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Description HOW TO SUCCEED AT BEING A NORMAL TEENAGER:
(In 15 easy steps!)

1. The first step in becoming a normal, bland, and spineless individual is very simple. Never think. About anything. Ever. If you have a thought, let it go. Let someone else think for you. Thinking is hard. Let someone else do it. Save your little conformist brain cells for something less difficult.

2. Now let's talk about music. You like unique music? Not anymore! You get to listen to the same generic, repetitive sound that everyone else does. You know, that one beat over and over with the words "Yeah", "baby" and "ooh" being repeated. Lucky you!

3. To be normal, you've gotta dress normal. If you're a girl, that means you wear leggings as pants and cut up your t-shirts so they just barely cover your chest. Uggs are a must, for any time of the year, including midsummer. If you're a guy, you wear the hem of your pants on the back of your knees. Overly violent band t-shirts for bands that you only know one song for is highly recommended. Jerseys and shorts are the number one choice for extremely cold weather.

4. Now that you're dressed like the little snowflake you are, it's time to talk about relationships with your parents! The next time they ask you to perform a non time-consuming chore or a small favour, be sure to throw a complete tantrum in the kitchen. Tell them how much you hate them and how they don't accept your individuality, as they can see by your intuition in fashion. Be sure to include that they don't love you and that they wish you were never born. Follow this by running to your room and slamming your door off its hinges. If they attempt to speak to you at any time after this, lay face down on your bed and scream at them through your pillow. Scream about how no one loves you and let your excessive eye makeup run down your face, too.

5. To ensure that you're everyone's favourite person in the morning, don't ever sleep. It's recommended that you should stay up all night on Facebook chat, having the exact same conversation with nine different people. It should be going something like this:

YOU: hey
"FRIEND": hi
YOU: wassup
"FRIEND": nm, u
YOU: nm
"FRIEND": im bored
YOU: same
"FRIEND": wat r u doin
YOU: nothing u
"FRIEND": nothing
YOU: lol
"FRIEND": lol

…And should continue this way until the wee hours in the morning. During this time, no homework should be done, and only caffeine and sugar filled foods should be consumed.

6. If someone offers you an alcoholic drink, TAKE IT. CHUG IT DOWN. YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO LOOK LIKE A LOSER WHO DOESN'T DRINK. YOUR LIFE DEPENDS ON IT. DRINK IT. DRINK IIIIIIIIIIT.

7. Speaking of your amazing friends that are so nice to you and you to them, you must remain in contact with them at all times. They have to know everything that's happening in your life, just like you need to know theirs. Every time you start and finish a meal, update your Facebook status. Each time you borrow your mom's car to drive to someone's house to do nothing but sit on their couch for three hours, you should tweet when you left, while you drive there, when you get there, while you're there, when you leave, on your way home, and when you get home. Your phone must be in your hand, or within five inches of it at all times. You can't afford to not have it. What if you miss an important tweet? Your friend could be eating a cheeseburger and you won't know about it! YOU NEED THAT PHONE. Treat it like your child. No, treat it BETTER than your child, which you'll likely have in the next two years.
**Important Note: Don't forget to do it while you drive!

8. Go beat up/ridicule a gay kid. Even a kid you think is gay and really isn't. Assume that every guy in the school play and any girl not dressing like a slut is gay.

9. You must use these words/phrases a minimum of five times per minute:
- 'Like'
- 'Um' or 'Uh'
- 'Ohmigod'
- 'Literally'
- 'Legit'
- 'I know, right?!'
- 'Dude'
- A swear of some kind
- 'THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID!'
- A misinterpretation of the word 'Irony'
(And for those familiar with internet vernacular)
- 'Derp' and/or 'Herp'
- 'Fail'
- 'FFFFFFUUUUUU'
- 'ASDFASDFASDFASDFASDF'
- 'WHAT IS THIS I DON'T EVEN'
- Sentences that begin with 'Y U NO'
- 'UR GAY'
- 'FIRST!'

10. No matter how pretty, thin, and beautiful your outward appearance is, you must always dismiss yourself as "ugly", "disgusting", "hideous", etc.

11. Interpret EVERYTHING you see and hear as sexual.

12. You should ALWAYS expect sympathy from others no matter WHAT you do. Expect that your friends will cry and hug you when you tell them about that tragic weekend your mom took your phone away, ALL because you were caught driving drunk and having sex.

13. The only words you read should come from a TV, a computer screen, or your phone. Reading is for losers who don't have friends to text.

14. If you are doing poorly in any class, expect that the teacher secretly hates you. They really, really hate you. Even though you're doing awesome in that class, they give you bad grades because they are secretly trying to destroy you, and keep from you getting into the party school you want to go too, even though mommy and daddy will buy your way in there anyway. It's NEVER your fault. That teacher WANTS to see you crash and burn. Don't forget to say that to their face and to complain to all of your friends!

15. What's that? SOMEONE IS ACTING DIFFERENTLY FROM YOU! They are assaulting your individuality with individuality of their own! They don't listen to the music you do! They're a girl, and you can't even see their bra straps! How can she hope to be respected when she's not even a d-cup?! They're a guy and you can't even see their boxers! The smell of Axe body spray isn't activating your gag reflex! You know what you must do? ATTACK! DON'T LET THEM GET AWAY! How dare they act more intelligent and insightful than you, even though they are! DESTROY THEM PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY! What's this?! THEY'RE GAY TOO? NO! THAT GOES AGAINST THE RELIGION YOU SAY YOU FOLLOW BUT REALLY DON'T! NOOOOOOO!*explode*


CONGRATULATIONS, YOU ARE NOW A COMPLETELY NORMAL TEEN.

Go cry now.
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Comments: 5399

Twilightroxlover In reply to ??? [2012-01-01 01:24:05 +0000 UTC]

this is really funny. thanks.

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gnosts In reply to ??? [2011-12-30 08:04:43 +0000 UTC]

I actually found this pretty humorous.

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JA-Riv In reply to ??? [2011-12-30 01:16:41 +0000 UTC]

For numero 9, you forgot "UR MOM".

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boo-boo8 In reply to ??? [2011-12-28 20:52:01 +0000 UTC]

that's just like everyone else in my school.

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rockPolotics In reply to ??? [2011-12-28 02:14:33 +0000 UTC]

hmm, should i be a jackass and rage on this (like you said we shouldn't in the comments)? should i be the exact teen you portrayed in your works and blindly comment on this (OMG that was soooooo funny)? should i wear my pants so low that it matches with my self-esteem? meh, i'll constructively criticize for a change.

it wasn't bad, i mean i felt like it's been done, but wasn't bad. although it felt like you started breaking down towards the end, it got a bit crazy, a lot less witty sarcasm and all that good stuff and more just completely raging about teens. you also contradict yourself a few times within the rules, but i guess a teen's life is a contradiction in itself.

all in all though, i didn't really like it, but not because it was bad (out of 10, 7-8), but just because i don't believe in the word "normal".
don't take it personally, i mean *ahem* lol.

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Mkidkap123 In reply to ??? [2011-12-27 20:12:50 +0000 UTC]

DAMN IT IVE BEEN DOING IT ALL WRONG for the past 5 years... hmm well my last 2 i should get it right!.... Fuck tolerence and maturity where has that gotten me. with friends and a respect from teachers... BLAH who need THAT.. AND INDIVIDUALITY HAHAHA blend in you get noticed that way a an artist and a PERSON...

lol OH teens these days

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likemywheels In reply to ??? [2011-12-27 06:47:26 +0000 UTC]

WAHAHAHA~!

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Las--Plagas In reply to ??? [2011-12-25 19:34:12 +0000 UTC]

I'm glad I understood the sarcasm in this.

My friends online always use "u","r","lolz" etc etc and it drives me insane. I even TOLD that to my friends and they continues anyway. e_e One of their excuses was "the internet was meant to make words shorter". LOLWAT?

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nekoninja3001 In reply to ??? [2011-12-24 09:45:37 +0000 UTC]

Not sure if ive commented on this before. But, if not. I LOVE YOU!!! this is the truest bit of writing ive ever seen. And man people are really going off on this. And ill tell you ive seen HORRRIBLLYY long comments on this. pretty pathetic. THIS IS GREAT!! KEEP IT UP!! youre awesome. and screw everyone who thinks otherwise Lol.

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Authorgirl2 In reply to ??? [2011-12-24 08:27:16 +0000 UTC]

This is genius. I'm barely a teenager, and I think these years are going to be interesting... Thanks for the heads-up.

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SketchyRabbit In reply to Authorgirl2 [2011-12-25 02:22:27 +0000 UTC]

Oh, yes they are. Brace yourself, child.

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mooyacow In reply to ??? [2011-12-23 23:57:21 +0000 UTC]

I can't tell you how much I love this and how guilty I am of some of these things (but thank goodness only a few). This made my day. Like everyone else, this describes the majority of my school population and I'm so glad that I haven't completely conformed to society.

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BleedxRose In reply to ??? [2011-12-23 05:46:04 +0000 UTC]

I have a few bits of normalcy... Shit.

And here I thought I was as odd as they come! I do love my sugary drinks and I tend to sulk quite a bit. But I bing on the weird scale for everything else

Phew!

Haha in all seriousness I like it, I think it paints a very true portrayal of the average American Teenager, this is what happens when real art is taken from schools!

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HPbloodWolves In reply to ??? [2011-12-21 15:09:55 +0000 UTC]

I'm half normal half strange

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Jak-little-sister In reply to ??? [2011-12-21 02:17:45 +0000 UTC]

Oh thank god I'm not normal!

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pisceswitch In reply to ??? [2011-12-21 00:42:20 +0000 UTC]

Nice, I like the way you wrote this.

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mini-smiley In reply to ??? [2011-12-20 20:54:56 +0000 UTC]

you just described like 98% of my school population. i congratulate you for that. cool, man. XD

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AceCartoonFreak In reply to ??? [2011-12-20 19:55:26 +0000 UTC]

This amazes me. You have described 95% of my school population.

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defening-silence In reply to ??? [2011-12-19 11:29:32 +0000 UTC]

Hokay there are more then one hundred pages of comments holey shit. I'd just like to say that I do like this because even though it is a bit exaggerated this pretty much describes the typical teenager. 'Typical' would probably also be a better suiting word then 'normal' for teenagers. Although I did find this a little funny.

I'd also like to re post something around page two I found amusing...
' "I think you mean..."
I didn't. '

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blu100 In reply to ??? [2011-12-19 04:44:07 +0000 UTC]

lol, lucky for me I'd hate to be normal ^_^

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KatieLuvv23 In reply to ??? [2011-12-19 00:30:42 +0000 UTC]

Awesome and hysterical, coming from a teenager

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AgentSoz In reply to ??? [2011-12-19 00:00:59 +0000 UTC]

I was giggling through the whole thing. I'm guilty for, like, literally some of it. Like, legit. Epic FAIL. That's what she said.

Great job, though.

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SVBLE In reply to ??? [2011-12-18 22:32:38 +0000 UTC]

Wow, you couldn't be more right.

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JARM13 In reply to ??? [2011-12-18 00:28:53 +0000 UTC]

Funny , funny , funny . If someone is offended by this they really need to look closely at themselves and ask WHY it bothers them ?

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Seraphic42Creed In reply to ??? [2011-12-17 20:39:36 +0000 UTC]

im so glad sombody did this...

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Seraphic42Creed In reply to Seraphic42Creed [2011-12-17 20:48:14 +0000 UTC]

not just the writing... look at all those arguments...

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Meeko-Meeko In reply to ??? [2011-12-17 20:32:39 +0000 UTC]

Awesome!

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KeeganTheAwesome In reply to ??? [2011-12-17 05:23:12 +0000 UTC]

The best part of the entire 'guide':

"What's this?! THEY'RE GAY TOO? NO! THAT GOES AGAINST THE RELIGION YOU SAY YOU FOLLOW BUT REALLY DON'T! NOOOOOOO!*explode*"

P.S. I'm a teenager, and even I'm ashamed to be sharing this world with the latest generation, too.

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ais5174 In reply to ??? [2011-12-17 00:53:36 +0000 UTC]

That is an impeccable depiction of awfulness.

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GoldenGirl954 [2011-12-15 22:20:51 +0000 UTC]

Man, this protrays the sterotipical teenagers really well
Worst thing is that there are people out there like this

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belbelkitty In reply to ??? [2011-12-15 01:51:35 +0000 UTC]

hahaahaha wow this made me laugh. I can not begin to discribe the feeling of my brain cells slowly dieing each time one of the "normal teenagers" start off a sentence with "like" "ohmigod" "um" or go on and on talking about "how totally cute justin bieber is!" but I love this,I'm going to strive to be the most abnormal teenager ever!

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AgentSoz In reply to belbelkitty [2011-12-19 00:02:32 +0000 UTC]

I'm guilty to the verbal tic of "like" (gaaahhhhh) but I COMPLETELY agree.

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Forinsyther In reply to belbelkitty [2011-12-17 19:53:57 +0000 UTC]

you and me both X3

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Perocore In reply to ??? [2011-12-14 23:29:31 +0000 UTC]

The perfect description of a modern day teenager, you know, the "popular" kids. Oh how I love sarcasm, the heavier the better <3

Haha, you forgot to mention that, to be a normal teen, you must be terrified of anything with more than four legs, even if it's less than 1/20 of your size.

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burning-watermelon In reply to ??? [2011-12-13 23:26:21 +0000 UTC]

Thank you for describing my school. It's nice that other people have this too.

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isoare In reply to ??? [2011-12-13 04:30:52 +0000 UTC]

ahahhahahahaaha gosh this is so true XD

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seever123 In reply to ??? [2011-12-12 17:07:14 +0000 UTC]

ok i liked it but STOP SAYING (reading is for loosers) OK

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pvtpyro In reply to ??? [2011-12-12 13:29:37 +0000 UTC]

So I'm pushing 30 and this is still true. I absolutely love this.

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JARM13 In reply to pvtpyro [2011-12-18 00:36:07 +0000 UTC]

LOL ,no matter what age you are there were kids like this you went to school with . The stupid clothes that we wore or the sayings that were used and the hot musicans were different but the way the cool , rad ,........ kids acted was the same .And now they are a bunch of boring losers .

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NeonFinch In reply to ??? [2011-12-12 05:48:30 +0000 UTC]

Quite honestly, this makes me feel better about myself. (:
I use sarcasm all the time, and I can relate to this.
Being a band kid has taken it's toll reputation wise, but now I'm glad that I'm different, (but not better, guys, get a hold of yourself.) than people who match that criteria.

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NeonFinch In reply to ??? [2011-12-12 05:47:35 +0000 UTC]

Quite honestly, this makes me feel better about myself. (:
I use sarcasm all the time, and I can relate to this.
Being a band kid has taken it's toll reputation wise, but now I'm glad that I'm different, (but not better, guys, get a hold of yourself.) than people who match that criteria.

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Blackear24 In reply to ??? [2011-12-11 18:34:19 +0000 UTC]

Read the whole thing. Hung my head at 11.

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Zhouyufei In reply to ??? [2011-12-11 04:20:12 +0000 UTC]

I admit to raising my eyebrow at number 13. Hello, internet!

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XCherrypieX In reply to ??? [2011-12-10 23:49:11 +0000 UTC]

If you don't like this

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Mooch13000 In reply to ??? [2011-12-10 23:04:06 +0000 UTC]

This is exactly like this one girl in my school, every step 1-15 she is exactly like that. I LOVE BEING ME I LOVE NOT HAVING UGGS OR NAME BRAND CLOTHES! I LOVE BEING EXACTLY THE OPPOSITE OF THIS. ( except #11 I`m ashamed of that

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AbbyDebz101 In reply to ??? [2011-12-10 22:51:20 +0000 UTC]

YES.

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x-nini-x In reply to ??? [2011-12-09 16:38:51 +0000 UTC]

I love this though I guess according to it I am not very normal, but hey who likes being normal?

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verryrobust In reply to ??? [2011-12-08 04:04:15 +0000 UTC]

I remember reading this in the beginning of the year, it still applies to me nowXD

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Ai-No-Ongaku In reply to ??? [2011-12-06 20:26:34 +0000 UTC]

I feel really bad to say one of these relates to me. Number 11. It's not on purpose though.

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Nin-kaii In reply to ??? [2011-12-06 17:17:38 +0000 UTC]

Every one in my class... is this.
Me. only me. is normal.
Great job ^^ I realy love this.

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