They are two different characters, I wasn't saying they were the same. But both express a dissatisfaction with the world in their own way. Charlie Brown has low self-esteem, and beats himself up because he's can't conform, and Daria finds a safe place to shield her ego against things by mocking and being sarchasitc. I think ultimately, the idea I'm against is the notion that the world is perfect and right the way it is, and anyone who has a problem with conforming to that is automatically wrong.

The way I feel in my life right now is: If I were to somehow turn off my heart, empathy, compassion, become a self-improving machine, get ripped abs, sleep with lots of hot women, perhaps go into finance or somewhere else where I could make a ton of money at other people's expense, etc., people would be really happy and proud of me, and go, "good job, now you're a winner" However, since my heart and conscience leads me to hesitate to do that, worry about being wrong to do that, and believe there might be something wrong with this staus quo, and I can't fit into that, I'm a loser.

Like I said in another comment, I kind of feel like the constant pressure and lack of sympathy has allowed me to become colder/harder/tougher, but I'm not sure that's a good thing.