{"id":1766,"date":"2015-04-19T08:34:00","date_gmt":"2015-04-19T08:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.donotdestroy.com\/index\/116775667522-2\/"},"modified":"2026-02-01T07:51:49","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T00:51:49","slug":"116775667522-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.donotdestroy.com\/index\/116775667522-2\/","title":{"rendered":"116775667522"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr\/media\/116775667522.gif\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\u201cChoose life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family. Choose a fucking big television, Choose washing machines, cars, compact disc players, and electrical tin can openers. Choose good health, low cholesterol and dental insurance. Choose fixed-interest mortgage repayments. Choose a starter home. Choose your friends. Choose leisure wear and matching luggage. Choose a three piece suite on hire purchase in a range of fucking fabrics. Choose DIY and wondering who the fuck you are on a Sunday morning. Choose sitting on that couch watching mind-numbing spirit-crushing game shows, stuffing fucking junk food into your mouth. Choose rotting away at the end of it all, pishing your last in a miserable home, nothing more than an embarrassment to the selfish, fucked-up brats you have spawned to replace yourself. Choose your future. Choose life \u2026 But why would I want to do a thing like that? I chose not to choose life: I chose something else. And the reasons? There are no reasons\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2026The truth is that I\u2019m a bad person. But, that\u2019s gonna change &#8211; I\u2019m going to change. This is the last of that sort of thing. Now I\u2019m cleaning up and I\u2019m moving on, going straight and choosing life. I\u2019m looking forward to it already. I\u2019m gonna be just like you. The job, the family, the fucking big television. 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