Act Your Age

Something that we are instructed to do multiple time throughout our lives by the likes of our elders. It is a completely understandable and fair request when we behave like mindless barbarians who have just reached post fetal stage. As one being among the human populace who is not, I feel that it is my duty to tell these incomprehensibly idiotic jack-in-boxes to grow the bloody hell up. There is really no argument that one can present to justify such behaviour. You had your time being young, so grab hold of a little thing called maturity. It might just do you some good if you believe in such a phenomenonal thing as luck.

But enough of that rambling and on to what I believe is the real issue - people who try to act older than their age. This can be found, with minimal trouble, within the teenage demographic of the population. These underdeveloped, cretinous abominations seem to gain the idea that if they act more mature than their age, they will undergo a transformation that will leave them as glorious, shining beings who ought to be revered by the rest of society as something oh-so special.

"But why is this so wrong?" some may ask. Have these people ever possibly read a novel that is more than 10 pages in length? Most probably not, and if they have, it was not much over. 'Be yourself' was what the protagonist was always told by some wise character that would, in any novel aimed at an audience over the age of 12 years, have been later killed tragically. Despite the fact that the majority of this nation at the very least would have seen or even heard these two simple to comprehend words, we do not take them to heart. No sir, we do not. I don't, you don't, none of us do. The reason being that we want attention, like it or not, and will do most anything to obtain this popular commodity.

Humans are not interesting - we all want the same things in life. It's all just a matter of the methods we employ to gain these wants. What I do find intriguing, though, is what people will throw aside in order to get their filthy, deformed(that's correct - how many other organisms have like ours?) hands. One's character can be altered entirely when they try making themselves seem mature to others. Take for example, the teenager who tries to talk like an adult so that he/she may be accepted by the significantly older teenagers university students. Do they ever stop once to think how they might be affecting their sibling(s) who are accustomed to following closely at their heels? No, they do not. We are selfish and will put our best interests ahead of others'.

Do I make an attempt to be older than my age? Of course. I revel in the challenge of doing so. It makes life just that little bit exciting and compels me forward to live in it so that I may one day decipher its code. But like I previously stated, there are still sacrifices that must be made to adopt such an occupation. I have become arrogant and so cynical that I place the least trust of all in myself. I can be cold to people and stay detached forever more if I wish it, but that's really only revealing one small part of myself, is it not? Why not try to be a little more versatile? How about giving a knock on Curiosity's door, some time? My only answer up to date that I am able to provide is that I'm not prepared to learn more about myself at this point in time.

While we're still young, we had might as well just accept it because it is not human nature to go backwards in life, so once the chance passes, there is no turning back, unless of course you wish to shunned by the rest of society. It is not a conformist concept, just plain logic. Try it if you find the time. Remember that while one's self can really behave however they want to, it is never a wise decision to play out of your depth. Be careful - you might drown.

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