Cool Hunters

I think that a lot of people would be able to relate to this article. I used to think that a lot of the things in my life were cool when really they weren't. Like for instance growing up with six brothers and sisters we always had to have what was hot and what everyone was wearing like shoes. If you had on the latest pairs of shoes then you were the coolest person I knew. We used to spend all of your time finding out what was hot and what everyone at school was wearing so we could get them and wear them them. If i knew what i knew now I would have never wasted my time. I couldn't believe that i wanted all of the same things that other people had just to look cool. But I do think that the converses in the story will never die. I understand why DeeDee used teen speech in the article to set herself apart from other people so that she could fit in with them. Everyone I know has tried to be "cool" or at least become apart of it somehow. I think that now that term is way overrated. Why cant everyone just be themselves and act and look they way they want to instead of trying to look like someone else. The way people see them selves trying to keep up has gotten a bit ridiculous.