I'm sure most of you have had similar conversations in the past, I know I have. But I think as I get older my perceptions are really beginning to change. I've long been disillusioned by American cultures obessession with individuality, and tied to it is an obsession with strength and weakness. We are supposed to define so many things as weak. Straightedge kids define drinking as weak, vegans define meat eating as weak, anyone who ever gets lonely or depressed is thought of as weak.
Suicide is seen as a sign of weakness.
Well, right in some dumbass fantasy world, but not in reality. In reality, we're all weak. In reality, we all get lonely. I don't understand the obessession people have with saying that they never get lonely, they don't need anyone. It always sounds like they are trying to convince someone, usually themselves.