Life is a funny thing.
We are moving forward quicker than ever. We are creating the most intuitive technologies, curing incurable diseases, and connecting over 7 billion human beings closer and closer to each other every single say. We have the tools to create anything we can perceive. We are the future.
But is this a good thing? Are we really the ones to usher in a better and brighter tomorrow? Can this generation be the one to make it all happen?
No.
And do you know why?
We suck.
We suck bad.
Luckily, it’s not our fault. Like most things in our lives, we don’t have to take any responsibility for this. We can trace the blame all the way back to the beginning.
The only thing anyone ever wanted was to be happy. The Pilgrims sailed across the ocean, became riddled with disease, and spent the winter in houses they literally built themselves out of mud and shit just so they could be wacky religious without anyone making fun of their hats. But they weren’t happy yet, these amazing freedoms weren’t enough. They couldn’t just chill in Plymouth and pray and live their lives through to the end. They had to fuck. They had to bring more people into this world. Fast forward through generations and generations killing Indians, revolting against governments, and waging world wars all in the pursuit of happiness. All the while people kept having sex and telling their children they would have a better life. They would be whatever the wanted to be.
That’s what we’ve been told. Our grandparents and parents worked long and hard to provide us with comfort and security. They put theirs dreams aside so we would have the opportunity to pursue ours. They gave us a life where every basic need is met so we could find it within ourselves to better the world. Anyone can become a movie star or a professional athlete. Or even the President of the United States if we worked hard enough. If we apply ourselves to something, we can achieve it.
Fuck that.
Fuck that like the pilgrims fucking each other.
We preoccupy ourselves with whether “haha” or “lol” would more accurately convey the message of a text. We constantly refresh Instagram to see orange pictures of people we hate fake smiling. We harass people with Youtube comments. Our moms are on Facebook. This person exists. So do these.
This is the future?
Why We Suck will bring you the absurdities of our lives. We will unveil, dissect, and overanalyze every little thing that makes the human race a complete joke. We will show you the world you are actually living in and not the one created by Disney movies and eHarmony commercials. It’s time to stop pretending everything is okay and finally embrace our utter, crippling suckiness. We probably can’t convince everyone to stop fucking, but hopefully we can convince you to think twice about your life and the place your children will grow up in. No longer will we pursue happiness, we will pursue the truth. We will pursue why we suck.
