Thursday, August 11, 2011

We are the bleh-generation!!

What does "Bleh!" means?, asked my mother.
Have a look on Urban Dictionary mummy, it says:
Bleh = State of mind usually caused by boredom or an annoying situation that doesn't really causes any heavy emotional reactions.
Then, further down, on the same page, it says it now exists a new movement called the bleh-generation

... Sweet!! Bleh-generation... I like this idea!!
So technically, the bleh-generation is a state of mind. When you say 'Bleh!', it expresses an intense frustration, the fact that life is not easily livable, that you don't expect anything more from this world. Though, it can't be connected to the 'no future' movement, and either to any punk or goth movement, etc. The bleh-generation is someting unique, something that truly goes to the essence of the emotional base of today's society.
Saying 'Bleh!' doesn't mean you reject this world, actually bleh-poeple don't reject anything. We just don't care about anything anymore! But on the other side, we're not dead yet... So we're just waiting for something better to happen. But we're not going to make it happen, why the fuck should we make it happen? It just has to happen by itself! Et puis quoi encore! On a autre chose à foutre, non mais!
In fact, now that I'm thinking about it, I think I've adopted this bleh-attitude few years ago already... without even knowing it! In fact, I've always been feeling it, but now I've got a name for it: 'Bleh!'
And I'm sure some of you will identify yourself as part of the bleh-generation too...
Now you will ask me what's the link with this blog... Keep reading, I'm coming to it...

Nowadays, the world is a massive chaotic place. Exhaustion, frustration, self-absorption... none of us wants to spend any energy in trying in vain to make this fucking world better! We're just gonna get more and more lazy and unable to fight for our rights!

An exemple:
My reaction when I logged on my favourite social network last Monday evening; All friends were posting stuff about the stupid riots in London. And I was laughing and laughing reading what they were thinking. I mean, really, did everyone need to comment what was happening so much... at the end, I found myself taking part to this "conversation" too, to balance it and dedramatize ;-)
There was no need to spend so much attention to these looters. Was just few people having an anti-social behaviour and in the actual society, I perfectly understand it can happen!
As english people are used to tell: there's worth happening in the sea! Chineese people keep fighting to obtain liberty of speech (worth!); aids is still killing 8% of all people living in sub-saharian Africa (worth!); a tsunami menacing north Korea (woth!); there's still not a drop of rain falling on Somalia and they keep dying of starvation in there! (MUCH worth!!!)... But I haven't seen any of my dear friends posting anything about the kids dying in Somalia. Why?... Seems they all felt more concerned with the ridiculous rioters. Seems it's more difficult to keep ignoring the shit when it knocks at yr door...
I feel a bit disgusted to be honest and I now better than never understand what Brigitte Fontaine was meaning when she wrote Je suis inadaptée (I'm inadapted). That's how I feel more and more, I'm inadapted to this world. I don't wanna take part to anything in this world, even if it's what you call a rebelion, revolution, insurection or whatever. I'm not made for this world and I'm glad I'm not. I'll just keep not giving a rat's arse to whatever happens, just saying: BLEH!, Anyway..., no matter!, whatever...
Do like me, don't give a shit! Say BLEHHHHHH! Just say "bleh!" and listen to more and more music... :-)




Brigitte Fontaine - Je suis inadaptée (1968)