Beef

I've renamed this essay several times, and it is rather ranty, oh dear i've broken the first rule of blogging "always stay on topic". Why do people say that anyways, the "first rule" of something, the amount of "first rules" there are for dating, surely there must be a second?

Saying that, there is.

Always carry protection.

Rather safe than sorry.

I re-edited this to put a joke in there, yes i purposely went for a joke, because as i said this does get rather ranty. All three of you readers can enjoy what follows.

Not going to lie, shit happens, frequently. However as with all things it's how you react to it, for example if someone is hitting you on the head with a plastic bottle repeatedly you could chose to ignore them, or let your id, in freudian terms (not going to lie learnt it yesterday so thought i'd use my new knowledge for something), loose and turn around and headbutt the guy in the face.

One will grant you respect from your peers, or alas your own conscience, for putting up with an immature boy. The other a detention.

No matter who you are there are going to be situations that you can't avoid, however the way that we react to them defines us, our reactions are somewhat based on our personal traits, but I personally feel are built up on prior circumstances. It's basic evolution if i'm honest, those berries are good, we can eat those berries, those berries are bad, never eat those berries.

However applying it to modern day, these "situations" can quite often lead to drama, especcially at the time of my life in which i am writing this, the teenage years. We are pretty much the Facebook generation and i'm pretty sure 99% of my year at school have it, as well as 99% of most other schools in the county. Also 54% of percentages are made up on the spot. I know cheap laugh there. Facebook is pretty much where most socializing and arranging events happen, for example i'm meeting with some friends tomorrow, we organised this via Facebook. In that sense it is extremely beneficial.

However there is a darker side, as often portrayed by the media, i'm not quite talking about more talking to people on facebook than real life, because that is somewhat of an inevitibilty, i'm more talking about the genuine bitchiness on there, if people are "going out" persé they often put it on Facebook, for the whole world to see, that's how people tend to find out nowadays if i'm honest.

Although it's easy to react to things very quickly and then outlet them, for example see something you don't like, you can tell most of your friends in seconds. And usually when seeing something you don't like and being angry you tell a couple of the nearest people you vaguely know as well. Just for good measure. And then in turn this goes on and thus "beef" emerges.

For those unfamiliar with the term "beef" it's basically when you're angry at someone and thus have beef with them. However with Facebook and the rapidness of it, it ends up with more beef than a Toby Carvery. And that is rather unpleasant, it's been said again and again people do nasty things over the internet because that can't see the person on the other side. And that is pretty much true. Beef sometimes leads into splits within groups, for the taking of sides, and that in turn makes more beef etc. etc.

I've realised that this blog has turned into a bit of a rant about beef in general, and thus I will try and get to my train of thought regarding such matters.

I think people nowadays jump to situations too easily, use their id too often and don't think before they do things, it is purely natural as we are only human, but surely as we are human, and so's the guy next to us we should treat him/her the same. I'm pretty sure their will be people who don't actually follow through with this, but nonetheless don't we have a moral obligation as people to not to are utmost to make the other guy, who may have "beef" with us, feel like total crap. Isn't it just simpler to let things lie and realise that's the things are, and nothing will be better if you smite the over person (a thought very much realised at the end of the film Mean Girls).

I guess i just can't understand people's reactions, I can understand most actions by people, however some people's reactions, whilst not unexpected, are a tad out of proportion. By showing your dominance over someone else is really only a way one street of boosting your own ego.

Beef isn't totally bad, it is purely natural to have someone you dislike. However the way you deal with them can be quite bad, don't nut them in the face so to speak. Because then you end up in deeper shit.