Why am I so damn innocent and/or socially inept?
Went to a friend of mine's birthday party. Was mostly fine, until I go outside with another friend to get some fresh air (it was super hot) and she (also being super innocent!) asks this guy who came out with us why he has an empty water bottle. I then learn that it is to be used to smoke with, and head back inside pretty much immediately. (While my friend stays out, I think she was trying to tell him not to). Queue some other two people full-on making out at the dinner tables, a couple more people going outside to smoke, and then the birthday girl going outside (she said to yell at them, but texting to her later she says that she just wanted them to give her some).
So yeah. This was all super unexpected and bleh, especially since her parents were there and it was at a public venue, and somehow nobody noticed any of this. And it was a shock to me, too, since I have pretty much been home-schooled my whole life till last year.
The perversity of the modern teenager/20+ year old is appalling, especially when you're first exposed to it. Don't feel bad.
In other news, judging by the people in my school, the majority of my generation is full of stupid douchebags.
And somehow I'm the nice guy and I've never been on a date.
;-;
Hmm... I'm pretty prudish, but I'd hardly call that perverse. Though not habits I care for, a lot of people smoke and drink socially at parties because it makes it easier for them to relax around people; not everyone has developed the skill to just Not Give A Damn at will. As for the public macking-ons happening, it's par for the course for most younger folks... part of growing as a person can be going completely stupid over someone you like, your friends and the rest of the world be damned, and eventually realizing what a bad and irresponsible idea that is (hopefully before anything bad happens).
Life is largely a process of trial and error, which brings us from a state of complete ignorance to one of wisdom. Don't judge people for their experimentation and self-education, even if they're making bad decisions, lest they judge you for yours.
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