"That doesn't make the whole thing any less bullshit," is his counterargument to that, "and of course I didn't. I had no friends and people couldn't stand me. I spent most of my time in the library. I avoided the whole thing, for the most part."

He doesn't sound as if he didn't care so much as, well, that was the best of his options and what is a single kid to do in such a situation? Fucking deal, really.