Jorge+C’s+Final+AmEx+Speech+2016

=**//__I want you to be an idiot__//**=
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I found myself the other night watching the movie jackass over at my friends house. It was a blast, for them but not me. I did not understand why such men would ridicule themselves for entertainment and why so many people watched such programs to get a good laugh at it, I didn't even think it was that funny. They watched and laughed while I sat in disgust thinking to myself "hmm, Jorge are you the only human with a brain watching this movie? Am I friends with a bunch of fools or what's the the big idea..", I don't know. Days passed by and again I found myself watching tv, only this time I was watching South Park, one of my favorites. As I sat there I again thought to myself, "Hmm Jorge? Why do you think jackass is stupid and while this is comedy gold" and at that moment I realized I was an idiot, but I also realized that my friends were also idiots, but at that same time I also realized we were all a bunch of idiots at heart. That's right, I was just the same as my friends whom I was criticizing, but the truth is, who are we to judge people for showing that side of them? and why do we make fun of people who act this way all the time. Everyone's an idiot, so why don't we start acting like it proudly.

I personally love being an idiot, Why do People think I play football? Not because I get off at being yelled at, but because it lets me feel comfortable around other guys acting like apes, I'm not gonna lie many of them are complete boneheads, but that doesn't matter as the locker room is basically a talent show to see who the biggest idiot is. As I walk into this locker room full of guys joking around, I feel myself lose a couple of brain cells and the moronic gene in me switches on as I participate in the dumbest games created. My favorite event, probably the winning one, consisted of teammate yelling hitting position, which is our football stance, to where all the guys in the locker room would sound off to, and then saying "quarter eagle Friday's, ready begin" and at this point everyone's butt naked, shaking their body as if we were having a seizure letting everything hang loose. This happens after every game. There is an enormous uproar in the locker room every time this activity is conducted and let me tell you it's a lot more fun then acting serious. And, also a tradition. Or who could forget the time we created a slip and slide at the Rio Mesa high school shower room, it was an extremely long hall with showers on the walls so naturally we could not resist the urge to slide down this nasty shower floor on our bare bottoms competing to see who slid the farthest and fastest, and let me just say, this kills a lot of time, is extremely fun, but disgusting. Critical thinking and meaningful conversations? Smh, I don't think so. If you can't act like an idiot, you can't truly be yourself because your brain is composed to look for comfort and you are at your best when you don't care who is watching. So look for that comfortable space where you can be yourself. I love football because it lets me feel comfortable enough to join in on the fun, although not very hard for me to do, but there are no limits.

In the America I want to grow old in, I want to see idiots doing dumb stuff because I know they are having fun and and being themselves. In a world where every person acted snobbish and "normal", it would be the most dull place to ever live in, a place full of fake people, and in that case I would much rather want to be put out of my misery. Why do you think Donald Trump has so many supporters, he entertains his audience because he acts like an idiot, controversial or plain stupid he makes you want to listen while others put you to sleep. Critical thinking may get you that job at the top, but ask yourself this, where are you the most comfortable, around a bunch of genius, having to watch your every move making sure you give off a good impression, or around your friends, doing stupid stuff where you can't go wrong. Now, I'm not saying go out there and get yourself arrested or act so idiotic that you start to question yourself, but I am saying to go out be yourself and have fun. Also, you have to know when to be an idiot, in some places it is inappropriate to act this way such as at a funeral, at church, or in class, nobody wants you there if you're going to act like a dumbass, but outside of those place, by all means everything goes.

So go ahead and watch your jackass and go ahead and watch your South Park and all them shows, but don't you dare hide the fact that they are " funny" because they are! You are the problem if you think otherwise and besides, they give you great life lessons that you can use to rationalize in the future, maybe it's a good idea to jump into a pool of sewage or maybe not, if Kiowa could have seen jackass beforehand, he could have lived, right. And it's funny because that book was fiction as mentioned numerous times. So to close up, don't judge people who act stupid because you're pretty stupid too in your own stupid special way. And if you think a genius has more fun than an idiot, then you are wrong. In the America I want to live in, I just want people to be themselves and love each other in this nation full of questionable people.

Thank you for your time.


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This Brain