What's the deal with "preps"?

[Guest rttocs77]

Okay okay. My mom and dad both said that people used the 'p' word even back in like the 1800's when they were in high school. So therefore, it's not a fad.

[Semjaza]

It doesn't matter if the word has been in use for that long. Gay has been a word for who knows how long and it means something totally different now.

People have taken a word that described college prepatory styles and applied to to many other things. The idea of how a "preppy" person dresses follows current fads, basically... at least in the minds of people who deem other people as a preppy person. Then you have the countless people who use the word to describe people they simply don't like.

Original definitions mean next to nothing in this case.

[Guest rttocs77]

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Semjaza Azazel [/i]
[B]The idea of how a "preppy" person dresses follows current fads, basically... at least in the minds of people who deem other people as a preppy person. Then you have the countless people who use the word to describe people they simply don't like.
[/B][/QUOTE]

In that case it makes me right yet again. TN claimed 'prep' was a fad not necessarily a person that followed fads.

[Semjaza]

It could make anyone right, the way I worded it. What I said basically says that people use the word for any way they want to at this point, thus the reason why the definitions and original usages aren't important. "at least in the minds of people who deem other people as a preppy person" is the key thing there. I don't think that proves you any more right than him or anyone else, honestly.

People have just adopted that word for their own uses, based on my experience... which basically means I don't think anyone could give you a truly official meaning for it that could never be argued against. You'd have to ask each and every person here this question and see what they think it means and how they react to these people. Not everyone seems to have the same opinion on what it should be applied to.

[Boba Fett]

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Mitch [/i]
[B][size=1]P.R.E.P. stands for [b][u]P[/b][/u]repubescent [b][u]R[/b][/u]ectal [b][u]E[/b][/u]motionary [b][u]P[/b][/u]sychosis. It involves a feeble understanding of the implications contained from ununderstanding of free thinking and its implications.

These people are banalties which are self-serving anals. They simply fluctuate with whatever seems right, conformists to labels which have no reason to be stapled and given.

They are usually ignorant, and have an obssession with the anus. They like its beauty. They look at it, not knowing that it is actually putrid and ugly.

Not knowing that it's actually society.[/size] [/B][/QUOTE]

[COLOR=green]*claps insanely*

That's my take on this issue. Preps dont bother me, as long as they stay away...

Far away...[/COLOR]

[Guest rttocs77]

Maybe the way some of the people you call 'preps' deal with all their emotional problems is different from the way you deal with yours. They aren't just self-serving pricks; they have feelings to. That's pretty selfish if you think they are any different than you.

In fact, in a way it might show that they are more able to adapt to social settings than you are.

[BabyGirl]

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by rttocs77 [/i]
[B]In fact, in a way it might show that they are more able to adapt to social settings than you are. [/B][/QUOTE]

[color=deeppink]:rotflmao: Yes.

I think it's dumb that so many people [yes, many of you on these boards] are like, "OMG preps are TEH SUCKORS bcause they're stuck up! Har har har!"

In all reality, darlings, you're making your own exclusive group by labeling youself as anything else. You think that they hate you so you hate them...who's any different in that situation?

All it does it cause you angst.

Maybe you're just jealous because they're prettier than you, who knows.

[Yeah, that's harsh, but these discussions are so dumb. Get over your outcast selves.][/color]

[Dagger]

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by BabyGirl [/i]
[B][color=deeppink]Maybe you're just jealous because they're prettier than you, who knows.

[Yeah, that's harsh, but these discussions are so dumb. Get over your outcast selves.][/color] [/B][/QUOTE]

Ahahaha. BabyGirl, may I worship you? That definitely needed to be said, and you phrased it beautifully. ^_~

I attend a fairly exclusive private school, and I suppose that I might be classified as a prep. Do I really care what people call me? No. In the grand scheme of things, does it matter what you're labeled as during the span of your teenage years? Absolutely not.

~Dagger~

[Justin]

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by BabyGirl [/i]
[B][color=deeppink]:rotflmao: Yes.

I think it's dumb that so many people [yes, many of you on these boards] are like, "OMG preps are TEH SUCKORS bcause they're stuck up! Har har har!"

In all reality, darlings, you're making your own exclusive group by labeling youself as anything else. You think that they hate you so you hate them...who's any different in that situation?

All it does it cause you angst.

Maybe you're just jealous because they're prettier than you, who knows.

[Yeah, that's harsh, but these discussions are so dumb. Get over your outcast selves.][/color] [/B][/QUOTE]
[i]Ouch...[/i] You weren't kidding when you said you've been in a testy mood of late.

Though, admittedly, Jenna and I share the same opinion. Most of the people that label others as 'preps' do so because they consider themselves 'cast down' by those people. Please...you'd be surprised who can teach you lessons in being 'cast down'.

-Justin

[wiccansamurai]

Preps are nice to me.... I'm there pet... All joking aside, what's wrong with preps. In my school, it's not bad to be a prep. The girls may worry about how they look, but they also care about grades. It's far worse o be the "Not-yet-defined-with-a-stereotype-I'm-gonna-say" AKA, some girls and guys I don't like because they hate me for no reason other than my astounding bad looks and oddball attitude. I'm just rambling.... Do a lot of people really say they hate preps? Why do I miss all these insults? Preps not a bad thing....

[scrmngfangrl]

preps are the people that ask me "is that the korean lady that sings the kim possible song?" in a snoty"hahaha your a loser" voice when they see the pictures of shinya on my folder.

[Guest rttocs77]

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Dagger IX1 [/i]
[B]

I attend a fairly exclusive private school, and I suppose that I might be classified as a prep. ~Dagger~ [/B][/QUOTE]


Heh. I think most people at our school would be 'considered preps' by majority of the people in these forums. To put it as that 70's (or maybe 80's song): 'She works hard for the money.'

[Erika]

[SIZE=1][COLOR=purple]My view on preps? I'll keep it simple.

If they're gamers 24/7, then they're gonna have a hell of a time getting rid of me.[/COLOR][/SIZE]

[Drix D'Zanth]

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by rttocs77 [/i]
[B]Heh. I think most people at our school would be 'considered preps' by majority of the people in these forums. To put it as that 70's (or maybe 80's song): 'She works hard for the money.' [/B][/QUOTE]

rttocs, you are just elaborating what epid3mic, TN, and Babygirl have said in several earlier points. Bravo to TN, epid3mic, and babygirl for, once again, providing a reasonable opinion on the subject.

No one will ever define "prep". No one will ever define "punk". Everyone has their own personal definition of the two so, as Semjaza has identified earlier, there's no point in hating a group. It's sad how people like to generalize and stereotype in order to feel superior to another. Stereotypes are sometimes accurate, sometimes they are not. We just seem like a people too cought up in ourselves and the dramatic to take the time and patience to realize the individual.

If that didn't make sense. It's ok, it doesn't make sense to myself and is a pretty crude representation of what's trying to be put into coherent language.

I stray from the topic. Do I hate preps? No. Do I hate some people that may fit someone else's definition of prep? unfortunately sometimes I do hate people. Why would I hate them? Not because I'd be so idiotic to generalize them by their clothing, social status, or monitary value. Probably because of a more personal or individual thing.

[Brasil]

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Drix D'Zanth [/i]
[B]Do I hate preps? No. Do I hate some people that may fit someone else's definition of prep? unfortunately sometimes I do hate people. Why would I hate them? Not because I'd be so idiotic to generalize them by their clothing, social status, or monitary value. Probably because of a more personal or individual thing. [/B][/QUOTE]

I quote R. Lee Ermey from Full Metal Jacket:

(Naughty language follows)

[spoiler][quote]Because I am hard, you will not like me. But the more you hate me, the more you will learn. I am hard, but I am fair! There is no racial bigotry here! I do not look down on niggers, kikes, wops or greasers. Here you are all equally worthless![/quote][/spoiler]

As...mean as that passage sounds, it makes total sense. We should not discriminate or hate based upon superficial ideals and values. We should hate someone out of meaningful emotion.

If one despises preps simply because they "look different," then one becomes no better than the KKK.

If one despises preps simply because they "act different," then one becomes no better than the Nazi Regime.

I hate everyone equally. Well, no. I despise certain individuals out of purely individual and personal reasons. I couldn't care less what nationality someone is, or how they dress, or what kind of socioeconomic status they come from. If someone is acting like a little brat, or being falsely pretentious, or just acting in a manner unbecoming of a frigging human being, I will call them on it, and I will become their worst enemy.

We as a society [i]absolutely cannot[/i] tolerate hatred toward a group simply because that group is different from another.

I'm reading the Burlington County Times right now. I've got the Outlook section right here, front page. It's a full-page article about a teacher at a local high school who is currently teaching a class about historical values and pop culture. It's one of the best articles I've ever read.

At the top, there's a 4 panel image display of Frank Sinatra, David Cassidy, Kurt Cobain, and Britney Spears.

Now, yes, Spears pales in comparison to Cobain and Sinatra, and looks like a wax doll in the picture, lol, but to hate her simply because she's bubblegummer pop is ridiculous. To hate her simply because she has mindless droves of teenage girls screaming at her is lacking perspective.

Now, what is appropriate in despising Britney Spears? Disliking her because of her musical ability or lack thereof. Disliking her for inane and uninformed messages in her songs. Disliking her for how she degrades women by dressing in skimpy attire. That is a personal and/or individual reason for disliking someone. That is support material in a thesis.

And simply, there is no difference between hating Spears for superficial reasons and hating preps for superficial reasons.

And, come to think of it, hating preps for treating you like **** shouldn't bother anyone, because you need to realize that those preps--or anyone who treats others like ****, for that matter, is just immature and unknowledgeable about the world and how it works.

I was picked on constantly in high school, up until my Senior year when I showed people just how much I didn't care how far their heads were up their *****.

We have the power to control ourselves, and it's extremely difficult to nigh-impossible to change others. We are we, and they are they. Get that through your heads and you'll sleep better.

Some may accuse me of trying to change people here. The way I see it, I'm suggesting a change that will benefit the individual to cope more appropriately with stressful and/or negative situations.

I actually quote Death To Smoochy (which is a great comedy, I suggest you check it out):

[quote]You can't change the world, but you can make a dent.[/quote]

That "dent" starts with the individual.

[ChibiHorsewoman]

[color=violet]Thankfully, I've been out of high school for almost five years and out of college for three.
I don't really remember what a prep is or was or ever will be.
I attended a private Catholic school from preschool to my graduation day and we all wore the same uniform with the exception of the color of our shirts. So maybe that classifies me as a prep?
I think it's both stupid and narrow minded to hate someone based on a clique or what school they attended. If you do that why don't you just hate someone for what clothes they wear and what their sexual preference is? It's the same thing isn't it?
Putting people in boxes is what leads to missunderstandings and violence. It's counter productive.
When you get out of school, college and university included, you begin to broaden your horizons and not give a flying monkey's behind what the person looks like. Yes some immature people may still try to have cliquey work zones, but those are the sad people who thought of high school as their whole life and the rest of their co-workers greive for them accordingly.
That said, I think most 'preps' are like everyone else. Just a bit odder at times, but aren't we all?
LoVe AnD pEaCe![/color]

[Morpheus]

I classify a prep as:
Someone that will not talk/socialize/be in the same room with a person they think will make them look bad to the populace and make them lose all of their little shallow friends. For some reason the preps at my school aren't that bad around me. I wonder why, because I'm the only one that knows that I could beat their *** with a pole. probably because I could make them look smart, or at least not braindead.