Dementia with a dab of sociopathic tendencies.
Or basically..my whole family has to remember to act
*normal* in public and that *people* actually have feelings. Doesnt work so well, really. What that means.. we all dont get embarassed from anything.. the line between right and wrong is often mistaken and people often say we dont act our age, follow most rules or ever act in any kind of predictable manner.
And as far as the net providing relief from reality.. absolutely. Sometimes the daydreams of curbstomping people for their fake smiles and feigned interest is just intolerable. Reality is a claymore anti-personnel mine lined with
Precious Moments(R)-themed pictures and little pink feathers. I find people often align themselves with vain causes and have
extreme confirmational bias and an unnerving ability to both discount and yet induce little travesties against their fellow humans every single damned day. So they buy a hybrid car or send a dollar to starving stickpeople in Africa.. but on that same token they dont notice their kids are lonely, misguided and hitting other children at school. People complain about the power bill but put dollar-store bulbs in every lamp, blast the A/C and buy only namebrand items.
People argue about the souls of unborn babies and what constitutes decency on a frickin' BATTLEFIELD.. senators bash and promotie anti-gay laws.. and then a week later resign after an expose on their gay lifestyle. People talk just to talk. People say things like "It's so quiet in here I can hear myself think." and.. I just dont like people that arent related to me, generally. Unless they're drunk. Then they dont bullsh!t, they say what's on their mind and dont repress their desire to say this or do that.
And here is a picture of Bea Arthur wrestling a Velociraptor.
