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Cool kids

Have yall ever noticed that the so called cool kids are usally the ones that make the rumors and love to hurt ppl

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04-10-2011 10:08 AM
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Umad? Cool
04-10-2011 10:28 AM
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Re: Cool kids

Of course, how else can they stay cool?

Freedom is never given; it is always taken. So for the fact that you're not a slave, don't thank those in authority. Thank someone with a "bad attitude."
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Re: Cool kids

There's a pecking order, and you don't get to the top without finding some way to control/intimidate others around you. Guys tend more towards the physical kind of intimidation (even if it's just a display of power and not actually beating kids up) and girls do the whole mean-girl, psychological manipulation thing.

Basically either you tread on other people, or they tread on you. Same reason that victims of abuse don't want an end to abuse, they just want to be the ones doing the abuse...even if they never act on this urge.

Go to work. Send your kids to school. Follow fashion. Act normal. Walk on the pavement. Watch TV. Save for your old age. Obey the law. Repeat after me: "I am free."

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I disregard all your forms of societal bullshit and pecking order, I do whatever I feel like doing
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Hurting people is a perfectly valid way to accomplish your goals.
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Re: Cool kids

Yes it is. That doesn't make it right, but society says that what ever you have to do to acomplish your goals is fine, as long as it doesnt violate (often arbitrary) laws

Freedom is never given; it is always taken. So for the fact that you're not a slave, don't thank those in authority. Thank someone with a "bad attitude."
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sexual abuse of sheep is baaaaaaaaad
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BaronVonStrangle Wrote:I disregard all your forms of societal bullshit and pecking order, I do whatever I feel like doing
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Cool kids are usually the leaders of the posers. Always wearing the newest cleanest shoes, and up to date on the latest trends in music and fashion. They sport fauxhawks and always wear those corny Kanye West shades. They are liars, and seriously insecure. Most of them are psuedo-intellectuals who really have n clue what they are talking about, and fail to admit and realize how stupid they actually are.

Real cool kids don't give a shit, and pursue themselves not the latest fad. They usually end up hating authority and everybody Later dropping out and starting a band or some shit. Bored

To be an anarchist, is to suffer greatly. To be a black woman is to suffer secretly. To be the earth, is to suffer silently.

I wish no harm on anyone, but those whose harmful ways will not stop without the same harm.

It's time we kill this cancerous system, before it kills us and everything left of gaia. Rise from our immaturity and take back our autonomy!

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Crazy Monkey Games Is On Here! YAY!
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Lunatic Wrote:old meme
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Yeah but its the best example of a cool kid...

Geeksta Wrote:Yes it is. That doesn't make it right, but society says that what ever you have to do to acomplish your goals is fine, as long as it doesnt violate (often arbitrary) laws

I always find it funny how society looks down on traits of sociopathy.
In society you pretty much have to lie, cheat and screw over others to get into any form of solid ground and maybe the sociopaths just figured out how the game works.

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I never jumped on the societal hierarchy to begin with. You don't need some kind of status to get into a relationship either and if they decline you on that basis, they're not worth it in the first place.

BaronVonStrangle Wrote:I disregard all your forms of societal bullshit and pecking order, I do whatever I feel like doing
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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Abe Fortas, Tinker v. Des Moines (1969) Wrote:In our system, state-operated schools may not be enclaves of totalitarianism. School officials do not possess absolute authority over their students. Students in school as well as out of school are "persons" under our Constitution."
Rebelnerd Wrote:Human rights are being violated by US law enforcement. This is what the media is here for, you're supposed to be the watchdogs! You're supposed to stand up for the downtrodden, not belittle them as though all their problems amount to nothing more than some angry glares toward parents and sabotaging their computers.
I've seen so much shit done to youth and for some reason, this has made me angrier than I've felt in years. Abuse and oppression happens all over the world. It's a terrible reality of modern society, but we've all accepted that it happens and we're doing what we can to fight it and build a better world.
But this...this mindless, condescending disrespect toward people who have no legal voice with which to defend themselves, this reduction of parents' betrayal into a cheap crack about kids being computer-savvy...it's like watching a surgeon joke about life insurance while his patient bleeds to death on the operating table. The media's job is to protect society from oppression and they've drawn a clear line between the people worth protecting and the people that don't matter. How can they people sleep at night?

You're a journalist. DO. YOUR. FUCKING. JOB.

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(12-03-2011 07:40 AM)SoulRiser Wrote:  Solution to all these problems: don't fuck people you can't negotiate with in a civilized manner.
(02-09-2012 02:14 PM)Absentinsomniac Wrote:  The only solution is democratic self-paced education where students can excel in what they are good at and work on what their not if necessary, AT THEIR OWN DAMN PACE IN THEIR OWN DAMN WAY.



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true that im one of the kids that has like no cliche. i do what ever i want like wearing boots and shorts and when ppl make fun of me i tell them to Fu becouse im better then them Biggrin

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If ya get bulled at school its yer own damn fauilt you homo silam
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no won will mess with me becouse im pritty big and nosegard and center on the football team Biggrin

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"Coolness" is an imaginary quality found in immature people. You'll find that the "cool" people at school are often times the stupidest.
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Crazy and Dalla are looking at this thread with this face: :troll:
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"Their environment is much like a prison, by the population lacking any ability to check the authority of the warden. The process becomes a matter of rubber stamping. They have no control over their entire lives which is directly related to youth violence because the only control they have is between each other. Mandatory schooling produces children who are either terrified of the tyranny of others or have been raised to perpetually exploit the conditions of others. Its just like the prison system: forced cohabitation."



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People can be considered 'cool' (Known) or 'uncool' (Not known or known for a bad reason).
Just do whatever you feel like as long as its frikin stupid.
Chances are people will notice you and you will become cool.
Never ever try.
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Being "cool" is subjective. I think my friends are cool. I don't think all of the "popular" kids are cool, although I know a few who are. It's all based on opinions and individual tastes.

You guys are talking about popularity.

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Yes, although for most people there is no difference between being cool and being popular.

Freedom is never given; it is always taken. So for the fact that you're not a slave, don't thank those in authority. Thank someone with a "bad attitude."
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sexual abuse of sheep is baaaaaaaaad
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School brings us together, but it doesn't bring us together
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true but if u talk to the populars they usaly think everyone loves them

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crazymonkey Wrote:true but if u talk to the populars they usaly think everyone loves them
thats because people go out of their way to please them.
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I think .Manicrose. said it pretty well...and I quite agree with Elfy.
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