Ever since I started college and grown to be a different person I slowly started drifting away from social circles. As I broke through the bubble of ignorance and opened my eyes to the ugly side of the world everything about me changed. I no longer wanted to talk about other people, celebrities, TV shows, sports etc.. I wanted to talk about bigger issues like political corruption, ongoing small wars, environment issues and what can be done about such issues. I find it disturbing that these issues interest only a few,and I find it to be a great failure on the nation and the world that we can be so passionate about mediocrity and so careless about the world. I don't regret becoming an outsider but it's down to where I'll mention statistics and historical facts and immediately the nerd jokes come out. At first I thought maybe I was being a buzz-kill but I noticed that it happens during serious conversations as well, even if I correct a person on something I'm met with unspoken disdain. I really don't care about the social repercussions or about how I'm viewed, I never had trouble finding friends, but I'm having the challenge of my life finding people with similar interests and concerns that it scares me how disconnected society is from important issues. Has anyone else experienced something similar, and if so, any advice for me?
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