It's a shame

During these last couple weeks, I have really begun to notice the changes in some people. It's like their minds are overtaken with the image of being "cool."
What is "cool?"
Is it the fake appearance that you portray?
or the real you?

Why would you want to be someone your not? It's like the people you think are your friends are liking you for all the wrong reasons and not because of who you really are. People like this tend to not only, neglect other people's feelings, but their own too. You see people that change the sport they are in just to be with people they think are "cool." This is ridiculous. If people don't like you for who you are, why should you change? Obviously they aren't your friend if you have to put on an act for them to accept you. You actually lose friends in the process of trying to fit in. You push your true friends away and bring the materialistic people in.
I feel sorry for people that act this way. It must suck having to go allow with what everyone else does....