Question Posted Monday September 27 2010, 10:41 pm
In school as well as in my community I feel as though I'm surrounded by idiots. I'm not trying to be cocky but I feel as though I intellectually surpass almost everyone around me. The others in school are all immature and driven entirely by petty emotions and even many of the adults I know base their actions on childish thoughts. When I step back to look at the world all I see are problems caused by immature and emotionally driven people. Even my friends have become nearly unbearable lately and I'm actually quite popular in school. I have many friends, or at least people who consider themselves to be my friends.
I've always felt like an outsider despite my friends and family but recently I feel as though I'm becoming more and more depressed and generally miserable.
Thanks for taking the time to read this and potentially even answer.
maxgrey answered Sunday October 3 2010, 1:35 am: I feel you.
Unfortunately, anyone and everyone can have kids these days. There's no regulation.
Having children isn't a human right.
It's a privilege.
If you knew there was a good chance all your children would be born blind, would you take that risk selfishly?
I sure hope not.
However, other people do this all the time.
They don't stop and think about how this child will be born.
Will it be stupid? Probably. But that doesn't matter, does it?
Everybody wants to have babies.
It may seem like everyone around you is shallow and stupid, and that's because it's true.
I'm sorry that life's like that, and I know it hurts to be different.
It's unfortunate how little value intelligence has in today's society. If it were up to me, people would all be sterilized at birth, then later undergo a genetic test and an IQ test and apply for permission to reproduce.
But it's not up to me.
And it's not up to you.
For now, people like us just have to grin and bear it.
We can't just sulk all day, wondering why people are so stupid.
We can start changing, though.
I'm transgender. I'm not having kids because I don't want them to be transgender either. I don't want them to go through the pain I did. It would be selfish of me to put that kind of burden on a child knowingly.
Same goes for stupid people.
As for your anxiety, I've found yoga really helps if you do a little every day for a while. [ maxgrey's advice column | Ask maxgrey A Question ]
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