Some Kids Just Wanna Burn The World (Part - 1)

There are two kinds of real people in this world- Those who burn the world, and those who enjoy the show with popcorn. Because you see? There’s no roadmap. No one wants your proof. If you were a smart kid, you would probably have killed yourself long ago. But you’re clearly not. Somebody’s gotta help you ‘there’. Not me. But the one who is destined to do the job.

What are we in this real world?

Who we think we are depends on who people we know think who we are. But to explore oneself as one true being is an exercise in vanity. Deep down we know we are nothing. Philosophically speaking, we are just some poor little things that run between the maternity ward and the crematorium. And that’s it darling. That’s what life is. Actually, you know what? You’re that woooshhh sound that nobody heard in the crowd.

Let me at least attempt to make you understand the philosophy of life to you in Layman’s terms; because you are a true layman. You deal in hopes and dreams.

But what you are, you don’t realize. You are a little lifeless lump of fungus perched aimlessly on a tiny piece of rock. Your proud ancestry can be traced to a microbe. Look it up on the internet. You are just a microbe. Mother Nature doesn’t care for you. You are not much of a muchness, and, worse, you know that already and still want to be somebody or remain somebody. You are like Facebook. Totally unnecessary, but still making your presence felt. You apply 40 plus age-defying cream hoping to look 30 plus. Ever wondered why they don’t make 50 plus creams?

Your presence on this planet is a terrible obstruction in the process of evolution. Darwin would have had you annihilated right away without bothering if you have participated in the only act he thought humans are on earth for - procreation. You are nothing but something other. You are nothing but a group of chemicals. You are nothing but a bag of bones with some blood. You are, well you get the point by now, nothing at all!

Here, I give you the average man. You. You, a copy of the copy of the copy of the copy… (all the DNA stuff)

Why not kill yourself?

This is indeed one of the most burning serious philosophical problem nowadays: Why not commit suicide?” Why live when there is no apparent reason to? Why wait for the ‘natural’ death when there is nothing to be gained from the postponement? Name, fame, money, power, job, business, pressure, pleasure, real friends, Facebook friends, love, Insta followers, lust, this thing, that thing, caring, sharing… in the end, nothing!

But you know this already. If you kill yourself…

You kill nothing…

Because all you are is a tiny speck of dust in this world.

After reading all of the above, you guessed it – I am a frustrated half-hearted full male, and I am a carrier of all the biases that come along with this gender. Also, it really doesn’t matter what your gender is. Both belong to the species that just exists and dies. He died. She died. Same thing.

Why do people burn the world?

At least a dozen wildfires scorched Colorado’s forests on June 29, forcing evacuations, consuming homes and closing roads. Jesper Joergensen, a 52-year-old man, was arrested on arson charges. He is single-handedly responsible for razing down 42,000 acres of forest and destroying countless houses. Why did he start the fire in the first place? Not clear.

A convicted arsonist responsible for setting at least 50 fires across Hollywood and surrounding areas in 2011 and 2012 was ‘surprisingly’ found to be pathologically sane at the time of the crimes. Harry Burkhart caused $3 million in damage during a three-day arson spree in 2011. He gotta have some purpose.

Random acts? Unlike going to your workplace with the regularity of Mon-Fri 9am-6pm and having beer Saturday 8-11pm and watching the latest blockbuster Sunday 2 pm till you are 60? There is no point in razing down buildings and forests. Just like there is no point in working in buildings and dwelling in forests. (Or is it the other way around?)

Here are the fascinating stories of the LEGENDARY ARSONISTS...

There was a man named John Orr, who – believe it or not – worked as a fire captain and arson investigator for the Glendale Fire Department in Southern California while unleashing a series of fires that cost millions of dollars in damages and claimed four lives. A judge in 1998 sentenced Orr to life in prison, saying that his crimes showed “great violence and sophistication”. To back up their case, prosecutors presented “Points of Origin,” a manuscript Orr wrote detailing the activities of a firefighter-turned-arsonist who uses his knowledge to outwit authorities. The novel’s protagonist, named Aaron, uses a slow-burning incendiary device to set fire to a Pasadena hardware store called “Cal’s,” in which several employees die, as well as a woman and her young grandson. “Aaron wanted the Cal’s fire to be called arson. He loved the inadvertent attention he derived from the newspaper coverage and hated it when he wasn’t properly ‘recognized,’ ” Orr wrote in the manuscript. “The deaths were blotted out of his mind. It wasn’t his fault. Just stupid people acting as stupid people do.”

As a teen, Paul Kenneth Keller was obsessed with fire. He would often times show up on his bike to take pictures at the scene of a fire before firefighters had even arrived. Fast forward to Paul as an adult and his sister ventured to say out loud in front of the family regarding a rash of arson fires in Seattle, “Do you think it could be Paul?” It was Paul. He was found to be responsible for at least 70 fires and three deaths in and around the Seattle area during the ’80s and ’90s. Paul Keller showed a dangerous lack of empathy for others for most of his life.

They said Paul wasn’t even human. Stupid people were saying stupid things, Orr would have retorted. Who ever said being human entails having empathy? If that was the case, why were two World Wars fought? And why is Donald Trump the leader of the free world? And you, yes you, I know who you are. So restrict your show of empathy to sharing caring videos on Facebook, the new opium of the masses. Tell your friends how much you love to cuddle dogs. Sooo cute and chweet and awww… Anything to forget the reality really.

There are only four fundamental concerns of human existence: the freedom that comes from isolation, the fear of that freedom, the futile search for the meaning of life and the constant awareness of the inevitability of death.

You see, your life is just an exercise in deception and distraction. The entire life experience is like looking at a huge billboard featuring a provocatively posed lingerie model. You aren’t aroused by it. But you are still looking at it as you drive by. And those who realize the deception in the soothing sensory showcase get angry. They burn that billboard. Then they realize the whole world is just one big billboard that lies to them. The truest billboard would just be painted pitch black. Or it would feature an ugly and fat model. You just imagined that, didn’t you? Or are you one of those who believe fat is not ugly? Did I just body-shame you? Pray tell me how could I, with my sculpted physique and terrible lack of empathy, know your pain? But you are right in letting the fat accumulate because you will regret less when the time comes. The fit and the fat both die the same death. Just that your fat will burn for a longer time.
So that’s what these arsonists do. Show the world its true face. Play with it while the game is still on. Have you ever stood on a hill and watched a huge fire play with the playthings? Have you ever posted anonymous comments on the internet?

If you don’t burn you will never know.