Wow. First day of spring vacation and it’s already getting to me. My second post in one day.
Anyways, so I was surfing around Youtube. It’s such an interesting site because theres this group of people that rule the site, and this group of people are close friends. And they first met on the internet. Like wallofweird, toddly0, residentmikelee, mongoos (something), are a group of people, all similar in ages (somewhere around 18+) and they spend time together on skype, making videos, etc. I was just thinking about it and realized that these people are so old, they look like highschoolers, people my age, but in reality they’re in college. And so it is with most “stars” on Youtube. It’s a certain age group that leads this site.
So I was flipping through the “fiveawesomeguys” channel and I was watching Tuesday’s video on internet relationships, and he said something that was quite interesting. He said that it’s harder to get girls off line then online because he’s a nerd in real life so girls just aren’t interested, or he isn’t able to find a specific topic to talk to them about. But on Youtube it’s easier, etc. etc. not the point I’m trying to get at. Er, so the point I was going to mention was this, just how different are people from online and offline? I was looking through KIS blogs and this person I knew came up, and he sounded so different on his blog then what I first perceived him to be. From what I saw on sites like Facebook, or in real life, etc. I thought he was someone easily bent by society, someone who didn’t think much but was willing to do anything to fit in. And as most teenage guys go, someone who was perverted, shallow (my apologies, the stereotype might be an insult to some). But as I was looking through his blog I was like, “wow, this guy actually thinks.” This just wasn’t how I saw him, it just wasn’t how he acted in real life. In real life he struck me as a quiet, submissive, empty-headed sort of guy. Okay, this is frustrating, ah I’ve got it, someone looking for popularity. I don’t get it, how can I see this guy online and see someone completely different off line? I mean, the blog entries are obviously who he is, a deep sort of guy, (although I can still see a bit of the perverted, attention-seeking aspects). So why are people so willing to be open on the internet and so closed in real life? Maybe because on the internet there often isn’t too much popularity or pressing aspects. The internet is so open and free, it’s like a channel for people to spill themselves out of. And in school-life, or society in general, there’s just so many rules, so much oppression, a certain image everyone needs to be. Of course the rules of society are carried into the internet, just a little bit, but the internet is still like a rebellious place. Like Mr. Spivey said during class that rebellions are always going on, and now it’s the Internet Rebellion. So this is how I’m going to look at it, current society is the master that is oppressing the people and the internet is the great rebellion taking place among the oppressed people, the peasants. Hm. Interesting. I remember seeing this video on Youtube where these group of film directors said that they would post their movies up on the internet, because Hollywood just wouldn’t accept their scripts/movies. Society wouldn’t accept them so they turned to the internet. And also there’s something else called the Nerdfighters, basically nerds gather around and show themselves for who they are, NERDS WOOO. Sorry. Anyways, my point being, nerds have never actually fit into society, so they turned to the internet. And a few of those nerds are pokemon obsessed:). Go nerdfighters. And so on and so forth, Youtube is a place for interesting people who have been slightly smuffed by society.
And you know, I hate Korea because Korea is such a conservative place. They’ve bought society’s standards and refuse to change their views. They refuse to accept different people, they refuse to accept the fact that there might be more to life then being “pretty” or having double eye-lids (ugh) or getting like 100% on tests. Lighten up, there’s more to life.
And I hate KIS as well. It is SUCH a frustrating school. There are people spotted all over that are different, who actually think, and yet in school they only show this one shallow side. And I have no idea if this is making sense, but KIS’s society is so rigid, you’re not allowed to be different, not allowed to be weird. And if you want to be weird you have to be a certain type of weird. Okay, I’m convinced that I am not making any sense at all, but whatever.
Anyways. Yes. Here’s the video that started this painfully long rant.
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Thanks for the inspiration Charlie.
Currently listening to Vaguely Live Radio Podcast. Alex and Jimmy talk (imagine the word here) for 30 minutes a fortnight on VLR.
