if this is all there is and theres no afterlife i'd rather have not gone through any of this at all. i'm a hostage to my fear of death, a slave to my biology, a captive of history. no amount of positive experiences will change this. the positivity itself is pointless, meaningless, and temporary. i experience it only in a detached manner, anticipating and dreading its end, its meaninglessness, its impermanence. it is marred by the unchangeable past, saddled with guilt and grief and longing for the never-possible. it is surrounded by mindless suffering. one cannot overcome this with friendship or passion or commitment to a better future, only distract oneself. even communism cannot solve existential dread, only make it more comfortable, which in itself may be a worthy endeavor.
nvm i broke rule 2 with the previous text of this post