Shrek is a deeply Dostoevskian tale about the lonely man who revels in his suffering because his inescapable conscience makes him aware of moral virtues and beauty (and his own lack thereof). He protects his insecurity by living in a swamp (a crawlspace or underground bunkeresque home) and he puts up the scary ogre persona to make his pain of being a social pariah valid, but the mask imprisons him as much as it protects him hence he feels alienated even when he has friends or receives kindness
it's a fabulous time to be alive if you love:
- verification codes
- verifying your email
- yelling "REAL PERSON" into a phone at a robot
- reading nightmarish news all day every day
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