Ok, this is something I posted, as a reply, on my good friend Richs journal. But it kept going and ranting and Im too tired to make my own post now. And since many folks seem sad and uncertain lately, Ill just put it here. If youve been depressed about chasing your dream (whatever it may be) and find that there are shrill people trying to pull you downthen just fill in your name for Rich and enjoy.
Cheer up kiddies if not to be happy, than at least to piss off the forces bringing you sorrow.
FUCK REALITY FUCK IT WITH A BANDSAW
Misery loves company my friend.
Theyll frame it up for you so nicely. Theyll guilt trip you into thinking its irresponsible to chase those dreams. How selfish of you to chase your dreams. Masses of drone zombies trying to get the bite on you, make you a chewing, chattering drone. Theyre souls are dead, their wombs are barren, their hearts pump ash and they HATE anyone with any romantic notions of their life or future.
And they put it under the false pretense of responsibility. Responsibility to some phantom work ethic god. Responsibility to the economy. Responsibility to children you dont even have yet. Basically, responsibility to a bunch of invisible things.
Theyll tell you, thats life.
Youll defend yourself by telling them that they are a pessimist.
Theyll counter with, Im a realist.
Ouch. Good repost. Youll struggle against itbut something will sound right about that. Theyre being realistic. Youre being delusional and selfish. Youre impaled. Match.
FUCK THAT.
Their argument sounds kind of right because they are, in fact, being realistic. Reality and responsibility are their weapons in this argumentbut theyre faulty.
Theyre being realistic? Well, what ball-less sacks and jelly spined sods they are to have given in to reality so easily. Is that theyre only excuse? Reality? Defy reality. Piss in its eye. Excellence isnt reaching out for those goals that seem most reasonable or likelyits busting past that layer, breaking a few knuckles, and grabbing juicy chunks of success and happiness that you have no realistic right to have.
Theyll wine, security! Theyll trade everything, their souls, their pride, their individuality, for security even the illusion of security. Theyll use security as an excuse not to brave uncertain waters. Theyll sing fucking country songs about it.
Most people have some thing maybe its writing or acting or carving bar stools or lab experiments or gymnastics or gardening the grounds of a universitywe do that thing so reality cant kill us. If acting is that thing, dont give it up Rich. It wont likely help your hypothetical kids. The world is full of teachers who punish their students and parents who punish their children, because they gave up their dream.
Forget defying the odds, thats not so tuff. Defy reality. Thats a game worth playing.
Sometimes we have past and present successes or good friends or positive frames of mind to help us along. But these things can shift, can be impermanent. Sometimes the last line of defense is audacity. Audacity is the unkillable alley because its always thereat some point, its not even about succeeding, but defiance. Audacity beats bad financial straights. Audacity beats curmudgeony comments by our wise elders. Audacity beats a bad prognoses from a therapist. Audacity beats reality.
Realism is the philosophy of cowards who maintain the illusion of responsibility. Responsibility to others is goodbut theirs is empty, they arent doing it out of any virtue.
The only difference between you, Rich, and those zombiesis that when they felt like you do right nowthey gave in and sought security.
Heres another secret of the world. Society has a natural pull towards mediocrity. It naturally tries to handicap, equalize things. Part of us love hour heroes and paragonsbut the mediocre (whether they know it or not) want the playing field leveled. Society wants everyone to be super which means no one can be. Theyll target the exceptional theyll outlaw it medicate it amputate it witch hunt it convince it that it doesnt exist, that it isnt part of reality.
You are exceptional. Dont let yourself be equalized.
Thats about it
Oh! Tell the next realist you meet that there are only a couple of businesses in this world that are truly recession and depression proof one of them is organized crime the other is entertainment.
Cheer up kiddies if not to be happy, than at least to piss off the forces bringing you sorrow.
FUCK REALITY FUCK IT WITH A BANDSAW
Misery loves company my friend.
Theyll frame it up for you so nicely. Theyll guilt trip you into thinking its irresponsible to chase those dreams. How selfish of you to chase your dreams. Masses of drone zombies trying to get the bite on you, make you a chewing, chattering drone. Theyre souls are dead, their wombs are barren, their hearts pump ash and they HATE anyone with any romantic notions of their life or future.
And they put it under the false pretense of responsibility. Responsibility to some phantom work ethic god. Responsibility to the economy. Responsibility to children you dont even have yet. Basically, responsibility to a bunch of invisible things.
Theyll tell you, thats life.
Youll defend yourself by telling them that they are a pessimist.
Theyll counter with, Im a realist.
Ouch. Good repost. Youll struggle against itbut something will sound right about that. Theyre being realistic. Youre being delusional and selfish. Youre impaled. Match.
FUCK THAT.
Their argument sounds kind of right because they are, in fact, being realistic. Reality and responsibility are their weapons in this argumentbut theyre faulty.
Theyre being realistic? Well, what ball-less sacks and jelly spined sods they are to have given in to reality so easily. Is that theyre only excuse? Reality? Defy reality. Piss in its eye. Excellence isnt reaching out for those goals that seem most reasonable or likelyits busting past that layer, breaking a few knuckles, and grabbing juicy chunks of success and happiness that you have no realistic right to have.
Theyll wine, security! Theyll trade everything, their souls, their pride, their individuality, for security even the illusion of security. Theyll use security as an excuse not to brave uncertain waters. Theyll sing fucking country songs about it.
Most people have some thing maybe its writing or acting or carving bar stools or lab experiments or gymnastics or gardening the grounds of a universitywe do that thing so reality cant kill us. If acting is that thing, dont give it up Rich. It wont likely help your hypothetical kids. The world is full of teachers who punish their students and parents who punish their children, because they gave up their dream.
Forget defying the odds, thats not so tuff. Defy reality. Thats a game worth playing.
Sometimes we have past and present successes or good friends or positive frames of mind to help us along. But these things can shift, can be impermanent. Sometimes the last line of defense is audacity. Audacity is the unkillable alley because its always thereat some point, its not even about succeeding, but defiance. Audacity beats bad financial straights. Audacity beats curmudgeony comments by our wise elders. Audacity beats a bad prognoses from a therapist. Audacity beats reality.
Realism is the philosophy of cowards who maintain the illusion of responsibility. Responsibility to others is goodbut theirs is empty, they arent doing it out of any virtue.
The only difference between you, Rich, and those zombiesis that when they felt like you do right nowthey gave in and sought security.
Heres another secret of the world. Society has a natural pull towards mediocrity. It naturally tries to handicap, equalize things. Part of us love hour heroes and paragonsbut the mediocre (whether they know it or not) want the playing field leveled. Society wants everyone to be super which means no one can be. Theyll target the exceptional theyll outlaw it medicate it amputate it witch hunt it convince it that it doesnt exist, that it isnt part of reality.
You are exceptional. Dont let yourself be equalized.
Thats about it
Oh! Tell the next realist you meet that there are only a couple of businesses in this world that are truly recession and depression proof one of them is organized crime the other is entertainment.