The Glory of Mediocrity (513 hits)
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Submitted by Alfa Veloce (View user info) at 2004-05-25 20:05:21 EDT
Just a note to the Uberites. I used to be RedCorvetteL88 but there was a weird glitch with my username so I signed up as Alfa_Veloce. This post is in regard to a post I called "Writer's block and the Mass Distraction of America" http://www.ubersite.com/m/33115.
One of my recent pieces was called mediocre. Now before you dismiss me as being bitter about being called ordinary hear me out. Wait, scratch that. I start almost all of my pieces with an appeal to you, the reader, (as if you didn't know who you were already) to keep reading and the lack of originality that this presents proves that I am just average. So forget what you just read.
I don't resent being regular, instead I relish it. I mean look at everything out there that is mediocre and yet successful. Toyota, 80% of American beer, Elizabeth Berkley's film career, the final episode of almost every major sitcom, and Dubya's GPA are all examples of things that have made gobs of money or amassed vast quantities of power while still being just average. And as we all know power and money are the nirvana we all seek because power lends security and money begets power.
In the next few lines is a 'no shit Sherlock' statement.
Even the crowning glory of the 20th century, the creation of the first true middle class in human history is built on being mediocre. The middle class, by nature is comprised of us regular Joes. We're not the most successful gaggle but we're scrappy and we provide the foundation for the wealth of the widely successful un-mediocre souls among us.
So I don't resent being called mediocre. Instead I relish it. Average is good. I could think of worse things to be; like a cave in Afghanistan for instance, or an inmate at Abu Ghraib. Besides if it wasn't for those of us who are average where would people who think themselves superior to others, get their justification for such thoughts?
I ran out of synonyms for mediocre at the start of the second paragraph so I'll leave you to leave your comments and ratings now.
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Submitted by SausageKing (user info) at 2004-05-26 03:20:28 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
I don't know man. I am smarter than Eistein and better looking than Brad Pitt, and I have to say it does kind of rule.
Submitted by Prosthetic_Forehead (user info) at 2004-05-25 20:28:29 EDT (#)
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"This post is in regard to a post I called "Writer's block and the Mass Distraction of America"
and how did this post relate to the writer's block post?
-pf
Submitted by corn_nugget (user info) at 2004-05-25 20:26:08 EDT (#)
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I love relish.
Good job at doing what you love, too.
Submitted by facehead (user info) at 2004-05-25 20:07:12 EDT (#)
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Hmm.... alright then?
Submitted by Alfa_Veloce (user info) at 2004-05-25 20:06:12 EDT (#)
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ok so its not humor...sorry about the miscategorization