Like a Boss

When I was a boy, I always dreamed that one day I would wake up and I would have superpowers. When I would hang out with the kids who lived on my street, I would obsess over what powers I would have in an attempt to make myself more powerful. Then one day, I woke up and realized I was never going to be a superhero. Taking into consideration, when I was younger social media and the internet weren’t household things yet, it seems that the “superhero culture” is even more invasive today than it was when I was little. Boys are given toys that create an almost false perception of what they should grow up to be. Sure, you could work out every day, take supplements and possible juice with steroids and have muscles as large as your action figure, but what you aren’t told is most people will think you look hideous. You could go roll around in some radioactive materials and hope that you get super powers, but more than likely, you’re going to end up in the hospital. On the other hand, you could build a kick ass suit out of armor, fly around, and put the bad guys out of business, but you’d be a vigilante and the government would probably take your suit and put you in jail. I’m not saying that kids idolizing super heroes or wanting to be them when they grow up is a bad thing. I’m simply saying that make sure the child wakes up, like me, one day and knows it’s not going to happen.