Unwell

Isaac Valdiviezo
Scuzzbucket
Published in
1 min readFeb 18, 2023

Pugilist, №8

Photo by Nick Bolton on Unsplash

Care for a laugh?
Just listen to this horseshit:

“you’re unstoppable.”

“Nothing is impossible.”

“The mind is limitless.”

“If you can dream it, you can do it.”

“Only you can stand in your own way.”

“You change the world.”

“Your potential is damn near endless.”

And so on.

That’s not horseshit — not a single line.
Here’s the kicker:

they say that,
and repeat it,
and yell it,
and repeat it,
and scream it,
and repeat it,
and preach it,
and repeat it,

and preach it,
and preach it,
and preach it

like it’s fucking gospel…

until a maniac like me is convinced.

You’d think they’d celebrate a new convert,
but naturally…

“He must be stopped.”

“Impossible — he’s lost it.’

“Poor guy is delusional.”

“Relax. It was just a dream.”

“Get a hold of yourself.”

“Who does he think he is?”

“A wise man knows his limits.”

And so on.

What fucking horseshit.

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Isaac Valdiviezo
Scuzzbucket

Biology PhD student at University of Florida, Dilettante, Lifelong Writer