Reflective Blog Post - Rants

A few days ago, I woke up and struggled to get out of bed for my last day of classes (for the week, at least) at 8:30 am. Since I stayed up late the night before like any foolish student, I was exhausted. My body and mind were so tired that when we were given the chance to rant about anything, I literally did not want to think about it. You would think I would start complaining about waking up early or talk about wanting some more sleep. But, no - I just wanted to sit there in a state of nothingness.

Finally, I decided to rant about the most general idea I could think of in an attempt to stay in the sleepy haze I was in. I chose to rant about ranting. Predictable, yeah? However, that was a bad choice I made. Sometimes the most general topics can be the most thought-out ideas. I found that this was the case with ranting. Thankfully, I only wrote a paragraph so what I've thought about this topic was after 12 o'clock in the afternoon. Happy, happy day.

The first thought I had was about the stereotypes we place on ranting. Mainly, how most people should swallow their issues with something and how ranting is always seen in a negative light. I found, through my own experience, that any issue or complaints I had with something is the most important thing I should keep to myself. If I really, really don't like steak, suck it up - it's for dinner. If I'm throwing up, go to school and don't whine about it. Oh, I passed out again? Don't let the teachers make me go home - it's not worth it.

What I've figured out is that pressure from others to keep our complaints, and especially our rants, to ourselves soon evolves into our own selves telling us to stay quiet. Then I realized something else, I'm grouping rants and complaints as the same thing. This negative light we've placed on rants has actually begun to label a rant as a complaint. Yet, rants are so much longer and unorganized than one-sentenced or one-paragraphed complaints.

I find that real rants are the ones that take minutes to finish. They're the ones that have people throwing their arms all over the place. The energy and time are caused by one emotion: passion. I'm passionate about Harry Potter (it's detailed writing style more than anything else), creative writing, economic features found inside video games and much more. These topics have led me to rant, argue, and debate with someone else over the issue. it takes me ten minutes to really let the topic go.

that is the main difference from a complaint and a rant. A rant you just don't want to let go of while a complaint is easily forgotten. Now that I've finished my rant involving more than just ranting, I want to show you how funny rants can be.

Pachelbel Rant