The Madness Theory

[SoulofDeity]

"The Madness Theory"

by: SoulofDeity

 

 

 

--- Prologue

 

   This story is both truth and lie. It may alter your life for the better or worse.

It may drive you mad, make you mad, or very strongly suggest that you are, in fact,

mad. If you pride yourself in your sanity, or are content with letting the mysteries

of life stay mysteries, then stop reading. You don't have the cohonas to read this.

 

 

 

--- Chapter 1.  "The Thought We've All Had"

 

   Lets begin with our normal day shall we? We roll out of bed, possibly kicking

and screaming. Some of us just like doing that. We hit the restroom and make breakfast.

Sometimes we decide to skip breakfast. Maybe we're just not hungry. Maybe there's not

enough time. Maybe for some frikkin reason, every morsel of food in the house is

frozen and we're too damn lazy to cook. Maybe, it's a good thing we didn't because

we're half-asleep and didn't wash our hands after fumbling with our toys.

   No matter how our morning begins, there's almost certain to be like, a million or

so other people in the world doing the exact same thing. At some point in time, we've

all questioned ourselves if someone, or everyone, doing exactly what we're doing at

that exact same moment is thinking our exact same thoughts. It's never more than a

few moments, and we usually just shrug it off like nothing more than a boredom-born

fantasy. Let's revisit this thought and ask ourself a question here. If it really is

nothing more than fantasy and no one in the universe thinks exactly like we do, does

that not make us alone in the universe? We are assuming that no one has or every will

exist that will be exactly like us mentally.

   Let's pitch another question here. If you locked someone in a pitch-black room for

20 years with absolutely no social interaction, can we all agree that at some point,

their mind will break? Of course it will. At some point in time they're gonna lose

their everlovin mind. Somehow, they're going to find a way to fill that void. Even

if it means scraping little eyeballs out of the back of their hand and talking to it.

Okay...that's a bit pointless considering they're in a pitch black room, but you get

the point. If we were to sever all ties with everything, we would find a way to create

a new tie, even if it's with ourself.

   Now, let's ask one last question. It's one we've all had at one point in time. One

that we've quickly tossed aside, and considered by our own unanimous decision to be

taboo. One we fear asking anyone about, not only because people might put us in loony

farm, but because if it is in fact true, then it makes asking the question pretty much

redundant. What if, we are in fact, the only sentient being in the universe? What if

everything we know, our perception of reality itself is a figment of our own

imagination? What if...like a man locked in a pitch black room for 20 years, we have

carved a pair of eyes out of the back of our hand to fill the void of being completely

alone in the universe?

 

 

 

--- Chapter 2.  "The Question That Answered Everything"

 

   Well, I think we can all agree that escalated quickly...Half an hour ago, we were

reluctantly getting out of bed and making breakfast with our pee-pee hands, and now

we're insane. As if we haven't molested our brains enough, lets delve even deeper into

this. Is there any merit or benefit to knowing that we are mad? Yes. Plenty actually.

When you think about it, it pretty much answers every question in the world. For

example, is the universe endless? Of course. If it's all just a figment of our

imagination, then it will remain endless. Is there a god? Yes and no. Everything we

see is artificial, so yes, but never existed in the first place so no. Can we fly? Yes.

But probably not a good idea to jump a building, just saying.

   But if we did create this world ourselves, then why is it so imperfect? Why do we

have rules like gravity and "you shalt not turn into a floppin awesome flame antronach

and bust some asses"? Answer:  For our own security. Being alone in the universe, we

would create rules, implications of them, and ways to avoid harm caused by them so as

to give ourselves a false sense of security. Like hugging yourself when you're scared.

   Now we ask, why is there pain and suffering? Answer:  Because we're bored as all

ghetto. Come on, how many times have you heard that emergency alert broadcast go off

on tv felt that rush, hoping it comes somewhere near you (but not like, on you because

that would totally suck). We craaaaave danger. It gets our heart pumpin. Makes us

super-horny. Ok, so we're going off topic a bit. But the point is that if this

perception of reality we have is artificial, then we would create drama simply for the

sake of feeling something. It's fairly exciting, and disturbing, to think that so many

questions can be answered just by the assumption that we're crazy. Then again, many

of the worlds greatest minds were, so what does that say....

 

 

 

--- Chapter 3.  "One collective mind, divided among many"

 

   Wow...the room seems like it's spinning...maybe the crazies have me? Or it could be

partially due to the fact that I haven't slept in 48 hours...So lets just sum up

everything. We've made an imaginary world, drew lines telling ourselves what we can and

cannot do to makes ourselves feel safe, starved a bunch of children and killed a few

people for some excitement, and to some it all up, we're reiterating things to ourselves

that we already know. It's clear at this point that we are completely insane.

   But this leaves one last question...if this world is all artificial, are you saying

that I'm fake and you're god? Yes and no. You're not fake, and neither am I. We're both

the same person, just different personalities. You know, like that movie, "Me, Myself,

and I". On a second note, you can't claim to be a god because you created an imaginary

world. That's just stupid. That'd be like making up a new word for fish and claiming to

be king of seaworld.

   As one collective mind divided among many, we also do some pretty dumb stuff when

you think about it. I mean, think of how many raging flame wars we've had against

ourselves or how many times we've killed ourselves because we stole something from

ourself. We're all in just one big circle of madness, and the ultimate joke here is that

at the end of the day, even if this does deeply affect us, it mostly likely won't alter

the decisions we make in life in a dramatic way. We will still choose to be mad. I mean,

why not? Do we really want to break the cycle and reclaim sanity so we can gleefully

live in an abyss of nothingness for all eternity?

   Personally, I would say hell no. I wanna live and let die. This is best the artificial

reality we as an single entity could conceive. This is the game we made given the cards

we were dealt. If you don't like the game, quit. Or maybe...if you're lucky, you can

cheat...This is...the madness theory.

 

 

 

--- Epilogue

 

   So what now, are we mad? Is this nothing more than a joke, or is it meant to be

   taken seriously? Well, that's all up to interpretation. Umad bro?

 

[john_smith_account]

Loony farm?  I think you mean either loony bin, or funny farm.

 

Gesh.

[SoulofDeity]

Loony farm?  I think you mean either loony bin, or funny farm.

 

Gesh.

lol, the idea was to try to convince the reader they're crazy; which is why I wrote in the tense of "we", "us", and "ourself", to make it seem as though the reader is talking to themself rather than me talking to them.

[Mellow]

Any particular reason this is in the Roleplay forum? Seems more like a piece of literature, but if you have a reason for placing it in the Free-for-All forum, I won't move it.

 

Either way, interesting... theory, if you can call it that. It was a pretty good read.

[SoulofDeity]

Any particular reason this is in the Roleplay forum? Seems more like a piece of literature, but if you have a reason for placing it in the Free-for-All forum, I won't move it.

 

Either way, interesting... theory, if you can call it that. It was a pretty good read.

thanks   it's not meant to be serious, it's just obvious trollin. but yeah, you can move it. I wasn't sure what forum it belonged in

[john_smith_account]

 

Any particular reason this is in the Roleplay forum? Seems more like a piece of literature, but if you have a reason for placing it in the Free-for-All forum, I won't move it.

 

Either way, interesting... theory, if you can call it that. It was a pretty good read.

thanks   it's not meant to be serious, it's just obvious trollin. but yeah, you can move it. I wasn't sure what forum it belonged in

 

 

What's this "trollin" of which you speak? And how is it done?

 

I see you posted a smiling pic at the end of your post.  So if I post a smiling pic at the end of this, is that "trollin"?

 

[KEMIKOOL]

everything i just read didnt make me feel weird or crazy

 

 

 

but

 

 

 

i guarantee if any of you met me, you would know im crazy

if its not already obvious

 

there is that delicious brain though

[SoulofDeity]

 

 

Any particular reason this is in the Roleplay forum? Seems more like a piece of literature, but if you have a reason for placing it in the Free-for-All forum, I won't move it.

 

Either way, interesting... theory, if you can call it that. It was a pretty good read.

thanks   it's not meant to be serious, it's just obvious trollin. but yeah, you can move it. I wasn't sure what forum it belonged in

 

 

What's this "trollin" of which you speak? And how is it done?

 

I see you posted a smiling pic at the end of your post.  So if I post a smiling pic at the end of this, is that "trollin"?

 

 

yes, yes it is.