The Age of the Indigo

The indigo child is brilliant, fearless, intuitive and most importantly self-empowered. They are not afraid to express their opinion and when doubted, profess their superiority.

The “indigo child” is a euphemism for a SPOILED BRAT! And if we look at ourselves closely enough, we will find that this describes most of us to one degree or another.

80% of us are indigo children! Remarkable, isn’t it? How is it that our generation, so much more enlightened than previous ones, is not smart enough to realize that we still have a lot to learn?

It’s not our fault! It’s the way we’ve been raised. It wasn’t that long ago that common child-rearing wisdom was that we were to be “seen and not heard”. Forward thinking psychologists say we deserve to be raised in an environment of love. Praise us for what we do right, and if we do it wrong, say, “how have we, as parents, teachers, etc... failed you?

Again, it’s not our fault! In fact nothing is EVER our fault. And we always deserve a second, third and fourth chance. ..

Our generation is coddled and I think we would be much better off if more was expected of us.

I say we end the Indigo Era and bring back the Tiger Moms! Watch this Jon Stewart clip to see if you agree.

http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-april-26-2011/tiger-mothering

Reclusive Socializing

In my previous post, I may have given off a negative impression of texting. Don’t get me wrong, I LOVE this form of communication!

I am what you might call socially inept. I have always harbored an unusual amount of anxiety when it came to interacting with others face to face. There is so much that can go wrong!

You might say the wrong thing without thinking first, or even worse, you might spend too much time thinking of what the right thing is to say which creates those awkward silences. If you don’t know what to say when texting, you can always just say lol or put a smiley face. Imagine just standing there smiling in person, and it’s creepy.

Sometimes people look right at you when they talk to you which is very unnerving. Then you don’t know where to look. Sending a text requires no eye contact- a definite plus.

One of the criticisms of our generation is our lack of interpersonal skills as a result of texting. I don’t really know how to respond to that... other than...:)

An Absurd Use of Acronyms

That made me lol.
Now I am lmao. . .no, lmfao.
O.M.G, I am literally roflmao.
Wait, roflmfao. . . sry i 4got the “f”.

Using acronyms used to be about efficiency, but there is a time and a place for their presence. For example, if you are running late, texting “be there a.s.a.p” is one thing. This makes sense, but when did acronyms totally get out of hand?

How many words can you abbreviate before the time it takes to develop a shorthand version of the sentence surpasses the amount of time it would have taken to write the words out?

Honestly, trying to decode text messages and Facebook posts is comical. Sometimes it is the content that is funny, such as a post I recently read, “going to go H.A.M. after I eat this Arby’s sandwich”, but the humor is really in the illustration of the apathetic nature of our generation.