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tacocat  ·  3564 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What is the Dark and How Do We Push It Back?

Darkness is anything that threatens society. It's ignorance, it's arrogance, it's greed. It's tribalism in modern times, it's expecting everyone else to conform to your moral standards, it's a lack of respect and an entitlement to respect at the same time.

My dark is back in full. My dark isn't a general set of things I see as bad. It's not the dark you're asking about. I don't need a lot of socialization. I don't get lonely. I'm not depressed that I don't have a social life. I'm usually fine doing my own thing and a lot of responsibilities to others get in the way of me working on what I find rewarding. But this isn't sustainable. I will need someone. Sooner than later as I get older.

But all those things I mentioned in the first paragraph are in you, they're in me, they're in my grandma. To some degree you suck and I suck and grandma does and every time I think I find someone it doesn't work, quickly and with no explanation it seems. I'm not a total misanthrope, I can engage people with high levels of repulsive opinions on a daily basis, but I haven't connected with anyone on a level I found to be profound in like eight years.

I'm tired.

I'm sorry, was this a question about a website?