1. They would know that death? Is inevitable.

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#lol #sotrue
2. And they'd know that life is filled with suffering.

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#SufferSquad
3. They would know that the things you possess eventually possess you.

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#lmao #things
4. They would give themselves into a deep and terrible apathy as death circles ever closer.

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#OverIt
5. They would know that nothing is so cruel as the smoldering embers of a hope soon extinguished.

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6. They would understand that even in pleasure there is pain.

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#drama
7. And they'd see that we flail, numb, against the prison walls of our own existence.

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#haha #me
8. They would long for sleep to mask the noisy turmoil of waking life.

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😂 😂 😂 😂 😂
9. They would know that laughter is a dying mind's last refuge against a creeping fear.

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#LOLOLOL 😄
10. They'd realize that our best plans are no match for death's tyrannical grip over us all.

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🍕👯💋
11. And they would know that the greatest joke is our insistence that we matter.

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#AyyyyyLMAO
12. They would know far too much about the abyss.

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#JustAbyssThings
And, finally...
13. And they would know that we are but the voiceless playthings of terrible machines.

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#yaaaasss
LOL!
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