| Iain's Guide to Being a |
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| I know there's no real need to write this page cos you're already the most cliched person I've ever met anyway. No, seriously you are. You're a middle class teenager from a comfortable area and school. You've just moved, or will be soon, to live on your own for the first time at uni; of course you're gonna be a stereotype, you can't help it. See, it's our experiences in life that shape who we are. We're all from the same background and that's why we're all stereotypes. And here's my guide... |
| It would be impossible to do a guide to any sort of standard by just describing one type of stereotype as there are a number, even in the small group you Krazy Kids know there are various sorts. Here is a brief description of different people who can't think for themselves. |
| 1.The Go - getter We've all met this one before, that kind of person that had a dream as a child and now nothing will get in their way. You have approximately 2 seconds to answer them before they ask someone else and not waste away what precious time they have on this earth. Often the one to organise an event and ensure all kids are there, whether in truth popular or not through sheer grit and determination. A fun exercise and one of a few chances to delay these usually gullable people is to make up or lie about a situation which will then be prioritised in their mental organiser. watch em squirm as they desperately try and change your mind, no matter how ludicrous the claim. In truth these people are how they are from an insecurity and desire to keep things moving, nothing more so than nagging thoughts in their head. |
| 2. The Pseudo-intellectual A common find around the streets of Stratford due to the middle class insignificance, these people are forever finding ways to express themselves about matters they know nothing of. Claiming to have feelings of vulnerability and stress at the age of 18 with no real threat on their life shows these conceited and dare I say Machiovellian 'artists' for what they really are. Very popular with most others however especially in groups or metaphorical 'feeding circles'. However not liked by the real intellectual, who is very much an outcast within such circles and reduced to choosing poor quality interests as ways to amuse himself and feel smart. |
| 4. The Inner-happy This stereotype was founded on the basis that some people are just boring and usually ugly. In many cases this stereotype may struggle at first to become either a pseudo intellectual or groupy stereotype but will inevitably fail, due to weird habits which embarrasingly turn up in conversation. As a result, these people become happy with who they are and their own life regardless of anyone else. Such foolish thoughts are merely a desperate reaction to the fact that people in this group are disgustingly weird and/or ugly but are one of the most resilient stereotypes known to man. Will form close friendships with other rejects and in this way deny any popularity to those normally receivers of said attribute. Tragedy may occur however if one of the Inner-happy stereotypes try to re-enter the conscience generation as they will have become ill-equipped and forgetful of the laws which act as a backbone to modern soceity. The result is a pathetic attempt to appear cool and knowledgable on current interests whilst retaining a false innocence. An example to what happens when stereotypes try to change or cross over. |
| 3. The Groupy A stereotype that goes hand in hand with the pseudo intellectual-band sub division and one normally of the female species though males who are too afraid to express themselves can find comfort and coolness in such a category. One of the most rewarding stereotypes, a groupy can have appalling morals and attitudes on life, there is no need for character or opinions and 'cool' people will still like you as you play to their ego. Perhaps the largest drawback is that no one will else will like you. Those who are not cool or not interested in being the un-famous friend of someone who is will see you purely for your personality and become nauseated at your very existence. Luckily for those within this catchment, Groupys have a built in defence-mechanism whereby anyone who has no interesting or perverse lifestyle is of no interest to them and used merely as fodder for their own propped up and ready to fall ego. In many ways, the foot soldiers for the dominant army during a war. |
| 5. The Honest-happy One of the easiest to identify, a honest-happy person is someone who, whilst not being the greatest or coolest guy around is still happy with what they got without ever deluding themselves they are the cool ones. Whilst liked by all other forms of stereotypes, it is never really very much, more of an aquaintance and close friendship mainly due to an uneasyness as to what drives such a person. All other forms of stereotype needs some sort of original or on-going event to feel at ease, people found in this group take life as it comes and as a result, little comes to them. The almost certain thing about this group is that you can never become a member on purpose, no matter how hard you try and as a result is in fact one of the most elite stereotype there is. |