Either way, we’re all screwed up
hear me out, this won't take long
Before dawn lights up the room, I always sit by the dining table with a box of my favorite cereal and ponder. Pondering over how the world is crumbling, not literally, of course.
Such a dark thing to envisage, you might say. But to look around, and find the human revolution in such unrest. To think of the 21st-century technological advancement, industrialization, all the cool gadgets of technology, and the list goes on. You gaze and realize that hell, we are immersed in a world with technology embedded deep in it.
In no way am I complaining about the illimitable boundaries of technology, but I am complaining about polar contrasts. Sounds weird, eh. But think. Think how in this present society, where YOU probably are under a roof, with cleaning facilities, waste disposal systems, clean drinking water, and hot dinners all at the snap of the finger. These might seem like the bare minimums, but they are things that some people can only imagine having. Whilst you’re sitting in leather sofas watching some horrible Netflix series, some families might be out there in uncontrolled blizzards or scorching deserts trying to find livelihood; to bring nothing but shredded chicken or dirtied leftovers to the dinner table. For what seems as a “middle-class life” to you seems like royalty to them. So next time you think about throwing that plate of lettuce away, think about these people and how they struggle to obtain goods that you simply can just discard at will.
Poverty comes, and so does mental illnesses. To walk down the streets, it's getting more difficult to find someone who smiles back at me( before the whole mask thing came about). Why is it such that I am living in the present age of melancholy and sadness? People around me simply don't have the ability to smile, and the only time they show emotion is when they look as if they want to stab me in the chest. This is a fragment of the representation of mental illness. Depression, anxiety, OCD, addiction, the crazy boss at work, schizophrenia, and the list goes longer than my aunt’s grocery list! It hurts my brain to even think about how the guy beside me on the train minutes ago might not even be alive now; he might have taken his life. And to suddenly see the kids with eyes glued to gigantic tablets, voices monotonous and face devoid of glee, is such a saddening thing to see. To think that the people around you might be hurting a whole lot inside, and yet we cannot help one another in this gruesome cycle of pain, remains unfathomable to me. If only the universe were a nicer being, maybe we could all go on streets skipping and laughing, instead of the polar opposite where we all go to bed crying till our pillows get soaked, juggling problems not even ours, and thinking alcohol can somehow fix our ruined livers and smoked lungs. That's sad, real sad.
Do you feel that? That's the heat of global warming. The earth is practically crying because of all the waste of food and electricity and the improper garbage disposal. I always get pissed when dumbasses on social media mention how climate change isn't real. God, it is real all right. And Gaia is messed up because of all our selfish actions. How would we explain to our grandchildren and future generations that they’ll live in the existence of natural disasters and fluctuating temperatures? How would we explain that they would have to face the merciless repercussions of nature because of our mindless actions?
You know, this article can seriously go on forever with all the world’s problems. From horrible things like slavery, abuse, racism, sexism, all the ISMs( and corrupt political leaders cough cough), to personal problems like finances and relationships, I can say that the world only gets more messed up by the year, for you and us. I can also guarantee that you are currently facing some problems right now that you certainly want to escape from; I get that feeling, I really do… Just hang in there, alright? You got this. And if the thought of losing hope ever crosses your mind, tell yourself that either way, we’re all screwed up, bigtime.