We no longer hunt for our food on the open plains, we’re not gathering herbs and berries on the forest floor, we’re not catching fish with sticks and rocks. Instead we’re searching the aisles for a Tesco meal deal or queuing up for a dirty burger at McDonald’s, but at the front of the line, Karen from accounts is holding everybody up because she received soggy fries.
We get fulfilment from the high street sale rack; or from an annual week-long vacation to a 4-star hotel in costa del sol; or from that mainstream action-drama series that airs on a Saturday evening that gives you the slightest hint of an adrenaline rush as the main protagonist has a near escape… yet again.
That’s the human experience.
Tricking ourselves into believing we’re the good guys.
Tricking ourselves into believing there’s right and wrong.
Tricking ourselves into believing life has meaning.
We’ve been tricked.
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You sure it’s not Janice from Accounting? lol
“Janice from Accounting doesn’t give a f***.” (reference John Oliver)
youtube. com/watch?v=T1HfJzrOKRY
I agree that the human race is a disaster. I would add that it always has been, and I have no great admiration for our ancestors the simple hunters and gatherers. They were no different, just as opportunistic and selfish, just less sophisticated and thus less efficient at their destruction. But they set the rules which we still follow. Hunt, kill, take, consume and rape each other. We just do it better now.
Interesting post, briefly chronicling the changes in lifestyle that have led us to our current state, a state that requires we extrapolate ( or try to) meaning from a senseless regimen of mindless and trivial activities so far removed from our natural state. What the hell is/was our natural state? No wonder we’re confused, broken, misled and rambling.