, lots of it.
- General ignorance EX: Not knowing what the word agile meant...
- Trying to be funny
- Socially, they can get away with almost anything as long as it doesn't mess with another popular person.
- People who are full of themselves
too lazy to continue...
Most of the Popular people I know are really nice people though, after all, that's why they're Popular.
Uh, I'm one of the popular guys, but I don't do the stupid stuff like getting drunk, smoking, etc... I just go to parties/dances a few times a month, I grind/dirty dance because it's fun, I say yolo a lot in real life because it's fun lolol, I wear a lot of hype clothing, like obey, diamond, abrecombie, hollister, jordans, etc...
so ye.
Oh my God... Popularity. Does not. Exist. The people who behave as just described are just people with bad habits. People who hate on them because those people have friends, [b]HAVE NOO LIFE[/b]. They need to hate on them because those "populars" have bad habits. Now I'm definitely not saying you hate on them. Of course not- it's just that, our generation isn't going to hell because of people like that. Those people aren't going to last. Our generation is going PLACES because of the hard work people like you and me put into our studies, long lasting friendships, creativity, and every other defining quality of ourselves. Focus on yourself, not the people who are going nowhere fast.
EDIT: @Below. Your not popular, you social. Trust me, your not in glee. And wearing brand name clothing doesn't make you popular, it makes you a carbon copy of every other male in the world.
EDIT #2: If anyone is planning to use the word "popular" in your post, or already has, read my first comment. Please. We can cure the world of the word "popularity". I mean, guys, this is a serious issue that has to stop. We can stop the cliché from taking over peoples brains and causing others to be overly judgemental. WE CAN CURE THE WORLD OF GLEE AND HIGHSCHOOL MUSICAL. (No seriously guys, don't say "popular" you look like a loser, just use the word "social" and "bad habits"
EDIT #3: And if people don't udnerstand, what I'm saying is that, "popular" is replacing the word "social" nowadays. And many times, "popular" is associated with drinking, grinding and other bad habits. Don't use the word popular, because you can call a really pure-hearted, good person "popular" because they have alot of friends, but other people may think they're jerks. [b]Don't[/b] use a word unless you know the exact definition, and "popularity" doesn't.
ALSO- I'm so sorry guys. This topic about popularity just gets me so hyped because it doesn't exist. Don't label people based on the social status you saw on television. I don't know how much I have to stress that fact.
[quote=DrewStars]Wow. You think popularity exists in school? Get out of Highschool Musical. There are people who are just social butterflies, and others who are introverts. If your social and you love stepping down to the pre-jersey shore wannabee standards, people will hate on you. Period. Nobody cares, highschool shouldn't be about meeting standards, being popular or some other clichés you saw in Glee. Figure out what your going to be. Don't focus on other people; your living [b]your[/b] life, not theirs.[/quote]
I think you misunderstood the thread man.
@DrewStars Hold on, I don't even know know why you posted this. I wanted an idea of why people think our generation is going to hell, which could be attributed to their idea of what the popular (yes they exist) people in HS are doing.
Wow. You think popularity exists in school? Get out of Highschool Musical. There are people who are just social butterflies, and others who are introverts. If your social and you love stepping down to the pre-jersey shore wannabee standards, people will hate on you. Period. Nobody cares, highschool shouldn't be about meeting standards, being popular or some other clichés you saw in Glee. Figure out what your going to be. Don't focus on other people; your living [b]your[/b] life, not theirs.