Jupiter

In particular, three people who have been condemned to hell are trapped eternally in a room together. And at first they think they got off easy without any pitchforks or fiery lakes or anything. But over the course of the play they discover that they have been chosen very specifically to have neuroses and character flaws that interact with and torment each other.

Each one needs the approval of a second in an unstable RPS cycle so that any time one of them might be satisfied by a second, the third swoops in and ruins it.

And when they figure this out, one of the characters expresses his understanding, that hell isn’t physical torture. “Hell is just—other people.”

So the point isn’t that other people, generically, are hellish; it’s rather that you can build a hell out of other people.

But when I hear people quote it, it’s usually sort of an introvert-pride thing. “Other people are hell; you should spend time alone.” And that’s not the point at all. It’s a statement about how bad unhealthy relationships can be, not a statement about how all relationships are unhealthy!

See also Sartre’s own comment here:

clavicular = the protagonist of our tale. a frail man desperately clinging to the semblance of virile strength given to him by his looks but understood by most and even by his loyal followers to be a pathetic and clownish figure

almost caught a career-ending cortisol spike = almost had an anxiety attack that could've ruined his career and reputation as a streamer

after a larpmaxxed stacy = after a woman just as desperately pretending to be gorgeous and confident

tried jesterfying him on stream = attempted to make him into an object of ridicule in front of his live audience as he streamed

by calling him a good boy = by calling him a good boy (this is supposed to be sexually emasculating)

while he was mid-mog = while he was in the middle of winning a contest of unbothered masculinity

between 2 low-tier normies = between himself and two other young men less concerned with projecting an ill-conceived ideal of virility

Tumblrites, the hour has come for us to practice one of our most sacred rituals.

There are too many US states, so I merged some of them together!