Nick+A’s+OpEd+Article



I'm scared. Scared and confused. I'm scared of so many painfully stupid people in the world. I'm confused because, where do they come from? If you're on the internet for any length of time and you're not doing something with purpose, you'll likely find yourself reading something that makes you lose a little faith in humanity. People saying that we should go to the sun during winter or at night so it won't be hot, "girls don't want a guy with personality, they want one with swag," and any number of things that will have anyone with an IQ of 45 or greater cry themselves to sleep. Not only are they woefully un-intelligent, they fight education. Nay, they think what have is better than an education, proclaiming "who needs grades when you have swag?" It's dumbfounding how utterly stupid people can be, and how many of them there are. But you probably don't know any of these people. I've never personally encountered one. So maybe you can write them off as made-up and nonexistent. But you can't. They exist. They're even at Foothill. I don't know where at Foothill, I don't know who they are. But I know they're there, lurking in the darkness, walking among us. "How do you know this," you may ask, "where's your evidence? Weren't you doubting their very existence a few sentences ago?" Yes, I was. The fact that you noticed that means you probably aren't one of them. That's good. My evidence, careful reader, is that the men's rooms on campus are so often closed. If that doesn't make any sense, just hear me out. If you are of the male gender and have ever had to use the lavatory while on the FTHS campus then there's a good chance that you've tried to relieve yourself only to find the restroom doors locked. If you are not of the male gender, then you now know that your male classmates are often locked out of the crapper. You probably have wondered, or are now wondering why this is. It's because of stupid people. Stupid people who find it entertaining to smear their own feces all over the walls of a public restroom. What the hell kind of moron does that? Why would any human being do that, let alone have the thought of doing such a thing even enter into their head? It's scary to think that people so magnificently awful exist. But they do, and they're closer than you think.