>>9595807
this feels like an /fk/ thread

But insecurity mostly. They're cool to show dominance and whatever the fuck else they care about. But insecurity is the prodominant factor. Basically, they have no personality, or are afraid to show it. Thus they do what everyone else is doing.

becuase you're still in high school

>>9595839
theres no /fk/

>>9595848
>>>/fk/
There you go pee pee head

mother of god...there is an /fk/

Its called a "pecking order." Most social species have one.

>>9595848

Oh, but there is...

>>9595868
What in the world is it doing there and why can't I post? I have bully stories!

>>9595807
Because you're uncool. Look, being cool isn't even especially hard, it just takes a little effort. If you can't even make that little bit of effort, then what does that say about you as a person?

>>9595906
Just don't go out of your way to be weird is my philosophy.

>>9595906
Maybe it says I wasn't lucky enough to have the same advantages. Maybe my parents died and left me to an abusive uncle, and I have to spend all my time studying and working just for a chance to turn my life around.

Being cool is so easy right, just hit the skatepark every day before you come home to mommy who make you spaghetti and printed out some college applications.


The unfairness of life isn't even what makes me angry, it's how this society assumes everyone is on equal footing, and earns everything on merit, and judges people as losers so quickly. But society is not fair like that at all. It's a lie, man.

>>9596037
PROTIP: Being cool has nothing to do with you as a person. Get an iPod, stay up on the latest music of whatever scene you're trying to run with, and dress the part. After that, as long as you're not a completely antisocial fuck, people should assume that you're cool.

>>9596037
cont...

anyone below ~22, most of how they can act and what they have and do is given to them by their parents. highschool is an aristocracy. those with a little money and free time will be far more likely to be 'cool' than those who go home to hell every day.
your 18 year old boyfriend with the skateboard and car? you're dating his parents. that guy who rides his bike to school and seems to worry too much? he works far harder for much less, and you judge him a loser, because this society tells you that everyone earns everything in their life. stop lying to yourselves and just admit youre shallow, cruel, smug, ignorant, and selfish people living in a fantasy world, and you hate anyone with less advantages than you because its a buzzkill.

>>9596141
You're right. But that won't change anything. Just go with the flow, be who you are. Pecking orders ain't worth shit if nobody's paying any attention to them. Be that person who doesn't give a shit about it, and things will follow.

Because it is a show of dominance. Cool kids are mean because they must keep the system of social stratification in tact. This is similar to why the Protestants march in Catholic areas.

http://www.ted.com/talks/alain_de_botton_a_kinder_gentler_philosophy_of_success.html

"Modern society is not a meritocracy, but we judge people as if it was."

People are just as cruel as reality.

OP, it's because of power and privilege. Cool kids are considered cool because they are wealthy or belong to parents that are powerful in society. Most school bullies are very popular in school because they are connected with sports or with people with power in society.