I hate when people are performative
To me, I do not trust the person who is always agreeable, nor do I trust the person who is always disagreeable.
I think especially on social media, there is sort of this idea that if you're someone who is super-duper relatable or super-duper just like repulsive or disagreeable, then you'll be popular. And I wonder how much of it is just trying to be agreeable or trying to be disagreeable just for the views, the likes, or the follows, or whatever versus what do you actually think? And that's what I want to know.
I don't want to know what you think that is politically correct. I don't want to know what you want to think that you think other people will approve of. I just want to know what you think. And it's difficult in society, at least in Western society, maybe this is probably just a whole world thing, but not wanting to be perceived in a certain way that is negative based off of either how you act or what you think or your opinions. And it's maybe in some context, you could say maybe it's a good thing, but I think overall probably in 99% of situations it's bad because everyone kind of just keeps what they really think on the inside and instead they just perform. And I don't think it helps anyone. I don't think it helps society. I don't think it helps people grow. I don't think it helps people get along better either. I think it's just performance like I've been saying so many times. But yeah, I don't want to be performative.
I guess I don't want to become that way. So, we'll have to see. We'll have to see what happens to me, to my life. In one way, I guess success would be a great thing, but in another way, it's a test. It's a test to see who I will become. Will I just become another performer, will I somehow remain me? I think fame and success changes everyone to some extent, but it shouldn't; it shouldn't change you in a super negative way. In some sense, it should amplify the good things about you. I mean, I guess that's what I would hope it would do, but maybe that's just like wishful thinking. That's probably not what happens most of the time. But yeah, that's what I'm thinking.
I don't want to be performative. I just want to be me.
I think especially on social media, there is sort of this idea that if you're someone who is super-duper relatable or super-duper just like repulsive or disagreeable, then you'll be popular. And I wonder how much of it is just trying to be agreeable or trying to be disagreeable just for the views, the likes, or the follows, or whatever versus what do you actually think? And that's what I want to know.
I don't want to know what you think that is politically correct. I don't want to know what you want to think that you think other people will approve of. I just want to know what you think. And it's difficult in society, at least in Western society, maybe this is probably just a whole world thing, but not wanting to be perceived in a certain way that is negative based off of either how you act or what you think or your opinions. And it's maybe in some context, you could say maybe it's a good thing, but I think overall probably in 99% of situations it's bad because everyone kind of just keeps what they really think on the inside and instead they just perform. And I don't think it helps anyone. I don't think it helps society. I don't think it helps people grow. I don't think it helps people get along better either. I think it's just performance like I've been saying so many times. But yeah, I don't want to be performative.
I guess I don't want to become that way. So, we'll have to see. We'll have to see what happens to me, to my life. In one way, I guess success would be a great thing, but in another way, it's a test. It's a test to see who I will become. Will I just become another performer, will I somehow remain me? I think fame and success changes everyone to some extent, but it shouldn't; it shouldn't change you in a super negative way. In some sense, it should amplify the good things about you. I mean, I guess that's what I would hope it would do, but maybe that's just like wishful thinking. That's probably not what happens most of the time. But yeah, that's what I'm thinking.
I don't want to be performative. I just want to be me.
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