Hiding behind made up identities.

Cool prompt there. That line brought up some thoughts. Everywhere online people create an identity of sorts and that's where we see people the most nowadays, generally speaking. So nowhere near being hidden.

When you're born someone made up your "identity" for you. Boils down to just being a label that says literally nothing about you, as a human. If one is truly being themselves, living up to their "identity" would be impossible, wouldn't it? How can one actually be a name?

Some of the most well-known people today and throughout history worked behind pseudonyms. Still needed to be themselves in order to find success. Could hardly be considered childish and they certainly weren't hidden.

Of course I'm well aware some people create characters online in order to create some distance between themselves and who they're being, but in this day and age writing everyone off as a hidden phony or lesser human because they chose their own label doesn't make much sense.

Sit next to someone on the bus or train or anywhere and have a conversation. You don't even know their name. Knowing it isn't even a requirement. They're still cool and the things they said were still interesting. And all the passersby are unknowns, yet still very real.

P.S. I know I sound stoned, but I'm not. lol

And I will agree, yes, it is sad (tremendously sad) some only exist on this planet to get a thrill out of attempting to destroy others, especially when it takes about the same amount of effort to help someone who's struggling and build them back up.