You Mean “Being Realistic in a Very Unrealistic World…Right? ;)

I want to start out with a hand of applause for Sarah’s boldness in speaking of her escapades. Congratulations!

My initial intention in writing this post was to argue Sarah’s point. I was going to speak of the benefits that come from a realistic world and how pointless it is to live in a world where reality lays dormant. Then I had a wave of inspiration. It washed over me in the form of complete and thorough revelation. What has been revealed to me will now unfold before you in this post.

First of all I would like to make a revolutionary statement. We do not live in a realistic world these days. “What?” you may ask, “But I don’t talk to myself, or look for guys with pink hair. How am I unreal?” What Sarah called “unrealistic” is the true reality we left behind years ago at the invention of the television, and, later, the internet. Even back before the twentieth century we can find this true reality in comparison to the fake one we are now in.

Consider, for instance, the immensity of games out there. You could go to almost any store, pick out a cool video game, plug it into your game station when you got back home, and be immersed in a fake world for hours. Another escape from reality that comes to my mind is the deadly DVD. Pointless and stupid, it will take you on a journey through someone else’s life. For three hours, images formed by a series of three colored dots flashing across the screen almost at the speed of light will pull you away from reality sucking you into a totally fake world

I want to put into consideration what great strides we have made in producing better and more fun ways to enjoy our movies. Throwing away the old bulky television we have replaced it with a high definition version. “It is crystal clear” they say. We turned the rolling film into the VHS; we turned the VHS into the DVD; we turned the DVD into the blue ray and so on. We have essentialy upgraded what we think is so important ignoring the more practical and essential things. I have to drive over roads whose repairs and upgrades have been avoided altogether while I can go home and enjoy the best media has to offer. Do you see the comparison? What is fake and totally unreal has been built up for our comfort, but what is real and practical has been left to die.

Since Sarah’s idea of living is actually realistic and is totally not insane, I will refer to her idea as reality from now on.

So lastly, living this realistic life should be our goal. We need to throw away our pitiful media infested world for a life of imagination. Instead of going into the mall to see Avatar and what great quality it has, we need to look for ways to occupy our minds in this world right now. Go looking for a guy with pink hair. It might be a little bit strange, but at least it is a search for a real person in a real world. Talk to a person who doesn’t exist. At least, that person was produced by your imagination and not some screen. Be active in your thinking.

This is the way that kids back in the colonial days lived. They probably had as much fun with a rock as we do now with all of our games and movies. While there minds were being stretched and cultivated, ours are being compressed and gooified.

In conclusion, we live in a truly unrealistic world which lacks imagination and brainpower. Sarah’s desired kind of living is actually reality, but it was left to die countless years ago. We must re-awaken that kind of life for the sake of reality and sanity ;)