I want to become popular. - General

[QUOTE=Alternativ;26555665]lolno You must be a butthurt fagnerd who plays warhammer at school[/QUOTE] Warhammer is a excellent game so shut up.

[QUOTE=reardon_e12;26555736]Confidence isn't your thing? Make it your thing. You can adapt to being confident. Start with small things. Playing a sport could help you with the confidence, weight, and would bring in new friends. Who knows, you could be really good.[/QUOTE] Can you give me some tips on being more confident?

[QUOTE=FuckaNinja;26555613]also a girl told me i had a nice build and nice eyes so that blows your cute compliments away. i'm already winning.[/QUOTE] I got the nice guy & nice eyes compliment, I call the spot after this guy. Also, while I really don't have much advice to give on the subject, I wish you luck OP :buddy: But be careful what kind of popularity you get into. Don't become a tool.

[QUOTE=FuckaNinja;26555613]also a girl told me i had a nice build and nice eyes so that blows your cute compliments away. i'm already winning.[/QUOTE] Who the fuck says "You have a nice build"? But yeah, popularity is overrated. I like knowing that the girls talk to me, talk to me because they want to and not because I'm good looking (which I'm not)

[QUOTE=Nifae;26555711]Most public schools in this generation are giant popularity contests. Are your parents rich and buy you namebrand clothing and new 200$ shoes every day? You'll be popular and have all the women. Are you a lower class family working to get food to feed yourselves? You'll get picked on and probably become depressed as I have. It's been this way for quite some time, as always people with more influence will receive more friends than people who can't get them anywhere. Because of this, the people who have to work harder will most likely get more character development out of life than some faggot asshole who gets sent to Harvard after getting awful grades because his rich parents paid for it and kissed ass to the dean(s). I myself have witnessed the things aforementioned, as I notice these rich little kids (in the lower school) sporting their Hollister and Aeropostal when I am eating breakfast in the school, and I was discussing college with my rather intelligent friend and this foolish child comes up and says "You see dees clothes bish? I can get into wateva college I want cause I'm rich bish! I don't gotta work!" And immediately I felt the abyssal anger of hell welling inside of me, I grabbed my fork and jammed it into his trach- Well, no I didn't, but I sure wanted too. I simply ignored him and he left. Hopefully this will prevent you from turning yourself into some sort of bully/preppy rich kid in order to get farther in a school filled with favoritism. And don't listen to anyone telling you to change yourself to fit their ideaology of popular, just be yourself, as annoying and cliche as that sounds, it works sometimes.[/QUOTE] And one day when you have more money then them, or at the very least a better, healthier life, it will have all been worth it.

Be good-natured and not weird.

[QUOTE=Nekrietns;26555659]There's no need to be fightin' fit to become popular. You need but 1 thing, charisma.[/QUOTE] Indeed, just look at Hitler. (I thought it would automerge.) To add content to my failed automerge, I get nice grades and I'll have some scholarship offers and whatnot, so I'll laugh in the faces of these so called "popular" kids.

[QUOTE=Alternativ;26555665]lolno You must be a butthurt fagnerd who plays warhammer at school[/QUOTE] popularity is nothing.

Nothing makes you more popular then a school shooting, go for the high score.

Join the football team and proceed to be a total douchebag.

[QUOTE=Alternativ;26555665]lolno You must be a butthurt fagnerd who plays warhammer at school[/QUOTE] Yeah, because being a friendless dick after you get out of school makes popularity really great. Pro-tip, get real friends that will stick with you, and maybe you might learn some originality.

[QUOTE=mookman22;26555825]Join the football team and proceed to be a total douchebag.[/QUOTE] By killing them all.

[QUOTE=pieman26;26555777]popularity is nothing.[/QUOTE] Said like an outcast.

[QUOTE=MStat;26555758]Can you give me some tips on being more confident?[/QUOTE] Shop for cool trendy new clothes, chicks love straight hair. Overall girls love a well presented man and a good smelling one.

[QUOTE=pieman26;26555777]popularity is nothing.[/QUOTE] No, Having a good social reputation can make people a lot more successful than nerds who have no friends. Get a job at a grocery store, make one person a popular idiot and the other is some nerd with no friends or social skills. Guess who gets the job.

[QUOTE=MStat;26555657]Well, fuck being popular. i like my friends that i have right now. If anything, I do want to lose some weight, and be a bit better looking. also, confidence is not my thing.[/QUOTE] Good luck bro. If you continue working out/dieting and start looking better, you'll be more confident in yourself. But in all honesty I don't see this going past a couple of days. Prove me wrong.

[QUOTE=MStat;26555758]Can you give me some tips on being more confident?[/QUOTE] It is 100% a mindset. If you believe you can do things, you will have confidence in yourself, you will surprise yourself with what you can do. Start small. Start internally. Internally believe in your abilities in whatever and slowly work up. A good place to do this would be to try lifting weights or something. Lifting weights will show an improvement week by week, thus upping confidence. This improvement also puts you into better shape. You are 6'2". You have the frame to support a ton of muscle. Go up to a new group of people. Not the "in" crowd at your school, but just a new group. Talk to them. Do not act timid and shy. Act like you matter. But don't be an arrogant prick. There is a difference. Hang out with different people. You will be amazed at what common interests you may have. Just exude confidence. Believe in yourself. Try a sport. Try lifting weights. But never ever abandon your current group of friends. Also the Love Advice sub forum could probably offer you a ton of advice on confidence.

This is fucking stupid.

[QUOTE=Alternativ;26555849]No, Having a good social reputation can make people a lot more successful than nerds who have no friends. Get a job at a grocery store, make one person a popular idiot and the other is some nerd with no friends or social skills. Guess who gets the job.[/QUOTE] Would the stereotypical nerd with great grades get a job as low as a grocery store clerk? No, he'd get a good job....because he could.

Naturally, high school kids respect people who look good, who act like the "cool people" should, who hang out with other "cool" people, and do "cool" things. Like skateboard. And smoke. And pretend to like screamo and indie rock. And wear skinny jeans and shaggy hair. And bring their iTouches to school and brag about their $2,000 iMac. Okay I'm getting a little too specific... So yeah, my point is kids are shallow and it's really not hard to throw away all your dignity and unique character and just conform and become one of the crowd. Good luck!

[QUOTE=Pasalaqcua;26555628]The day you graduate high school you'll learn that being popular won't do jack shit for your future.[/QUOTE] Hahaha. It's all about connections in this society.

Yeah you know all these popular kids that I went to high school with...want to know what they did with their lives. Absolutely nothing. That popularity didn't get them a job, or outside work skills or anything that you can use in the real world. They ended up being pompous dicks that think everything should be handed to them because that is how they where treated in high school by teachers, fellow students and other staff. Being popular isn't going to get you anywhere in life, if you try and be that "popular" guy and be friends with everyone people will just walk all over you. Just stick to being you, don't change yourself for the people around you. It will only lead to bad things. As long as you're good , respectful, hard working person people will take notice and like you for what you are. Not for what you're trying to be. I would rather have 3-5 good friends that like me for who i am rather then dozens of friends who like me for the wrong reasons and at any given time would stab me in the back.

Pick up a goddamn hobby!

[QUOTE=Nifae;26555879]Would the stereotypical nerd with great grades get a job as low as a grocery store clerk? No, he'd get a good job....because he could.[/QUOTE] Actually no, running a business requires connections and employees, and history classes in school will not teach you how to run a business.

A lot of people try to get to know me, and talk to me. But I want nothing to do with anyone. Why the hell would you want to be popular? I have a group of friends that I hang out with every now and then, and I'm just as fine as I would be having everyone wanting to hang out with me.

The popular people are so boring, who cares if they have bitches, they're boring too. Oh jeez, why even bother becoming popular, you'll only noticed you wasted about 70+ hours of your life which you'll never get back. Seriously, don't bother with cheerleaders.

It's just highschool, but if you're that keen, then go for it.

[QUOTE=T.F.W.O.;26555933]Pick up a goddamn hobby![/QUOTE] Like murder.

[QUOTE=MR-X;26555917]Yeah you know all these popular kids that I went to high school with...want to know what they did with their lives. Absolutely nothing. That popularity didn't get them a job, or outside work skills or anything that you can use in the real world. They ended up being pompous dicks that think everything should be handed to them because that is how they where treated in high school by teachers, fellow students and other staff. Being popular isn't going to get you anywhere in life, if you try and be that "popular" guy and be friends with everyone people will just walk all over you. Just stick to being you, don't change yourself for the people around you. It will only lead to bad things. As long as you're good , respectful, hard working person people will take notice and like you for what you are. Not for what you're trying to be. I would rather have 3-5 good friends that like me for who i am rather then dozens of friends who like me for the wrong reasons and at any given time would stab me in the back.[/QUOTE] There's a difference between the popular kids who haven't done an ounce of work and get whatever they want and the popular kids who work their asses off to get what they want.

I also suggest getting rid of anything furry about yourself, noone likes a furry