All this talk of maturity really makes me angry. I mean sure, we all have to grow up but let’s honest: growing up sucks. You have to do more things that you don’t want to do for less reward. It’s like life punishes you for living. As much as I love what I do, I’ve never woken up thinking: “Boy, this day would be a lot more fun if I had to stay at work longer.” Similarly, I’ve never thought that a good sign of maturity was the amount of money that you don’t receive from your labors.

However, we all get older and have to deal with this nonsense, like I said. The only way to not lose your mind is to hold onto the things that you actually like to do, because Lord knows the world will inculcate new social pressures into you. For instance, have you ever wanted to throw a dinner party? Unless you’re a four-year-old girl, no you haven’t. You’ve wanted to hang out with your friends in a place where food is, but you’ve never thought: “Hey, you know what’d be fun? Sitting around with a bunch of people and eating food I hate while talking politely about things I hate.” That’s because the dinner party is a social convention invented by people with severe social disorders. They want to make friends, but lack the ability to be funny or interesting, so they devised a way to force everyone to do what they like, which is to sit around and do uninteresting things. They are, in essence, the No Hearts of society.

The point is, don’t forget what you like. If you consider something to be fun, then hold on to it. Unless it’s illegal, of course. Or perverted. And you can’t say anything offensive. And no dangerous stuff.

Man, being a grownup sucks.

- Chris

Tags: dinner party, flaming machetes, G.I. Joe, growing up, inner child, maturity, No Heart

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