I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference
It’s a nice thought but almost as a rule we as human beings are inclined to say “fuck that, im following the guy in front of me” you see we all want to believe that we are different, that we lead not follow, that we make decisions for ourselves, and that we aren’t really scared shitless to be the person that stands out… but we are. Three examples from my life, take them for what they are.
In grade school a certain “cool” kid began to don the sporting related apparel of a newly formed baseball club known as the “Colorado Rockies” their logo has gone through many iterations since that day but at the time it consisted mostly of the colors purple and white and the teams name set against the image of the Colorado Mountains. Truth be told it was an abomination… it flew in the face of everything we kids knew to be cool at the time, for Gods sake Barney was purple even the most retarded kid new wearing that color would mean being social ostracized, and yet there he stood before us. Maybe he was a true fan or maybe he was a brilliant young trendsetter… maybe he was just gay and trying to put the word out, his motives remain unknown all I know is what happened next. Everyone who was anyone starting working mom and dad for some Rockies related merchandise, sadly I was among them. I wore my Colorado Rockies baseball cap proudly until the trend slowly faded, during that time e never watched a single Rockies baseball game and I never learned a thing about the team. Maybe they were good team maybe they weren’t but that’s really pretty irrelevant because since I didn’t know a thing about them beyond the superficial basics I was just a fucking fanboy in a purple hat…
Sometime between me finishing high school and beginning college Apple got smart and started listening to Steve Jobs again this led to their success in the marketplace and their dominance over digital media with the birth of the I-Pod. Hipster commercials featuring dancing silhouettes and indie music grew their fan base and lured “the next generation” toward apple branded products.
They built a name for themselves with sturdy construction and innovative designs that left us ignoring the hefty price tag that they often came with. Suddenly the cool kid on campus was sporting an I-mac/power book/power mac/I power/pod mac style laptop and your old Toshiba left you with little more then a hefty case of penis envy… Now is Apple a good brand? Do they make good computers? Honestly that’s pretty irrelevant since 80% of their user base don’t know anything about the products or the company beyond the superficial basics their just a bunch of fucking fanboys in purple hats…
Fast forward to the blighted decade that many simply refer to as “The Bush/Cheney” Years still reeling from attacks on this country and what many consider an unnecessary war, a global recession and a housing crisis, a savior appeared in the form of anything that was George Bush or the GOP… in this case it took the form of Barrack Obama and the Democrat party. Now this post isn’t political regardless of how political it seems like it just got. What has happened is that the cool kids among us have started speaking out on their political views and suddenly the trendy cool thing is to be a Democrat. The intelligible thing is to be a Democrat. The star bellied Sneaches are all Democrats. And while yes there are a few people out there who have researched the issues and done enough soul searching to honestly claim that the Democrat party does represent them the best and is their party (and I respect you for having done that)… The rest of you are all just a bunch of fucking fanboys in purple hats…
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