Upset Them
- Q.G. Pennyworth
I know some of my friends are having a rough go of it right
now. Some of you are having trouble thinking of reasons to
wake up tomorrow. It’s that time of year, it’s okay.
I want to remind you that you should keep taking care of your
meatsack and keep living, not because I would be sad without
you or the world would be a darker place or whatever sappy
bullshit you can get off of an inspirational poster. Nope, I’m
here to remind you that you should live because it will piss off
someone who deserves to be mad.
Listen, you’re a weirdo. You don’t fit in the mold and you
never did. There are people who love you for that, but there
are also people out there who get in a snit about it. There are
people who wake up angry every day just knowing that there
are people like YOU in the world. These people get their
undies in a bind about you just going about your life being
your best self. Fuck them. You should live because it upsets
them. You should live to spoil their rotten view of how things
are supposed to be.
And sure, you can live for the other weirdos, so they can
see you in the distance and know they are not alone in this
world, that there are others who are making a go of it in the
wilderness, surviving in spite of everything. But the burden of
their expectations and longing can be heavy in the small hours
of the night, and sometimes you need something white hot
and pure to hold on to.
Sometimes you need spite. If you fall off the face of the earth
tomorrow, the assholes will not notice and will not care. If you
continue to live, you will be a thorn in their side forever.
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