And then it hit him, like one of those all too easy insights that hits all of us under the guise of a simple thing brought on by too much alcohol
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But WHY? Why are we forced into this polarized spectrum of heroes and villains? Why can't we all just be, I don't know, somewhat reasonable? It's easy to fall into the trappings of good vs. evil and tempting to forget that the truth is probably somewhere in the middle. I don't know. I tend to work the other way around, focusing on the positive until I realize OH HOLY CRAP WHERE DID ALL THIS BAD SHIT COME FROM? Which is probably not a healthy thing at all. But then really what does level-headedness and compromise get you? An alliance. That's what it gets you. Or man vs. nature based fiction and no one wants that.
Or maybe it doesn't. I don't think I've had enough to drink to find all the pieces of the puzzle. Which is sort of a perpetual statement of fact re: my life.
There's also motive. I'm bringing truth to be more understanding versus I'm bringing truth to be hurtful to someone else, or what have you.
But everything doesn't have to be black and white, good and evil, but in doing so it doesn't have be a solid gray, there has be some shades in there. There has to be reasons and backstories and nidgets.
Life is a traffic jam and we're just keeping enough space that we don't damage any of the other cars? No, wait, that's I-97 and the reason I'm not drinking, not a metaphor for life. I think. Regardless, we get 20 megabits down over wifi at the farm and there are Peach trees!
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Or maybe it doesn't. I don't think I've had enough to drink to find all the pieces of the puzzle. Which is sort of a perpetual statement of fact re: my life.
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But everything doesn't have to be black and white, good and evil, but in doing so it doesn't have be a solid gray, there has be some shades in there. There has to be reasons and backstories and nidgets.
And booze. Gotta be booze.
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