gerard's entire 4 minute speech about over-sharing online from sunday night (22nd may)
"Because it feels like something's happening. This feels alive. You know that tour we were gonna do in 2020, that would've been a good fucking time. But in those two and a half years, something fucking changed.
And so it's alive. *meta-man voice* it's, so it's alive.
So anyway, I'm gonna talk here. So, um. I like to think. I know you like to think. I don't like explaining myself, fooling things or anything like that but I think this may be kind of important, so.
I guess one of the things I was thinking the other night with that outfit where I was making a mess up here with my friends, is that: we deserve to live, right? In a real world, with real things, and real people.
So. We don't want your meta-verse. We don't want you having every single detail of our lives, and CONTROL over it. So do you know how I feel about living your life on a screen, and giving everything- giving these corporations everything. And living in a new and beautiful and EXCITING, virtualistic fucking world.
I feel the same way that David Lynch feels about watching a movie on your telephone. Look it up!
You know, here's the thing. I'm not judging, there's no judgement. You do your thing on there, I've done my thing. Maybe in the future I'll do some more computer shit. [to audience] I fucking love you too.
Look, there can be great things to share on there. Your art! Your friends! You probably might've met your best friend on the computer-net. Just don't give those bastards EVERYTHING! Keep some for yourself and the people you love.
You know, people, y'know with fucking crazy ass outfits and whatevers and fuckin- people be like *deep voice* 'He's crazy! He's... unhinged! He's come UNGLUED!'
That may be the case... but I am free now. Do you wanna be free?!
EMBRACE THE WORLD! EMBRACE THE PLAGUE. EMBRACE THE UNFAIR. EMBRACE THE ABSURD."
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