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I am a thinking person in stupid person’s world. That almost makes me happy when I think about it. Most people in the world are pretty fucking stupid. Even the college educated are very often morons. I’ve known Ivy Leaguers who could barely tie their shoes. Stop laughing. What if you’re one of them? Just joking.

Anyway, I used to be depressed about the state of America’s collective consciousness. Most adults I meet haven’t matured much since they were twenty-one years old. And they don’t care about knowing much, either. They celebrate their ignorance by laughing it off.

Ha-ha, I don’t know. Whatever.

This used to depress me. This used to piss me off.

But lately it contents me. Existing in a world of unenlightened souls is easy if you have the right motivation. Perspective is everything. And the way I see it, this stupid world is really entertaining.

For example, I can watch the world stress about earning enough money to buy hundreds of products they don’t need.

Or, I can watch everyone worry abstractly, and then concretize that worry in arguments with their loved. That spectacle is always awesome.

Finally, I can listen to everyone driving themselves crazy chasing media standards and the phantoms of old books.

Yes, I laugh at people often. Yes, their foolishness gets me off.

Until my Buddhism kicks in like a rash. Then I feel compassion for everyone’s suffering. I feel compassion because your own self is the cause of it.

I want to teach people to let things go.

My fellow Americans, you do not need a seventeen-foot TV screen. You do not need three thousand channels. You do not need possessions at all.

You do not need to obsess about your body. You do not need to hang on so tightly. Let your hair fall out. Gain a little weight. Let yourself grow old. Breath through it.

Everything will work out fine. Don’t worry. I know, everything makes you nervous. But there’s nothing to be worried about.

You’re just dying. It’s perfectly normal. Sit back. Pay attention. Try to enjoy it.

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Are you paying attention?

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