Why do people have such shallow values in life? Especially in California/New York, etc?
They act like it’s ALL ABOUT being thin, in fashion, having lots of money, credit cards, great jobs, great cars, going to concerts.
Being fake for these people is everything, and they’re SOOOOoOOOO unbelievably picky with what’s in this season, that season, what bag you have, what clothes you have, etc etc.
It’s absolutely ridiculous, and many of these people have absolutely NO morals. They wh0re around, they get money in ANY means possible, lying, stealing, cheating, etc, they use people, backstabbers, conniving people, etc…all sorts of evils…yet,…as long as they have their Jimmy Choos, and louis vuittons, and have the “Appearance” of money and success….
they’ve accomplished their goal, even if they live in the ghetto.
In places like NYC and LA,…even the poorest of the poor MUST HAVE designer clothing and designer everything, and walk out like they’re rich.
It’s absolutely disguisting.
These people think this is all what life’s about. It’s all about your fashion, your style, your age, your body type, all the superficial stuff, your bank account.
That’s it.
if you don’t have any of that, or if you’re not perfect, then you’re somehow a “Loser,” and they treat you like garbage or have no use for you.
This culture to me is absolutely dead, plastic, soulless, vapid, and disguisting yet,
it DOMINATES our society!
IT creates enormous debt, pressures, conformity, eating disorders, many things.
Can someone enlighten me on this? Also how can we get over this , if 80% of the people seem to be sucked into it?
Thanks.
Honestly, should we put up with that in these areas if we live there,…or move somewhere more down to earth, and raise our kids THERE, instead of the moral hellholes that are many parts of California and NY?
I mean…who needs that?
Our kids, and even us, and our friends, will be judged, laughed at even, and made to conform or value shallow or immoral things.
I mean it’s disguisting. Literally disguisting, and it’s the norm for many people.
Why are these people like this?
Are they just stupid or I mean what?
I’m just saying, there’s something WRONG with all of this.
There is something SERIOUSLY wrong with people if they seem to judge you SOLELY on,….if you’ve got style or not.
It’s f’ed up.
Seriously, all that matters to them is like Britney’s latest single….or what celebs did what. …..or what music sounds cool.
THEY LIVE IN FAKE WORLDS!! Uber fake worlds.
Tags: Conformity, Enormous Debt, Ghetto, Great Cars, Louis Vuittons
September 3rd, 2008 at 4:19 am
It’s a game. Play it or stay away. That what shallow “as you call them” people do when they know you’re either not able to get in the game and play.
September 6th, 2008 at 12:16 pm
they are trying to find value in themselves by identifying themselves with being “fashionable”, or “thin” They don’t reaize that true happiness comes from within.. and it sounds sooo cliche.. but think on that for a few minutes in silence and you will truely grasp that,
September 6th, 2008 at 5:08 pm
I do see what you’re saying, and I agree, but I don’t think it’s in as high a volume as you say. Granted, there are enough people like that to be sufficiently annoying, but the majority of people I know abhor that shallow lifestyle (I know I do). I guess New England is just different from NY and CA.
September 9th, 2008 at 11:24 pm
re: Why do people have such shallow values in life?
….they have been programed/conditioned/raised from early childhood to have low/bad self esteem/worth/attitudes by equally unhealthy caregivers!
Folks raised with high/healthy attitudes/self worth are not shallow!
September 11th, 2008 at 11:15 pm
I grew up in LA and I live in NYC and I know many many people who DO NOT live like that, the majority really. I guess you must have been exposed to a certain group.
September 14th, 2008 at 3:19 am
First let me start by saying that I live in New York City and I agree with you 100%. I myself have asked my friends who commented on my appearance when we go out by saying “Who am I supposed to impress?” I think people need to get real and get a life. People are shallow, thick, and slow. It’s time to wake up and smell the coffee. People seem to have a need to prove to the world that they are better than they really are. But in the end we are all just dust in the wind.
September 17th, 2008 at 12:27 am
Honey, it’s not just NY or California. You can find that kind of shallowness even in the Heartland. I know a woman living in North Dakota who such a fashionista it is just ridiculous. She goes over to Mall of America in Minnesota at least twice a month and buys NOTHING but designer labels and brags about them 24/7. She’s only 42 y/o but has had THREE nose jobs and she’s never happy with any of them. She’s obsessed with being thin…and you can’t tell her otherwise. This gal is nice, but she’s also as shallow and hypersensitive as one can get. She actually makes the people in the NYC or Cali seem modest by comparison.
It’s crazy, but unless the person wants to change you can’t change them. I’ve talked to my ND friend about accepting herself but it goes in one ear and out the other.
September 18th, 2008 at 2:50 pm
Hey, I’m from Cali!! -_- lol (I am, but I’m not like that lol I’m just teasin’ )
because everything goes so FAST and people are trying to climb up the social/business ladder, and don’t mind stepping on people along the way. Sometimes people get so used to things that they don’t even consider it wrong. Some people don’t consider c*@* a cuss word, cuz they hear it so much, but really I think it is. Some people don’t see anything wrong with talking about certain subjects, they hear it so often & reason that everyone’s heard it before anyway, why not, but it’s still wrong! Those might be some reasons…