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Much like masturbation, free will and independent thought are perfectly natural processes and nothing to be ashamed of.
Also much like masturbation, free well and independent thought are things that one should keep to themselves, and not something that adults should engage in. Much as one finds a significant other and expands their sexual interests beyond themselves, one is expected to shed their free will and trudge out into the world, a faceless, bland slurry, no longer a "person" but instead "people". You are expected to be part of the collective, and any action to the contrary will be met with scorn, hatred, and ultimately violence.
If you cannot adapt to be part of the collective of mankind, you will be devoured whole by law, by cost, and by expectation.
In your best case scenario, you will be supported by your parents, who are already part of the collective and expect you to conform but tolerate your decision not to.
In your worst, you will be torn asunder as you watch the utter, total destruction of all you know and love. You will question the choices you have made as you get used and abused by others, by the very system that the country runs by, and by those you once called 'friends'. You will end up in a literal hole in the wall, sharing your bed with the cockroaches who are viewed with more esteem and respect than you. Those who choose to love you, as well as those forced into it such as children and pets, will be subjected to a similar fate and there is nothing you can do about it.
Either you will conform, or you will choose this fate for those you care about.
That is what "humanity" is. What "maturity" is.
Enjoy your free will while you are still young, as there is no place for it in "adult" life. You do not enter Hell when you die a sinner, you enter it when you live as a saint.
Unrelatedly, I now have a pony icon. I suppose this is another step towards conformity. Too little, too late.
Also much like masturbation, free well and independent thought are things that one should keep to themselves, and not something that adults should engage in. Much as one finds a significant other and expands their sexual interests beyond themselves, one is expected to shed their free will and trudge out into the world, a faceless, bland slurry, no longer a "person" but instead "people". You are expected to be part of the collective, and any action to the contrary will be met with scorn, hatred, and ultimately violence.
If you cannot adapt to be part of the collective of mankind, you will be devoured whole by law, by cost, and by expectation.
In your best case scenario, you will be supported by your parents, who are already part of the collective and expect you to conform but tolerate your decision not to.
In your worst, you will be torn asunder as you watch the utter, total destruction of all you know and love. You will question the choices you have made as you get used and abused by others, by the very system that the country runs by, and by those you once called 'friends'. You will end up in a literal hole in the wall, sharing your bed with the cockroaches who are viewed with more esteem and respect than you. Those who choose to love you, as well as those forced into it such as children and pets, will be subjected to a similar fate and there is nothing you can do about it.
Either you will conform, or you will choose this fate for those you care about.
That is what "humanity" is. What "maturity" is.
Enjoy your free will while you are still young, as there is no place for it in "adult" life. You do not enter Hell when you die a sinner, you enter it when you live as a saint.
Unrelatedly, I now have a pony icon. I suppose this is another step towards conformity. Too little, too late.
