Charles Bukowski - American author
Hi All,
If there's anyone who may understand what I need to say then it must be you guys. I've been out most of the day in the pub, drinking, and I'm angry.
I stupidly went to a pub where the drinks are cheap, rather than a local, nice, friendly pub and I feel the need to express things I've felt many times before.
People are stupid, society is ignorant and shallow. I listened to conversations and I watched people and this can only make me conclude that I've been right all along, this so called civilisation in which I am supposed to live is just one big farce.
As I watched today people talk about nothing, pretending to be happy in their miserable and materialistic lives I just wanted to shout and scream and basically slap people into waking up.
This is not a world I want or understand, this is a joke! We have these brains and this insight that we ignore, people rarely live up to their potential so I wonder what the point of their lives is?
Yeah I know I've been drinking and I know it's not the 'norm', but please I can't possibly be the only one looking around in despair?
Is it the UK, I've been to quite a few countries and I worry this is across the board.
I can't stand what we have become, I can't accept that this is the norm, I don't want to live in a society plagued by superficiality. I want some depth.
Is it really too much to ask?
If there's anyone who may understand what I need to say then it must be you guys. I've been out most of the day in the pub, drinking, and I'm angry.
I stupidly went to a pub where the drinks are cheap, rather than a local, nice, friendly pub and I feel the need to express things I've felt many times before.
People are stupid, society is ignorant and shallow. I listened to conversations and I watched people and this can only make me conclude that I've been right all along, this so called civilisation in which I am supposed to live is just one big farce.
As I watched today people talk about nothing, pretending to be happy in their miserable and materialistic lives I just wanted to shout and scream and basically slap people into waking up.
This is not a world I want or understand, this is a joke! We have these brains and this insight that we ignore, people rarely live up to their potential so I wonder what the point of their lives is?
Yeah I know I've been drinking and I know it's not the 'norm', but please I can't possibly be the only one looking around in despair?
Is it the UK, I've been to quite a few countries and I worry this is across the board.
I can't stand what we have become, I can't accept that this is the norm, I don't want to live in a society plagued by superficiality. I want some depth.
Is it really too much to ask?