‘Why do you hang out with those bullies?’
‘Because they’re the cool kids!’
We may have left the playground but the cool kids weren’t going to leave their status behind. They formed cool kid adult clubs and infiltrated groups all around us.
Our desire to be part of the ‘cool kids’ seems to be deeply ingrained.
The pull of the cool kids potential approval is so powerful that we’re willing to turn a blind eye to their past evil deeds and find ourselves chomping at the bit to impress them.
I think it all stems from our love of status. Somehow this particular group was anointed cool kids, rulers of the school and we not only accepted their dominion over us but also coveted it.
We decided life would be better if we were part of the cool kids (ignoring any contradicting evidence in the process).
Thomas Duggan 