The Kardashian In Your Life

So everyday that we turn on the news and look on the Internet we are flooded with The Kardashians, Real Housewives of Wherever, Survivor, and whoever else popular culture inflicts on us for the time being. We get annoyed; we throw shade yet we still watch (well some of us) we cannot help it. It is like a train wreck or a car accident that we have seen a thousand times but yet we cannot help but glance. This is what we call the Kardashians and reality stars. While we get annoyed, they are entertaining to some. But if we really think about it, in our personal lives, every one of us has a Kardashian in our day-to-day life and perhaps even in our inner circle, in our families, in our workplace, and our professional organization whatever the case may be, we all know a Kardashian. We shake our heads at them, we laugh, we get annoyed, but at the end of the day we cannot help but watch.

So how to do you know if you have a Kardashian in your life? The criteria are really simple if you think about it.

The Kardashian Personality is broken down into several types.

The Drama Queen/King: the person whose whole life is nothing but drama, nothing but self-loathing, self-indulgence. Their social media reads like some type of personal diary. Nothing is off limits. They think their social media is a personal confessional. Either they are posting pictures of doing drugs, turning up, always thinking they got haters, they are combative, defensive and aggressive. Their page is filled with so much obscene language, misspelled words, and incoherent mumbo jumbo, but everyday you find yourself going to the page just to see what the story will be. It is definite entertainment no matter how ratchet it is. They are posting for a reaction. They “wish a muthafucka would” say something to do them. As soon as someone does, “they got a hater.” On the flip of that you have the introspective social media person that wants to post a 3-5 paragraph essay on their life (clearly something meant for a blog) it is also misspelled and incoherent but at the same time entertaining. If the person does not have social media the words they speak mirror all of what you would see on social media.

Example: "I be'z having so many haters. That is OK because I shakez theze bytches off like dayundruff OK? Iz mean I'm a do what I do. And you's best bes believin. I am bout making this money."

And in case you were wondering, I made that one up myself. But you can find several status updates on social media that mirror this one. First of all, who is hating? Why are we hating? And what money are you making? Only someone like Bill Gates, Oprah, Tyler Perry, and even Donald Trump can brag about making money in the midst of being hated on. I'm just saying...

Who is hating on you cause you got your income tax refund or just cashed your paycheck?

Straight entertainment.


The Self-Absorbed: This is the type of person that is so into their own world they have know idea how ridiculous they are. They dress weird for attention. They post videos that make no sense, their status updates make no sense, they call themselves by names given to high officials, and when they are talking to you, but are not listening to a word you are saying. They live their lives everyday like a camera is in front of them. The sad part of it is they are so delusional they really have no idea as to what is going on around them or even when they are being made fun of.
Example:

Shade Thrower: “Bro that suit you have on looks like an optical illusion.”
Recipient: Oh you are saying I look like an illusion. Yeah man I have been known to mystify people..!” Thanks!

At first you think maybe they are just playing along but then sadly you realize that they are really thinking you are giving them a compliment. They are so stuck in their own reality that they do not even realize that you are throwing shade. All you can do is shake your head. This is a train wreck personality. They are so stuck in their own world they do not even get it. Like some reality stars, they will do anything for attention. Any attention is good attention. If they mismatch dress, post some incoherent crap, or post some weird video it is to elicit a response and a reaction. Just like the Kardashian this person may have a number of followers on social media. However, their delusion lets them think that it is because they feel the world needs his/her greatness, but in reality for a lot of the people following them it is for entertainment.
This person really does not have a lot of friends, because they are too self-absorbed to really be a good friend to anyone. In their minds, you are in their world. They are the star, you are just a supporting cast member. In reality that person is the only on in the show, and that is it.


The Crazy Drunk/High Person: This is the person that has some tendencies as the drama person. When they get drunk or high their personality is on level 10. They dance, they sing, they go crazy. You have to usher them out the club, make sure they get in the car but all the while you have that camera phone taping because tomorrow it is going to be great entertainment.

So while these reality stars can be very annoying and are famous for being famous, in reality we all know someone similar that could have his/her own reality show. There are numerous personality traits and characteristics that fit the bill. Sadly, they are entertaining but in small doses. Sometimes it gets to be too much, but then when we need it, we tune back in.

So who is the Kardashian in your life?