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People are afraid of themselves, of their own reality; their feelings most of all. People talk about how great love is, but that’s bullshit. Love hurts. Feelings are disturbing. People are taught that pain is evil and dangerous. How can they deal with love if they’re afraid to feel? Pain is meant to wake us up. People try to hide their pain. But they’re wrong. Pain is something to carry, like a radio. You feel your strength in the experience of pain. It’s all in how you carry it. That’s what matters. Pain is a feeling. Your feelings are a part of you. Your own reality. If you feel ashamed of them, and hide them, you’re letting society destroy your reality. You should stand up for your right to feel your pain.
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| — | Jim Morrison |
Everybody’s worried about stopping terrorism. Well, there’s a really easy way: stop participating in it.
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| — | Noam Chomsky |
The Big Ape Zoo
Why don’t people realize that they can simply choose to be happy - that they don’t have to force themselves into such dysphoric compromise. Just CHOOSE to be happy, dammit! There is no point in being ugly or violent. There is no excuse for putting forth such unnecessary effort and energy, especially towards something you don’t like. Why is it worth it to say or do something ugly? The history of the world can be summed up as just People telling other People what to do. That’s it. That’s us in a nutshell. Our society is nothing more than the bricks of our buildings, and it is all held together by a thread. It’s not fair - not to us who have it figured out. Why do we have to wallow because everyone else is too scared to stop being monkeys. Take command of yourself, create something, master your world. That is what makes us human - that was the defining spark that set us apart from our animal counterparts. We make tools, and we take command of our enviornment, instead of the other way around. Life has been evolving for billions of years at the mercy of its environment. Finally a lifeform is able to reach the pinnacle of this billion-year battle, and transcend it. But we are ruining it. It’s like what Jim Morrison said, this world is a “shithouse” and it’s going “up in flames”. This ability to command our fates is probably the most beautiful aspect of humanity, not to mention our most intensely intrinsic human trait. What are you doing with it? Are you going to make yourself into a man/woman? Or are you going to be a monkey, throwing shit at everyone else?
