Popular people are usually born to wealthy families, and their parents buy them whatever the hell they want. And if people get whatever the hell they want, then they can get cool stuff, such as fancy clothes, nice cars, and trips to wherever. Cool stuff means attention from others who want to see the cool stuff in action, and that means popularity. Granted the people really don't like the popular person, but it gives the person a sense of self-satisfaction, and takes care of the person's insecurities.
Popular people have also been known to throw big parties. They are also known to throw these parties at any time, and these parties have been known to have excessive amounts of alcohol and marajuana, and if you don't drink the alcohol or smoke the marajuana, you will become unpopular, and you don't want that, now do you?
Another thing that gives popularity is being an asshole. Seriously, the popular guys will tell really bad jokes at inappropriate times. To top it off, they (along with their popular friends) are usually the only ones laughing. To make things worse, if you want to be popular, you will have to ask the question, "Get it?" after every joke you tell, just to make sure everyonehas understood your unfunny joke. Another way that unfunny people can make themselves feel funny (and happy) on the inside is by repeating catch phrases (such as Dave Chapelle's "I'm Rick James, bitch!", or Lil John's "Yeah!") over and over and over until they get incredibly annoying and people want to shoot you.
An additional characteristic of popular people is that they compromise their individuality in order to become popular. They all talk the same. They all listen to the same music, as well as watch the same television shows. Lastly, popular people see individuality as wearing a red Abercrombie and Fitch shirt when every other popular person is wearing a blue shirt.
The final characteristic of popular people is that they do not care about you if you are not popular, so unless you can become popular, you are screwed. The only other way to be able to talk to a popular person is by being able to give them something that they can benefit from
Yet another way to become popular is by associating with popular people. The problem with this is that popular people will not associate with you unless you are popular or you can do something for them, so you can pertty much rule that out.
After reading all of this, you need to do some thinking. Is it really worth compromising your beliefs for popularity? Is it really worth it to change everything about you to appeal to a small minority? Is it really worth it risking your health, happiness, and parents' trust to become popular?
When it comes to popularity and making friends, there are two additional questions: What do you have to prove?, as well as Who do you have to prove it to?
You should have nothing to prove to nobody.
