TanMan
Sheeeeeeiiit.
- Joined
- Aug 14, 2012
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- Rhode Island
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So, I tried explaining this whole adventure idea to a couple of my closest friends, and they just don't understand it. When I told them about my plans to hop a train, they responded with, "Why don't you just buy a train ticket? Or ride buses cross-country?" Shit like that gets me. It really makes me realize how people are so sheltered in their own lives, they can't imagine it outside the box. Even if someone understands you in every other way, this is one way they may not.
And this is coming from friends of mine who love to take risks. Who love to pull Jackass-style stunts and brag about brushes with the law. Friends of mine who have screamed "FUCK PIGS!" and "ANARCHY!" And they're telling me that I'm stupid for taking such a risk and, why on earth would I take a risk for a free ride when I could just take a plane ride across the country, right? And the kicker is, my 'anarchist' friend who told me that it would be stupid of me and then, upon me telling him I don't have the money to take public transportation to where I want to go, told me, "So get a job and save the money." And he works at Target. An anarchist working for a large corporation and preaching jobs. But I'm not here to rant about my friends. I DO love them, they don't understand the thrill of it, only that the end justifies the means. And they can't see what I see so appealing about it. I bite my tongue and put a smile on while they're talking about how they just want to get through college and get good jobs so they can retire early and live their lives, but when I talk about how I personally want a different lifestyle they're on my case. I ranted to my friend for what must have been 45 minutes about why I can't fucking STAND this society we live in, and the bullshit life we subject ourselves to just by EXISTING how we do, and he --while putting it as nicely but directly as possible-- told me I'm naive and stupid and I have to live with it because that's the way shit's supposed to be.
Everyone's so fucking blind.
/rant
And this is coming from friends of mine who love to take risks. Who love to pull Jackass-style stunts and brag about brushes with the law. Friends of mine who have screamed "FUCK PIGS!" and "ANARCHY!" And they're telling me that I'm stupid for taking such a risk and, why on earth would I take a risk for a free ride when I could just take a plane ride across the country, right? And the kicker is, my 'anarchist' friend who told me that it would be stupid of me and then, upon me telling him I don't have the money to take public transportation to where I want to go, told me, "So get a job and save the money." And he works at Target. An anarchist working for a large corporation and preaching jobs. But I'm not here to rant about my friends. I DO love them, they don't understand the thrill of it, only that the end justifies the means. And they can't see what I see so appealing about it. I bite my tongue and put a smile on while they're talking about how they just want to get through college and get good jobs so they can retire early and live their lives, but when I talk about how I personally want a different lifestyle they're on my case. I ranted to my friend for what must have been 45 minutes about why I can't fucking STAND this society we live in, and the bullshit life we subject ourselves to just by EXISTING how we do, and he --while putting it as nicely but directly as possible-- told me I'm naive and stupid and I have to live with it because that's the way shit's supposed to be.
Everyone's so fucking blind.
/rant