Socially Awkward.

I used to write my thoughts in a notebook; now I share them with the world.

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fuckyeahmovieclub:

“‎So avoid using the word ‘very’ because it’s lazy. A man is not very tired, he is exhausted. Don’t use very sad, use morose. Language was invented for one reason, boys - to woo women - and, in that endeavor, laziness will not do. It also won’t do in your essays.”—Dead Poets Society (the book)

And when people ask me why I decided to make English my life, I ask them if they’ve ever seen “The Dead Poets Society.”

I can not even muster the right vocabulary to show how absolutely disgusted I am with people online anymore. The “I can count to potato” meme is disgraceful to the human race in so many ways that I am unsure of where to begin. Well, actually, why don’t we begin with a question:

Do you honestly believe that you are so perfect, so impervious to criticism that you can not be hurt by others too?

Every single person in this world is insecure about something about themselves that they have absolutely no control over. When you stand in the mirror wishing your features were different, wishing you were smarter, wishing you weren’t such an awkward person, even that’s shallow; especially considering that your brain in most likely healthy and you can function normally in society, a feat that millions including myself have trouble with everyday. 

But what if those shallow beliefs about yourself were posted in a meme online, for the entire world to see?

Imagine your face with words plastered underneath:


“Can’t stop after the first 5 fries.”

“Doesn’t know what the word ‘arbitrary’ means. Still doesn’t understand it when used in a sentence.”

“Wears short shorts when it’s hot. SLUT.”




Now imagine if something you could never control, you were born with, was used as a tool against you. Not even because you did something to somebody, but because somebody just thought it would be hilarious to ultimately ruin your life. Imagine being a sweet, sincere person who never has wronged anyone and going online to see that someone made a cruel joke over something you can’t control.

This only proves that we’re destroying ourselves because we’re sickening people who don’t understand the value of a life and the concept of feelings.

‎So avoid using the word ‘very’ because it’s lazy. A man is not very tired, he is exhausted. Don’t use very sad, use morose. Language was invented for one reason, boys - to woo women - and, in that endeavor, laziness will not do.

—Dead Poets Society, 1989. (via postcardfrom1952)

(Source: wordofsomeone, via filthy--fuck)