thoughts and rants #3: thumbs

Thumbs have many uses...
You can twiddle them, pick objects up with them, stare at them, pick at them, etc...
They also symbolize many things
Some meanings are good, some are bad.
"She sticks out like a sore thumb"
"Wow, he has quite a green thumb"

Let's take the meanings literally right now...
Sore thumbs stick out, apparently.
Well, I bet if someone had a green thumb, that would stick out too.
Then, why is a green thumb good but a sore thumb bad?
Our opposables would be quite noticeable if they were green, wouldn't they?
We could all try it one day and paint our thumbs green.
I bet that a lot of us would probably think twice before doing that...
"What would people say? Would I look weird?"
Chances are, society would probably say that it's strange.

So why is this strange?
You could say that maybe, it's because genetics have made us think that whatever is strange means that you are sick.
Or maybe, you could say that even though in different places, customs are different,
and customs have changed through times, we're expected to try to be cool or fit in.
But why does "cool" mean to stand out, or to lead a trend?
Trends could have never happened if there wasn't one sore thumb who decided to one day be the fish swimming the other way.
It's not bad to follow a trend, though. I follow whichever ones I like.
Personally, I don't like it when people blindly follow trends just to fit in. (you are entitled to your own thought)
However, I think I do that sometimes...
We weren't made to fit in.
So let's all be sore thumbs in our own special way, not just to create a trend, though...

*this thought came to me while I was twiddling my thumbs :)