Social view

I was talking to my friend about nerds, geeks etc during dinner today and it stuck me about society's view on people. Very often, people are classified into different categories. People who are "cool", people who are "smart" people who are "nerds". Truly this classification is partially wrong, its society's view of the select few and not to mention its very personalized view of the group.

An easy start is of coure people who are smart. Very often the people who are truly smart are those who are getting average marks in their exams like *cough* me *cough*...
Anyways, the important thing to note is that the people who are scoring well are usually the people who are hardworking and willing to go the extra mile for a subject. They are in no means "smart" though they may truly be smart but a more accurate term to describe them is: Hardworking or Workaholics. The reason why they are termed "smart" is because of the mass (including me) are lazy. We score an average or bad mark and blame it on them being smart and we being stupid. This is a lousy excuse to be honest but it works on parents somehow. I think in their generation maybe smart people really scored well whereas the dumb people did badly, which is a total opposite from this generation with exceptions of course.

P.S. if your a workaholic, u may need professional help. Contact me. I'll put ur addiction to use by helping me out with asssignments.

Anyways, i often get irritated by people who term others as "no life". Why would anyone in their right mind or rather why would anyone who are sensible want to say that. For example, imagine a "cool" ah beng that likes to club, chase people out of karaoke with their self-believed sensational singing and drinking meeting a "no life" gamer. First thing, the ah beng might think is "hell heck, i'm never going to play/touch those computer games man, bunch of no lifes". The reason why people term "no lifes" no life is not because they have no life but because they do not want to do the same activities as them. In fact, its because they detest those activities. Very often, i hear society calling gamers, people who go to church, people who stick at home all the time as no lifes. Now, i'll like to admit i'm associated with the first two but that does not make me someone with no life. Well thats what i believe at least. (Scroll your mouse to the top right corner of the screen and press the red X if you think i am. thanks)

To be honest, i've been called nerd/geek before so it doesn't really bother me. But in my defence is hanging out with friends drinking "having life"? In my view, people who are drinking every weekend or maybe even weekdays are people with no life. Quite the contrary of most people's view.
If u think about it:
1) Meet up with friend/s
2) drink and do stupid stuff
3) sleep and get up next day with a hangover
4) repeat the process

How is that having life? Comparing to perhaps a gamer, thats even worse. At least a gamer wont have any problems the next day and can have a productive day. Hence i've made my point. People should stop calling others such terms unless they can truly prove that they are people with "life". It what you call, Pot calling the kettle black. I think the people who are with no life can only be found in the cemetry, if you see someone who is with no life and moving, i sincerly advice you to contact a psychologist or Ghost Busters.