While watching men burn the world, sometimes i wonder why they do that and if there's some way to persuade them to change. I wrote a dialog about it: 
 
  
 
 curi: doesn't that hurt? 
 
 Mark: what? 
 
 curi: the fire 
 
 Mark: what fire? 
 
 curi: you're burning off your legs 
 
 Mark: no i'm not 
 
 curi: you can't walk anymore 
 
 Mark: sure i can 
 
 curi: then walk 10 feet, show me 
 
 Mark: later, i'm tired 
 
 curi: [astonished] you lie so much! 
 
 Mark: why are you so mean and critical and negative? 
 
 curi: such a better life is possible. you could walk and produce instead of putting all your effort into destroying yourself and your children 
 
 Mark: i'm happy, my life is pretty great, go bother someone else 
 
 curi: you burned off your legs! 
 
 Mark: so what? it's a sexy new look 
 
 curi: that's not a pretty great life. that's not happiness 
 
 Mark: i think i know more about my feelings than you do 
 
 curi: can i help? would you like some medicine? 
 
 Mark: no 
 
 curi: why not? 
 
 Mark: i have my own vision and goals. go live your own life and stop trying to control me. and what do you have against fire or pain anyway? my kids LOVE them, which proves how rational fire and pain are, since kids are born without all the hangups adults like you have. 
 
 curi: would you be willing to read a book and reconsider? 
 
 Mark: [doesn't reply]
  
 
  
  
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sometimes they say they'll read the book, then don't. or occasionally they read it by themselves and say they already agree, and don't discuss. or say they disagree but don't have quotes of what they disagree with.
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> curi: you burned off your legs!
> Mark: so what? it's a sexy new look
lol
burnspo
> burnspo
is that a typo?
no. it's a word i made up from pro-ana lingo.
burnspo = "burn inspiration"
from bonespo which is an extreme form of thinspo where people's goal is to look like living skeletons. thinspo is short for "thinspiration" or "thin inspiration" which is imagery to remind people of their goals and to trigger them not to eat.