Tuesday, July 11, 2023

Of Bugs & Men

The following is from a Facebook discussion of the invasion of lantern Flys in NYC: 

Commenter A:

I believe they’re an invasive species that lead to the loss of trees as well ??? I remember last summer the population was advised to kill as many as possible (people were doing the ‘one-two-three’ step all over Central Park et al. They are dangerous aliens inhabiting pretty bodies to pass as acceptable. Like so many politicians!

  • Steve Carter
     Or when Stevie was an attractive young man. 
    I can’t let myself off the hook from the human side of unhealthy behavior that was harmful to others.

  • Commenter B
    forgive yourself
  • Steve Carter
     it’s not like I was violent or anything. I just never learned how to sustain intimacy that can be available to people who are physically attractive. 
    It’s not even as if I wanted more, but actually less. I found it hard to feel equipped, and therefore, was frightened, and disinclined to follow through with the challenges of the emotional/economic structures of nuclear family, which is continually viewed as a safe and supportive unit within a rather hardcore and unforgiving society that holds individualism, survival of the fittest, and personal wealth as a basics on a healthy way of living. 
    Ha! I guess I couldn’t find a position of neutrality in what feels to me like a world of dominance and submission. 
    “I would prefer not to.” participate and just want to be alone. 
    Trained as an individualist I guess I know nothing else. 
    There is something really wrong with this place, top to bottom; a world at war with so much thrown into “defense”weaponry down to the individuals swallowing prescription and off-the-shelf remedies for depression. 
    It’s confusing and scary. 
    “All you need is love!”- 
    So said some stoned kids after obtaining a mind boggling amount of wealth and power. And that notion is distributed by massive media and somehow taken as the gospel truth.


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