Sunday, January 29, 2012

Local Jokey Syndrome: Do You have it??


 We’ve all seen it, interacted with someone who has it, or you might be the one walking around with a full-blown case of it right now. Either way, it’s spreading like juicy gossip between groups of drama queens who don’t actually have a life of their own.  Social networks have males and females sitting around acting like the 2012 Peggy Bundy.  Anyways, you’re probably thinking to yourself right about now “ I wish he would hurry up and get to the point” so I’m sorry for wasting your oh so important “Like Button” clicking time, Please forgive me.

What is a Local Joker? I don’t actually have a Webster definition of what it is but I’m pretty sure I can describe one to you. First of all a local joker usually does some sort of rap or hip hop music and is constantly using the term hater towards individuals when their music is critiqued not fond of their liking. They will only be making music because they look at it as a new hustle, and they lack the passion to actually sound relevant to more than their local area or regional counterparts. He or she will also think they’re the king or queen of their city or town without a creditable source giving them the title.  Their work ethic is usually sub par and they’re feeling themselves so much that they fail to realize that they may be the only one “actually” feeling them. Don’t forget to add the terrible Photoshop editing for flyers and webpages, I’m pretty sure there is many tutorials on YouTube that can more than likely give you an at least average look. Presentation is EVERYTHING, AT LEAST LOOK LIKE YOU’RE TRYING. They should of NEVER gave you people Photoshop (in my Dave Chappelle’s Rick James impersonation voice). So you’re probably like, “why would you not think highly of yourself?”  Well, no one said that you couldn’t have confidence in yourself, but c’mon man let’s be real. Can we please get a valid attempt?

I know I’m probably sounding like a dream killer right about now but some dreams shouldn’t be finished, kind of like the one where you’re falling but you wake up before you land. Who really wants to finish that dream? Everyone can’t do what they would like to do, if that was the case, we probably wouldn’t have any garbage men or fast food workers. No offense intended if this is your passion, but I’m just saying. So at what age should we start letting these local jokers know that you must work hard at your craft and make the correct connections to get what you want out of life? Children’s sports stop worrying about equal playing time at the middle school level because now skills play a part, and everyone doesn’t always land that great job straight out of college. So why not find a way to filter the local jokers out of the system before they mess it up for everyone else who actually has talent and are passionate about their career field of choice in that same geographically location?

It sucks that local joker syndrome will always exist and your small inner circle of friends and family will continue to condone it. Probably because no one actually knows when they’re a local joker, and humble people are hard to find like Waldo. When great things or people come out of certain areas, it opens doors for that area to provide more greatness. And a bad taste can mess up a meal for everyone. But, we all think that we’re great at what we do, or do we? Anyways, come here crab, if I don’t get out of this bucket, you never will either.

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