Drinks on me

Society throws a cloak over our minds. We are human animals with certain desires. Society uses those desires against us. Society is both our best friend and worst enemy.

Human animals are the world’s greatest killers. We seldom think of ourselves that way, but that is what we are. Name another animal that can kill better. Sharks are great killers, but if we really wanted to kill sharks, they would be toast as a species in less than a decade. We can kill anything. Unfortunately, even each other. Society keeps us from killing each other.

Society also keeps us from fulfilling our lives. This is part of the bargain. Society suppresses the Killer Instinct and it also suppresses the other instincts, the ones that make us want to live.

If we desire sex, we are perverted. If we desire food, we are gluttons. If we desire leisure, we are sloths. If we desire anything, we are probably doing something wrong. At least, according to Society.

There are numerous influences of society. Religion is a huge one, but even the non-religious experience the same disdain. Women who enjoy sex are sluts, regardless if you’re talking to a Catholic, an atheist or a person who likes women who enjoy sex. Hypocrisy and illusion surround us.

This may be a Devil’s Bargain that we have to pay. Look at what uncivilized societies look like. No thanks to living anywhere in the Middle East or Africa. Also include most places in Asia and more places than that in South America. Society saps our lives, but it also makes them better than those places without it.

So I toast and I curse Society. However, Society frowns on too many drinks, because drinks make us happy and temporarily release ourselves from the veiled cloak of Society. So I toast to Society…”Thank you and Fuck you. Mostly Thank you. (But fuck-off).”