No labels to conform to, no fake imposed limits to who I can associate with, no masks, no pretension. I can just, be, me. It is quite liberating, and significantly lower stress than the average bear.
But it can be lonely. Seems the people on the inside don't trust those on the outside. Weird.
oldernow:
The individual is inherently a threat to group behavior, even as the group melding of behavior is grotesque and even revolting to the individual. A pie can be cut into many pieces or few, but it is always a pie. a duck cannot be cut into pieces and be a duck - a living duck that is. the group is a pie, you are a duck. find other ducks. we are out here
shalil:
So true
