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Our society is based on lying. It was built by liars. You have to be a liar to thrive in it.
I always hit that wall. I’m too honest. Take my writing, for example. I have done nothing but speak brutally, honestly about my life, my thoughts, my feelings.
There have been disastrous consequences.
I lost my job. My whole family is angry with me. I get a lot of hate emails. People call me vicious names. People have wished painful death on me.
It’s hard to avoid an unpleasant conclusion. I have to be a liar. I have to hide who I am. When I don’t, the world rejects me. Some threaten to destroy me just for being honest.
It’s so fucking sad.
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That’s the world we live in, uncomprehending and fearful of what’s and who’s different. But not everyone is like that, there are understanding and open people out there. Who cares what the world thinks anyway? Of course when you leave the job over it it’s pretty hard to take but that’s no reason to hide behind lies and a front, no reason to start conforming, everyone is different, everyone has problems, no one is perfect, no matter how hard they try to make it seem that way. Don’t know if I’m helping at all, just don’t lose all faith in humanity, there’s still hope for us
Thank you, Paulo. I’m trying.
Hiding something is not necessarily lying. What you choose to show to people could be another aspect of you: a personality is not so simple that if you are not a certain way all the time, you’re lying.
But I must acknowledge that when you do feel miserable and have to fake feeling happy for whatever reason, you are being misleading. Even so, I would not go so far as to say that in that situation you’re lying. A lie is a false statement, or, in some cases, an act that directly leads others to make a false statement (as in the case when someone asks you where the restroom is, you point in the opposite direction of the restroom).
I would go on, but I’m tired now.
Tom,
I gave up on humanity a few years ago. See, I used to be one of those open and fully trusting people. I believed what people said to me because I couldn’t imagine that they would have any reason to lie. But then I ran into a group that really couldn’t tell the truth ever. It was all lies and deception, and manipulation and cruelty. I still can’t figure out why those people even continue to exist except that they belong to a group, a group that supports their deceitful behavior. Then, the more I looked around at society, the more I discovered a network of groups, each claiming to have a higher authority, a better philosophy, a stronger religion, a clearer and more righteous path than the other. Hollywood likes to refer to them as the tribes. I think it’s just more bs because honestly, I can’t tell the difference between the groups. While everyone of them professes to be about saving this or that they are really only interested in money and power. The more the better.
I’ve embarked on my own path. People are on their own. I’m interested in saving things…just small little things that have seen better days, that were adored or loved by someone in days past, that were treasured gifts from treasured friends. Yep, just small things that represent the artistry, craftsmanship, skill, toil, and love that humans used to have and used to show each other. Now, everyone throws away that old stuff so they can go get the new shiny mass produced thing that they want so much because everyone has one. There seems to be an endless supply of things that other people don’t want. I’m not sure of what I’m going to do with it all. I’m only sure that all of it must go to good homes where people don’t throw everything into the garbage or smash things just because they can.
this guy is AWFUL on the switches….. And for all you smart people on here YES I do have a lowrider, a 1963 impala with full hydraulics, and full patterned candy paint, chrome motor, and all the goodies.
Fuck you, Dennis Mason. You fucking spamming cocksucker.