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The act of comparing sufferings, while alluring, is actually a futile endeavor. You see, how can I quantify your suffering or you quantify mine? It’s like color. There’s no real way to gather how exactly the other perceives the shades and tones of a particular wavelength. There’s no real way to actually understand the experience of the other.
And yet, suffering is an unwavering truth of the human condition. It defines us. Pain gives contours to the human experience that would otherwise be lacking. Just as darkness gives definition to light (and visa versa): loneliness gives meaning to companionship, the depths of sorrow giving way to the unfettered highs of joy… Without pain, we cannot appreciate pleasure. We need both.
And so we come here, looking for companionship— one that is destined for both pain and pleasure. The pleasures of truly connecting… the sheer excitement of being with someone new— and the pain of knowing just how wrong this is. That pain bringing its own sort of perverse pleasure… having a cherished and tormented secret. Relishing and delighting in the forbidden— hating and loving at the same time. Like an addiction— knowing it’s wrong, and knowing we can’t live without it. Finding respite in and because of pain. Joy through harm. Self actualization and fulfillment through terrible taboo.
We are looking for a cocktail of contradiction, shame, selfishness, and unbridled joy.
About me- ask.
About you- tell.
About us- Smart.
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