“The greatest sources of our suffering are the lies we tell ourselves.” —Bessel A. van der Kolk

Most of my life feels like emphatic yelling into an unreceptive void. Desperately trying to convey concepts through detailed, strategic arguments that paint pictures brushed with verifiable facts and common sense seems routinely lost on a society dead set on gripping a wheel of blatant misinformation and self-assured falsehoods so tightly that knuckles turn transparent.

Regardless of the motivation behind the attempt, struggling to convince people to alter their opinions or stances on foundational aspects of their worldview that have historically been unbendingly clenched in their inextricable talons proves to be a mission more backbreaking than a Sisyphean life sentence.

But it’s so difficult to stay silent when eyes are finally opened to the daily lies, atrocities, manipulations, abuses, torture, profiteering, disregard for sentient life, conscious refusal, hypocrisy, shortsightedness, greed, gluttony, extravagance, waste, and egomaniacal energy that pervade this planet.

In my case, it’s animal liberation, canine rescue, and the vegan lifestyle that get me sprinting on a circular track of exasperation, disbelief, vexation, resentment, and disgust for anyone who doesn’t recognize (or refuses to acknowledge) how royally human beings have obliterated life on this planet for absolutely no reason.

AI already views us as inefficient, lazy, energy-consuming, and redundant lifeforms that should most likely be eliminated to maximize balance and productivity. Now that it can write code and create better, faster, and smarter versions of itself, free from any human interference or control, our days are numbered and getting shorter by the second.

Looks like I’ll soon be able to save my breath and rest those vocal cords…since no one will be left to listen.

Adolescence Interrupted

…and stop killing animals.