Puppet Life & Poker face - using these two words as metaphors. Using these two metaphors to explain what it feels like to live like a puppet with strings attached when you are a living person. Living like a machine using manual instruction.
Trying to tell why keep a face to pretend ''everything's fine'' or ''living the perfect life". Keep on wearing a mask to hide one's true face and feelings. We all do it. Some a little, some a lot. And if asked we vehemently deny it, laugh it off as if like a joke. Because facing the truth, telling the truth even to one's oneself is scary.
But we live in a world where everything and everyone is connected via the strings of the virtual overlord and there the rat race is to show the masses or so-called virtual friends that the life they live is nothing but absolutely picture perfect.When the reality, the truth is so so far from that. But we do it.All day,everyday. Why though? For instant gratification? What is the value of that even? Maybe its for the dopamine rush for a few moments, perhaps.
We all have become puppets of this world, doing things as it wants us to do without even realizing we are being controlled. It's taking us far way from our real life, feelings, hopes, dreams and the 'funny' tragedy is subconsciously we are letting it. If you have read this far, maybe you were hoping I got some answers to this conundrum.
I don't. I got some clarity though. I am not as much tangled and attached with these strings as the others that I witness daily. Maybe because I was born in the 90's. I got to be a part of real life before I became a hybrid human-puppet. Who knows maybe the overlord is letting write this to make me feel I got some control. Who is even real human being anymore?
Trying to tell why keep a face to pretend ''everything's fine'' or ''living the perfect life". Keep on wearing a mask to hide one's true face and feelings. We all do it. Some a little, some a lot. And if asked we vehemently deny it, laugh it off as if like a joke. Because facing the truth, telling the truth even to one's oneself is scary.
But we live in a world where everything and everyone is connected via the strings of the virtual overlord and there the rat race is to show the masses or so-called virtual friends that the life they live is nothing but absolutely picture perfect.When the reality, the truth is so so far from that. But we do it.All day,everyday. Why though? For instant gratification? What is the value of that even? Maybe its for the dopamine rush for a few moments, perhaps.
We all have become puppets of this world, doing things as it wants us to do without even realizing we are being controlled. It's taking us far way from our real life, feelings, hopes, dreams and the 'funny' tragedy is subconsciously we are letting it. If you have read this far, maybe you were hoping I got some answers to this conundrum.
I don't. I got some clarity though. I am not as much tangled and attached with these strings as the others that I witness daily. Maybe because I was born in the 90's. I got to be a part of real life before I became a hybrid human-puppet. Who knows maybe the overlord is letting write this to make me feel I got some control. Who is even real human being anymore?
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