Standards

Wednesday March 30, 2005 - 4:51AM EDT

I get this feeling sometimes that people want to lecture me on what I like to call "social standards". I am not speaking about anyone in particular just people in general. I don't have a blatant disregard for social standards it is just that there seems to be this chasm between my version and other peoples versions. Let me clarify. I call them social standards but what I am talking about is what others often refer to euphamistically as "just the way it is" or "just how it works" or "what your supposed to do." What I refer to as social standards some just see as the immutable basic foundation of living. Since social standards in the general definition can be changed and are not hard and fast a problem occurs where one defines different demarcations to these standards. I think some people have the tendency to take way to many "social standards" and lump them together with primary human behavior. They just accept it without question as part of living. My issue is that, I can't for the life of me think of anything beyond eating, shitting and sex that is immutable. So I question everything humans do beyond those three things. Everything else is up for discussion as far a I am concerned and I don't want to tell you how many people don't want to hear that. Often times frustration arises on my part from what I perceive to be blind acceptance of nonsencial or illogical ways. I don't see these "social standards" as an adequate foundation to live but more as patterned human behavior that came about through the varying occurances in human history. Don't get me wrong and think that I want everyone to go back to being naked living in the forest, but the persitant dogmatic insitance of some to maintain these "social standards" irks me. Some may agree with me to a point but my issue with social standards goes deeper then the odd arguement about homosexuals or the death penalty. I question the very structure of society itself. No one wants to question that, it is taboo, it is as I said earlier "the way it is." Humans have been around for about 70,000 years give or take and we have formed various societal structures among the varying societies through history. I ask why we have formed certain ways and want to argue that "it is not just the way it is, it could have been different so don't just accept it blindly." Even something seemingly simple and banal as getting a job and going to work for money (ok no jokes here for those that know my current situation, this is just one example) I question. I want to know why it is that way and isn't there possibly something else besides the acquisition of wealth(I have this thing were I just think that the acquisition of wealth is a perversion of survival instinct). So, I truly believe in the unlimited potential of humans (space bounty hunter anyone?) but does anyone else?

I keep hearing thess things on "human nature" and behavioral tendencies linked through genetics. Although I do put a lot of stock into the genetics thing, maybe too much is thought of those two things. The human nature thing especially is just more blind acceptance that nothing can be done. It is disgusting to think that nothing can be done, especially when you are a human. Even the current thinking in genetics thing may lose weight. Recently researchers found that some plants are able to use past generations genetic code to correct defects in their own code. The implications for such a thing code be huge. Hardy-Weinberg may have to be updated. Previously it was thought that parents passed on bad code to their offspring, now it might quite possibly be the case that the offspring may be able to somehow "choose" code from past generations to make "the best" code. No I don't believe in mystical mumbo jumbo like that creationist bullshit but something that we haven't discovered yet is going on. Someday we will figure it out what it is. Maybe what plants can do animals can do too, it is still way to early to tell.

Where was I. Oh yeah the "social standards" crapola. That fucking shit gets me in trouble, not in a pejorative sense(maybe a little), but certain things become difficult and I have trouble explaining to people why I operate in that way. They just don't understand and in my opinion really don't want to think about it so I get slapped with a convenient label to fit into their "social standards."

I'm just pissed that my life sucks ass and I am a 23year old loser with no prospects and no girlfriend.