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The Fight Club connection is only real in that the up and coming generation of kids seem to have unrealistic expectations of what the world has to offer them and that disillusionment seems to be the standard rather than the exception.
You probably don't understand what most people like this tend to think. The problem is not so much an expectation of more than what is actually there. Often times what they want IS a realistic expectation. For a middle school student, one is surrounded by their peers. It is normal for most middle school students to have a group of friends and sometimes (more often in highschool) a sexual relationship that may or may not actually involve sex.
I do recall my own experience in middle/highschool. Not fitting in is usually an instance of mutual indifferences between parties. For example, let's say there is a loner type guy and a two different groups of people he may or may not choose to "hang out" with:
Group A: What's that guys problem? He's always over there sitting by himself and not saying anything. I'll go talk to him--no! Wait! We share a mutual fear of this person as he shares a lot of similar traits to those we hear about in the news who bring guns to school and shoot everybody. We are best not to associate ourselves with this person. He may even think we are trying to make fun of him.
Do not engage! Group B: Look at that nerd piece of ****. We have small **** and must compensate by making this person we assume to be weak and helpless miserable. He is so weak and helpless.
What is he going to do? Loner Guy: I am here at school, where I am pressured into memorizing trivia of all sorts to score points in a game that apparantly has no real purpose. There is no reason for me to come here other than the law requiring me to do so. Every day is exactly like the last, and boredom dominates. That girl over there seems nice, I would like to get to know her-- but she is with Group A, I HATE Group A. Nothing but a bunch of stuck up ******** I do not know why she associates herself with those people.
Look at them, Group B, pointing and sneering at me. I know they are planning something. They think I am weak and helpless, but that would not be the case should I bring a gun to school and make them beg for thier lives. I know it would get me into trouble, but I don't care. I'm tired of living the same day over and over again. As time passes, this day I live will only change in a sense that it will no longer be school and be in some place of work instead. How is it fair that an animal who is deemed unfit to live can be put to death, but a human being must for forced to carry on against their will? It is not me who is worthless, but all of humanity that is equally worthless. I should find a way to escape this reality. There is no point in staying. There is no choice.
What does Loner Guy really want but to have friends and good times like EVERYONE ELSE when in reality his options do not allow him even this. Over years and years of living the same day again and again the time comes when it only seems logical to end it all.
I think it is a feeling of superiority that makes them feel unable to fit in more than anything. I know a lot of you here seem to have that feeling towards many certain people you know. But for those of you who have not been wanting to die, perhaps there has been a reason for you to want to live all this time. A friend or friends who you care for mutually that seem to make it all worthwhile. That is really all it boils down to. It has nothing to do with wanting to be a rock star or a millionaire.