Why do good friends mingle with mean people?

I was just hanging out with a friend of mine. He is alright. You can talk to him. His friends are really mean. They are all conservative; carol singing, greasy haired, white collar arseholes.

 

I have friends that are friends with people that are just horrible :l I'm not really sure why, I guess they don't see those people like I do. I have a good friend that's friends with all these girls that are just...Well, they were a lot better before, and I guess they just changed, and my friend doesn't want to accept that they changed...and just keeps changing herself, to be more like them. Which is frustrating.
I hope that makes sense, I'm so tired I can't even think!

Things like that confuse me :S

peace
jane

 

If people all just hung out with others who were like themselves, we would get very little food for thought, opposing opinions, or change in the world.

Diversity is life, life is diverse.

Sometimes other people can see different characteristics in people that you, because of your anti-conservative, anti-carol singing mindset, may not see.

You don't have to hang out with them, right? They aren't even your friends. Does your friend need to ask your approval of who he sees?

Even white-collar assholes can teach you something about yourself and life.

Don't be so judgemental.

 

I didnt know singing carols was considered mean

 

give them a joint

 

Very well said.

 

well in my experience mean people are funnier or more talented which makes them mean. But since theyre funny/talented people will hang out with them.

 

Whats wrong with conservatives? The people that claim the most open-mindedness are usually the mosr judgemental.

 

I'm not conservative and I dont sing carols, but I'm the mean friend and so are my friends. Your friend hangs out with them because they're awesome.

 

lol those fuckin carol singers

 

Unless he makes you hang out with them, let it rest.

But if he makes you go caroling... I can only hope you are merciful.

 

Those friends of his were some old adult choir. The greasy haired leader was showing off there talent in one of his business meetings. He’s also a business man.

 

you know, you really are extremely smart, especially for your age

 

OMG. Kill him.

 

i have friends like this too. minus the carolers. i talk to them just because they're there and i like to talk to people. thats why they are my friends, but i dont see being and asshole for no reason either i see them doing that to other people,when they do that i just kinda sneak away.hope this helps

peace man

 

LOL Don’t you think it’s a bit selfish to misuse a business meeting just to show off that you are the head of a choir?

 

^ no

 

I think that it's a lot worse to use a choir meeting to show that you are the head of a business.

 

No one ever said not being a conservitive meant being open minded.

 

There are new chapters of the Hell's Caroler's gang appearing all over the landscape. These ruffians stalk their prey- following them to abandoned warehouses, dark alleys or poorly lit parking lots, and corner them so that there's no hope of escape. They then post a lookout to ensure there's no witnesses, pin down their helpless victim and when he or she is completely immobilized they attack with song- sometimes harmonizing, sometimes singing show tunes.

They don't stop there. Often they assault their prey with entire concerts embellished with choreographed dance moves and if their sick and twisted game isn't horrifying enough, they bring out... you might want to sit down for this one... an orchestra!

The problem started just after World War II when young men, who had served multiple tours of duty came home and had not completely resensitized themselves to peaceful, music free civilian live formed the first roving gangs of choirs. They'd descend on an unsuspecting town and hang around on street corners belting out concertos, arias, and show tunes until the police were summoned to disperse them. James Dean starred in a movie romanticizing them- Rebel Without a Tune but all pretense of innocence was forever lost when an outlaw choir gang invaded a sleepy California town in July of 1947, forcing its residents to participate in a full production musical. Full page stories were plastered over the papers nationwide with photographs showing lurid displays of singing, dancing and there's rumored to have been a number of incidences of forced choreography and hapless townspeople being held down and forced to sing,"tra-la-la" over and over again until they lost their voices

Understandably, the country was outraged and the incident inspired many states to enact legislation severely restricting choir activities- setting a maximum number of people who could gather for the purpose of singing. A few went so far as to outlaw harmonized singing entirely. The era has gradually faded into lore but you can still find members of Hell's Carolers today- clad in their unmistakable leather robes adorned with the image of an eagle with a hymnal in its claws. The image can still strike fear with some folks old enough to remember. This outlaw gang is making a comeback.