Stray Thoughts (17th Platoon)

Okay, cutting sales dockets gives me lots of time to ponder about random things, but if you know me, random thoughts = philosophical/life issues. Mostly.

Oh, nobody knew that? Well, I guess not many people really know what goes on in my head. Another excellent example of Joshua's statement.

And for the record, I've lost count of how many stray thoughts I've actually had. 17th Platoon is just a Chrome Shelled Regios reference and I think I'll start from there.

Well now, for the main body of this post:

The world isn't filled with retards.

Yes, you heard me right. And many of you disagree, I bet.

The only retarded people in the world are... well... people who are medically classified as retarded.

Throughout my life, I've met many people. And a hell lot of them often refer to a person or a group they don't like as retards. "Idol A sucks! These people like Idol A? I swear they're retarded!" "How can you not like Video Game A! You must be retarded!" "This guy is fat! He must be so retarded that food and eating are the only things programmed in his head!" and so on and so forth.

Also, there are people who like to criticise idols and celebrities. I've noticed people swearing at popular names like Zac Efron, the Jonas Brothers and Hannah Montana etc. for whatever reason I don't know or care. Thing is, these people have fans. It means they have to be good in something. And now some of you will argue that their fans are retards too. These people have brains too, y'know. They must like these stars for a reason only they can fully comprehend.

Plus, idols are putting their names and faces out front and showing their stuff. They're fully aware that they will receive both fan mail and hate mail, and perhaps more of the latter. So they're doing their best, carefully doing things so that no scandal about them can ever be publicised. A controlled life where everything they do could affect their entire career and future. I'm no longer surprised at how many fallen stars there are. Let's see you people try living like that.

Trends are also a popular target for branding retards. Clothes or accessories attract some people and repels others. The result is a flame war between both sides. For me, there's nothing wrong with following trends, even if you're just following them for the sake of following. It's your right. But, many people out there are bashing other people for following trends.

Here are some fun facts: Calling other people "retards" is also a trend, not following trends are also a trend and anime and video games are a trend. The last fact is meant for those people on GameFAQs who keep screaming that trends are stupid.

What else? Ah, it's been a long day so I can't remember some other things I thought of then. So I think I'll just skip the examples.

People are different. Each person has his/her own way of thinking, his/her way of doing things and his/her way of living. Whatever appeals to him/her may not appeal to some 2 billion other people out there, but what does it matter to him/her?

He/she likes it, so he/she does it. That doesn't make him/her retarded, that just means he/she is enjoying life.

And if you still want to shun people who behave differently, you can go join Billy over there. He thinks, "Just because people are different, doesn't mean you have to be scared of them. In fact, you should be ANGRY at them!! Why do you people gotta be different!? My life not good enough for you people!?" And by the way, Billy's the kid who decides to fight an army of flesh-eating zombies with a twig.

Edit: If anyone thinks this post is directed to him/her, don't flatter yourself. This is a general post and wasn't aimed at anybody.