And only then would you regret being agreeable when they said theirs. Why should you believe them? How would they know that their great-grandpa died of cancer? It’s just a story someone told them. They weren’t there. They just expect everyone to take their word for it. And people do, because the story is boring. Nobody cares the second after they hear it. It goes: “Cancer.” “Oh.” “Yeah. He was young too, only forty-seven.” “Wow. Wanna get tacos for lunch?” Don’t be fooled by the “wow.” That was an “I don’t care” wow. People are like that. They’re immune to the sadness of others.
