Get real...

There is nothing more aggravating than hypocrisy. The amount of people you meet every day that are willing to spend every minute of their life preaching to you about morals and what is expected of a young adult (whether this is offering your seat on the bus even if there are many others available or the necessity of spending a Friday night drunk, high or having wild sex.) Of course, all these ridiculous rules, rituals and ways of behaviour do not include them. The holier-than-thou attitude is spreading across the nation like a disease, leaving us – people who try to stay true to themselves – dreading to make our opinions and views known to the rest of community. 
 

An even worse kind of a hypocrite is the one who claims to hate two-facedness. You know the ones who will never fail to inform you how much sincerity means to them. Bullshit! These self-righteous bastards could not be sincere to save lives. While self-hatred would be absolutely justified, hypocrites tend to do exactly the opposite! For example, haven’t you heard them saying how they are “beautiful the way they are” and “their own person” or even better: “unique and proud of it”? 
 

Quite honestly this is ridiculous. And sickening. The so-called distinctive style comes from fashion magazines, stores’ newest collections and of course – internet. There is nothing “unique” in the way they dress, act or speak. Hypocrites represent the fraction of society that will happily spend their life pretending they are someone they’re not. And whilst remaining just a manufactured copy of latest trends, in between updating their Facebook statuses and spending fortune on vintage clothing in an illogical effort to look effortless – they will do their very best to make you believe that this is really who they are.

Sometimes, I actually feel sorry for them. Or to be more accurate, I would’ve felt sorry if not the constant stream of worthless moaning about being misunderstood and isolated due to their originality. Originality, my ass. Whether their lifestyle is influenced by personal issues or problems with low-self esteem I do not know, however I think that all of them need a loud wakeup call from the nation to realize how much people like us detest their pitiable actions. It is extremely hard to determine if their ways are subconscious or unnaturally enforced. To ensure you, if you are guilty of any of the accusations above – in reality there is not much of a hypocrite in you. But if you are certain that you could never, under any circumstances commit such a cardinal sin – I think I have some bad news...

A rant-type column, printed in The Big Yellow Box university students magazine in Peterborough