increasingly, my sense of intimacy and connection with people is mediated by our capacity for acknowledging and rejecting the absurdity of the world being presented to us as normal and desirable.

Same, thanks for this comment, what a nice little seed crystal it was to precipitate out the supersaturated angst from my mind. I've felt this way for a while... maybe forever, but never really was able to pin it down.

People say they cherish authenticity, well, here's what that looks like y'all