DX #02 · Your diagnosis

LMAO

The Emotional Arsonist

"Everything around them is on fire. They got the joke ten minutes ago. They are deeply at peace."

The Diagnosis

You have a reputation for being "so chill" that it has started to worry people. You are not chill. You are simply watching the structure burn from what is, technically, still inside the structure, and you are having a lovely time with a coffee cup. "This is fine" is not a coping mechanism for you — it's a worldview. A lifestyle brand.

You did not start the fire. You also did not not start the fire. The forensics are complicated. What can be confirmed is that every object around your feet is in some stage of combustion, and you have made no move to intervene. Closure is a construct invented by cowards. Apologies are for people who still believe in consequences. You have moved beyond both.

The group chat tolerates you because your timing is immaculate. You will find the exact worst moment and deliver the exact worst line and everyone will laugh anyway. That's not a coincidence — that's the only skill you've been developing for about a decade, and it shows.

You probably

Respond to emotional openings with a perfectly-timed joke
Have set something on fire and not picked it up
Send the worst possible reply within 30 seconds of reading a heavy DM
Say "anyway" after a friend's medical update
Maintain a mental "things I will not apologize for" list, unfinished
Laugh audibly during the opening hymn at a funeral

Apologies are for cowards. Closure is for people who have given up on fun.

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