I'm browsing through the various Facebook posts this morning and I start to notice a trend...people replacing actual expletives like "shit" or "damn" with "shyt" or "dayum". That's when I started thinking...I know, me...thinking...who'd have thought? I started to see parallels to real life in this behavior. It's amazing to me how much time people spend trying to "clean up" their lives. This "clean-up" is very much like the word "shyt". Everyone knows that it's really "shit"...it means the same thing as "shit". Why not just say shit? Why is it acceptable for people to live their lives contrary to who they say they are...so long as they appear to be what they are supposed to be?
This was the question I asked myself back in my married days. I kept asking myself why it was OK that all of my close god-fearing friends knew I was attracted to men but seemed to be fine with it as long as I played the part of a straight man. As soon as I started keeping it real, they ran for the hills. What is it about the truth that makes so many people squeamish? Pretenses add no real value in life if nobody believes them. Why be the idiot who is dressing up a pig in a bird costume and expecting it to fly South for the Winter? Why not just be happy with what is clearly a pig?
Don't get me wrong. I've been that person walking around with a "bird-pig" before. I guess sometimes we feel like reality is just too harsh and so we feel the need to dress it down. I'm just not sure what is to be gained by doing so. I rarely do that anymore...oh, maybe on Facebook...sometimes. Even then, I tend to keep it very real. I'm sure some people on my friends list cringe at the things that I post at times! The older I get, the less I feel like keeping up appearances with people. I would sooner tell you it's none of your business than to make up some elaborate lie. I'd rather just type the word "fuck" than waste an asterisk (i.e. f*ck).
The Bottom Line:
In this increasingly low-tolerance and politically correct world, sometimes shyt is just shit and a bird is really a pig. Say what you mean, not what looks good on Facebook.
