So What

I think the definition of being young has changed from what it was when my parents were young into what it is now. The innocence has been lost, at least from what I can see. Today it seems like everyone my age just wants to indulge in text-book narcissism while maintaining a facade of not caring. Do we actually "not care" or "give no fucks" if we have to put it in a bio or description of ourselves? Obviously we can give a fuck enough to tell people we don't give a fuck. we give enough fucks to purposely type in all lowercases to try to pass off this false edginess.

Today's youth would think themselves part of the counter-culture misfits that once existed, but really we're just consumerist cogs whose coffee orders require more than 5 syllables; we give all the fucks that can be possible given, but we're too afraid to admit it. 

Reviewing these thoughts, I can amend my original statement. In youth we lack the focus of who we aspire to be and presents us the opportunities to contradict ourselves at any given moment. To be young hasn't changed from what my parents think it to be. To be young is to be confused about our identities, to be lost in the ambiguity that we inherit from life itself. I guess this vent was just written to express my inner frustrations and anger with people my age. I've always thought of myself more mentally prepared for life, as older than everyone else in ways. But I'm still angry and confused, so I guess I must still be young.