If you have an earring, or belly ring, or tongue ring, or nose ring, or any piece of non-surgical metal somewhere in your sack of flesh known collectively as a body, think about why you got it. Is it because it is pretty? Because you like how it feels? If so, you have just done what all of us have done: Succumbed to and been brainwashed by societal pressure. On the other hand, if you just like sticking metal into your body, then you should probably get some help, Zzasz.
Now, you may not agree with my assumptions regarding how society has treated all of us. But when you think about it, ninety-five percent of what you consider normal is society based, because that is what organized society is for. Why is wearing clothes normal? Because it is? Wouldn't wearing heating pads and cloaks keep us equally warm? Why then sweatshirts and jeans and socks.
I don't count myself exempt from society's crazy rules, as any of you who have met me have seen me wear such things as clothes and shoes. But I can look back on these things with a critical eye. Have you ever looked back and thought, "Why do I do this?" Think past what society has told you is right, and think of what makes sense. Does stabbing yourself with metal make sense? What about caking your face with powder and drawing on it with pencils? What about the entire idea of formal wear?
The reason I have realized these things is because I'm weird. I'm not like most people on Earth, in that the way that I think and act would confuse most people. I don't laugh or get freaked out by the subcultures that replace part of their jaw with wood or lengthen their necks with golden necklaces. Do you know why?
Cause if they met you, they might do the same damn thing.
Thanks for reading and considering,
- J. Valett.
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