Cynicism on a whole new level.

So here's the thing.

I don't really understand my generation these days, and how people my age could be making such STUPID decisions. It's so fucked up, and it makes me so mad.

There's this whole issue about "Sexting." Which, of course, as everyone already knows, is taking and sending nude pictures of yourself to people on your cell phone. Mkay, WHAT in God's name would ever make you want to do that? You might as well be starting your own porn site. Because don't people realize that's what it is? It's porn. It's illegal, and it's stupid. Don't people think about the consequences of their actions? They take these nude pictures and send them to people, and then when they get ridiculed and teased and molested then they regret it. It's so arrogant -- it's like, "oh, here, look at me in all my naked glory! Aren't I hot? PLEASE take advantage of me. Kids at school, PLEASE make fun of me and call me a slut! And random pedophiles from across town, PLEASE stalk me and jack off at my naked pictures!"

Ugh. People make me sick. What kind of a world are we living in? I hate it. I hate knowing that people like that represent my generation. The generation that is supposed to take over soon; that's supposed to lead the nation into a different era. And this is what we're doing? This is how we're representing ourselves? How we're making a statement in the world? The only statement these people are making are how stupid the human race can be.

People like that give all teenagers a bad name. Now none of us can ever be trusted because of these idiots.

Mmm, and here's another thing.

Why do people do drugs? It never made sense to me. It still doesn't. And so far, I've only heard of a few reasons, and they're not really valid: Drugs make you feel good. Yeah, well, so does ice cream on a hot day. So does hot chocolate in the winter. A lot of things make you feel good, and not everything is lethal to your body and your life. So what the heck is the point, resorting to something illegal to "feel good" when there are so many other ways to "feel good" without it?

"Drugs make you forget about your problems." Yeah, what a huge problem solver. Sure, drugs take you away from reality for a while. But that's just it. It's only FOR A WHILE. When you come down from that high, your problems are still going to be there. Drugs don't magically fix everything just because you travel to an imaginary world with pretty lights and colors. In fact, they create even more problems than you already have. How's that for a problem solver? Not very efficient, is it?

Sure, I can't possibly understand exactly what drugs make you feel, because I've never tried them in my life. And I never will. "You're missing out, Monica," you're thinking. Missing out on poisoning my body, cutting years off my life, and risking jailtime? Yeah, sounds like I'm missing out on a lot.

I've heard nearly everyone in my school smokes pot. Frankly I'm not really surprised, seeing as though practically everyone in my school is an idiot. But you think I'm suffering from peer pressure because of that statistic? On the contrary -- now I'm just even more disgusted in that fraction of the school who give teenagers all around the country a bad name.

I can't stand being here anymore. And I know I'm being really cynical -- I know there's a bunch of stuff that's great, like my friends and my classes. But I just can't get over how stupid teenagers are these days. I wish I had been born in a better era. The 50s, maybe, when wearing mini-skirts was scandalous.

Maybe it's just me. Maybe I surpassed the whole brain development stage that normal teenagers go through, and I just went straight from child to adult. But I don't think that really matters. Everything I'm saying is true, despite how cynical and critical it sounds. You can argue with me all you want, but I highly doubt you'll be able to come up with anything good enough to defend your position.

Y'know, I say all the time that I want to move away from America, because this place is so fucked up. Not only do we have all of this crap happening with our teenagers, but our government is probably the most corrupt government in the world. Maybe not the entire government as a whole, but HOW MANY government officials have been called out on illegal activites in the last year alone? How many in the last decade?

This country sickens me as much as I love its freedom. But the fact of the matter is -- this corruption exists everywhere in the world. And I don't think I can ever escape it. Even if I move someplace else.

And that's what scares me the most. Will I ever be able to live with this crap? Or will I go crazy from my frustration with the human race?

Always and forever,
--Monica McFLY♥