There are a lot of things in the world that bewilder me, that don’t make sense to me, that leave me wondering why or how. Most of these things are menial, but lately, the actions of others have been perplexing me a great deal. Here are three recent happenings that I just don’t understand:

1. Why do people discuss current events and have no idea about any of the facts?

With all that has happened lately including the Dallas shooting, the Pulse nightclub attack, the political campaign, the Baton Rouge shooter, the Bastille Day attack in France, and the list honestly goes on and on. People go out running their mouths, talking about their opinions on whatever the event is and have no facts or reasoning to back it up. If you’re going to talk about a current event, be educated about it, that’s all that I ask. When I’m in a situation where I don’t really know what happened or have an educated opinion on the matter, I don’t say anything.

2. Why does my generation take pride in not caring?

So many of my peers don’t care about anything. In some of my classes this past year, many of my classmates just wouldn’t show up because they didn’t care. Even in classes where attendance mattered. So they had to repeat the class because they failed due to not showing up. Sometimes people say they don’t care because somehow caring became synonymous with being of the lesser. Like having feelings makes you uncool.

3. Why are people so f*cking judgemental?

Something that really blows my mind is the extent people will go to make it aware that they do not support the decisions of others. For example, why is that certain people feel the need to attack (verbally and physically) members of the LGBTQ+ community because they don’t support who they love? I just don’t understand homophobia. Something else that perplexes me is why there is a need to judge others’ bodies and what they do with them? Just because you don’t think someone looks good in a certain outfit or item of clothing doesn’t mean that they shouldn’t wear it. It’s your body, you can wear what you want. If you feel like you’re looking good in an outfit, then that’s all that matters. If you want to have sex with X amount of partners, who cares? Good for you. Slut shaming isn’t okay. Anyways, just because you don’t agree with something or condone the actions of someone else doesn’t mean you should make it known and pronounced. Why can’t you just keep your negative comments to yourself? I’m tired of hearing people say “Oh… she should not be wearing that.” or “OMG I can’t believe they’ve had sex with X people."