I went to IKEA today and for someone who usually tries very hard not to degrade his condition in to agoraphobia, going to IKEA was not the right move to make.
For one thing, agoraphobia is the fear of crowds, I am not fearful of crowds, on the contrary, I am fearful of myself and of what I become in the crowds, an angry alien with no tangible answer to all that I witness.
I usually dive head on into any unknown, I love them, I love the rush of energy I get trying to unravel the very fabric of an unknown and try to analyze, understand and feel every thread of its tapestry. This behaviour has given me an opportunity to see things in a very different way than most people do and for that, I am thankful.
I however am lost in the unknown reasons that drives this new breed of beings who go around selfishly, have no use for words such as "sorry" when they run in to you while trying to find the meaning of life in their cell phones by texting smiley faces to some other person loitering in some other place or "thank you" when you hold the door for them. The ones who leave their carts in a supermarket isle sideways to make sure no one can pass while they examine some product made with lard or try to form as relationship with a some slab of meet.
People who suddenly decide to hold a conference at a doorway or top of escalators somewhere busy.
Yes this people usually congregate in places like IKEA and I was sentenced to dodge their runaway kids and their coughing and sneezing without even bothering to hold a tissue over their orifices.
Ok I know I sound angry, I understand that but there is a good reason for that. I like humanity, I truly believe human beings have gracious souls and are capable of magnificence and what bugs me is that this new breed of beings, are a hurdle for humanity to become what its meant to be. They are a contamination, infesting the very essence of Humanity.
posted by: Kram1000 (reply)
post date: 02.25.13 (3:28 pm)
Here in Aus we have been graced with an American entity called "Costco" 2 years and 3 stores.
wondering what all the hype was about we visited Costco........
I have never felt agoraphobia in my life until I visited the "entity"
What a nightmare!
Sounds a bit like what you are describing above.
I am definitely not a Costco shopper.
But there are huge crowds of larger than life people who are.
posted by: PassingAlien (reply)
post date: 02.25.13 (3:50 pm)
lol, yes Costco!... nightmare of a place. :)
posted by: Barnabus1 (reply)
post date: 02.25.13 (9:30 pm)
As this country has become more leftist and Liberal, the manners of many have fallen to incredible new lows...along with the morality that we used to have...They want NO morals, and this is just an indication of what will follow! It will get worse...much worse!!
posted by: PassingAlien (reply)
post date: 02.25.13 (10:09 pm)
Reply to: Barnabus1
I think people have forgotten the true meaning of being liberal. liberal is a word derived from liberty and it used to be attributed to people who dared to be different, to retain their individuality in the face of (as you put it) tyranny and fought the collective order.
most precious divine gift to each and every one of us that is no longer recognized as such is our individuality.
and i agree with you about declination of morality, when it happens to almost everyone at the same time, it only proves that most have traded their individuality with the uniformity that comes with being a collective.