I Envy You

“I felt the touch of a women....once. Since then my life has been nothing but rage and darkness” “You’re weak. All I’ve ever known is darkness” “I envy you”

A pale young man sits beside a skull-like figure in a dark painting, contrasted with a muscular, bearded man shown in dramatic black-and-white lighting. The first man envies the second because even a life of rage and darkness seems preferable to having known only darkness; the joke is a grim exchange about suffering and emotional deprivation. It is used as an absurdly dramatic reaction to someone whose problems seem worse or more intense. EN: A pale young man sits beside a skull-like figure in a dark painting, contrasted with a muscular, bearded man shown in dramatic black-and-white lighting. The first man envies the second because even a life of rage and darkness seems preferable to having known only darkness; the joke is a grim exchange about suffering and emotional deprivation. It is used as an absurdly dramatic reaction to someone whose problems seem worse or more intense.

• @afrosidemoon / 65586 2024-06-01