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No. 52571
>>52513
I concede that yes some people do it for the fuck of it, these are not the people that I have a problem with. If you enjoy tails, hey, wear one. I just don't see the NEED to wear one in public unless you have some urge to do so, which in my eyes, is either you have identity issues and must individualize yourself from the crowd, or you want people to notice you and somehow get some sense of importance in said crowd.
I am who I am, I don't need others to weigh in on it. I of course don't hide who I am, but I don't have to shout it from the rooftops either. I am gay but I don't particularly 'act' like it (or so I have been told) but if you ask I'm not going to lie, it is who I am. I do indeed express myself all the time, but I don't need everyone to know I am doing it.
To me expressing oneself is doing what you want, letting your feelings out un-edited. I am not saying it is bad to do so in public, but the want or need to do so is what I feel to be pathetic. I paint to express myself, if people want to see it fine, I sometimes do it in public too if I feel it is a good time, place, or environment to do so. But I am not a person who goes to starbucks JUST to type part of their novel so that someone will know that they are an author. What I am getting at is that when I express myself I don't need everyone to know I am doing it as I have no need either to fit in with society or differentiate myself from it because all that matters to me, is that I am expressing myself.
I see needless expression of who you are as a cry for attention (for one reason or another). When I was in highschool I dressed like the gayest person you ever saw at hot topic because I desperately wanted my father to accept me for who I was, to know that I was different. But when you realize that it doesn't matter if one does or does not accept you, it becomes pointless to do things for other than yourself. That is where I am coming from, I would enjoy wearing a tail, but I see no reason to wear one in public, not saying that I would never do so. It is much the same thought process as I don't see the reason for all the reporting on how stars are feeling that day, not saying I am not interested, but aren't there more important things?
I was never attempting to generalize, although I can see as to why you would see it this way, I do apologize for getting a little angry as well, I was having a bad day yesterday. As I have said before I am not trying to argue, but to state my opinion on the matter
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