I was so eager to graduate from high school. It was my understanding that other people were as excited as I was to stop being a dumb kid and start being a cool adult. The thing that was so confining about high school... It wasn't the work, it wasn't the teachers... It was just the total lack of self-determination. In college, and especially after college, I got to make choices by myself, for myself, for better or worse. This is a thrilling process for me. But apparently some people aren't into it. Because everyone wants to do the thing where we have "cliques," where this person said this thing about that person to this other person, where small little nothings are magnified into these enormous sins because no one has the courage to just be okay with other people. That's what being a real adult is, in a nutshell, right? Just being fucking okay with other people. Not loving them or hating them. Maybe loving a few and hating a few. But in general, you're supposed to just... Handle it.
Why would you intentionally place social barriers on yourself? Why would you intentionally misinterpret another person's words? Why make enemies? If a person is a fascist, you must oppose them. But most people are not fascists! Most people are just people. They are okay. You should be able to handle them. I hope I don't sound too much like Jordan fucking Peterson when I say, "You should be able to handle them." Just talk and listen and the unreal beauty of being an American adult will begin to fill your life.
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