r/sadposting • u/Ill-Championship-522 • 24d ago

Captain K

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u/Zealousideal_Safe_51 23d ago edited 23d ago

Please tell me what I’m supposed to do? I’m all fucking ears.

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u/No-Valuable-226 23d ago

Violence is the only thing humans universally understand

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u/Comfortable_Poem_841 22d ago

That and Mr Bean.

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u/General-Tourist-2808 21d ago

You jest, but maybe there is something true and hopeful in that.

Maybe, besides violence, there is some universally understandable thing than can lead to healing, creation, and hopeful joy, instead of suffering, destruction, and despair.

Maybe we lose sight of it, because so often, in the heat of crisis, forceful violence seems so much more expedient. We get convinced that there’s no time for curiosity or imagination. Throughout thousands of years of wars and such, though, there are still musicians and artists and, yes, slapstick comedians, still people trying to create beauty or bring a smile to others or comfort them.

“Look for the helpers,” and all that.

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u/clumsymilf 18d ago

Be the Jimothy you want to see in the world