People are such flakes!!!

Why is everyone so flakey?

So, I know I'm only 20, but so far, nearly everyone I've met in my life has been a total flake. It might have to do with the fact that I spent most off my life growing up in Boulder, the land of the inconsistent hypocrites, but I think it reflects a greater problem with America's youth.

I can't even recall how many times I've made plans with a friend, reconfirmed those plans, and been shocked and horrified to find out that just minutes before those very plans were to be executed, there was some ridiculous reason those plans were now being cancelled. Maybe I hang out with a bunch of inconsistent douches, but the fact is, this is really not all that uncommon.

It's not like the things we plan are not fun things to do, but so frequently I find that stupid dumbasses that I considered friends would rather sit around and do nothing than do something fun.

For example, for years now I have attended NBA games at various arenas. I often invite my group of friends at the time to come along and attend the games for free, transportation included. Now most of you reading this probably understand that this is a fun thing to do. Why would cities build arenas that seat 20,000 people if this was something that sucked? Even for those not interested in sports, this can be a fun event, because it offers many opportunities to be cynical and make fun of other people at the game. Yet, for some reason, I frequently find that my lazy douche bag friends don't even want to put the effort forward to get their lard asses off the couch for this. This has grown increasingly perplexing to me.

First of all, I wonder why people don't want to do this. Aside from making me very insecure, I wonder if they cancel things on other friends, or if it's only me. Sadly, my research has shown that people my age are just inconsistent, flakey if you will, and cancel plans with everyone they interact with.

Other obviously fun events that have gotten cancelled due to this rare inconsistency virus are concerts, movie nights, dinner and lunch plans, and when I was younger, sleepovers and birthday parties. So what the fuck is wrong with people? Why is it that no one in my age group can be loyal and consistent in anything they do?

One theory is that they're selfish. Many top historians agree that my generation is one of self-centered, self-absorbed, wannabe individuals who don't realize that they do nothing but conform and buy into trendy marketing. While I believe much of this theory, I find it hard to believe that nearly everyone in my age group enjoys having their head up their own ass.

Another idea is that people my age are just very busy and important. After all, they all have cell phones to "stay connected" at all times. But this leaves one to wonder: if you're 17-years-old, just how busy and important can you be? Who could you possibly need to stay in touch with 24 hours a day? You're not a heart surgeon, you're not on call, you don' have any important business meetings you're attending. What the hell could you possibly be doing other than sleeping and watching TV in your spare time that you can't hang out with your friends? Clearly, this theory doesn't seem to fit.

I believe it's a combination of the theories. Young people are selfish dicks, that is a fact. And I believe that in their own minds, they are very busy and important. It's my theory that they need to feel busy at all times so they think they're cool. They think that canceling plans with friends all the time makes them appear important and cool and not like stupid douches, which they are in actuality. And on top of this bizarre display, they believe that canceling plans just minutes beforehand makes them seem extra important and cool. They don't realize that it is more mature and polite to cancel plans as soon as you discover that you can't do them. In the real world, if two people make plans for next week, and one of the people finds out that their boss is making them work late that day, or they have another plan of higher priority, they call the other party to cancel the day they find out. That is how they maintain friendships and refrain from just pissing people off.

People my age seem to think they can treat others like crap and it won't matter because if one friendships ends, others will come. They don't understand that it's important to be nice to your friends because if you'e a dick, people won't want to hang out with you. If you spend years and years being a total asshole to people you befriend, you will get a reputation of being a dick and people will avoid making friendships with you in the future.

So maybe, just maybe, people in my age group will learn to be considerate and consistent. The small group of non-douches and I would really appreciate it.