When Eva showed up, I couldn't help but think of her and Louis Garrel shouting "dans la rue" in "Dream Paris", and the ending song: "non, je ne regerette rien"
which is also a A story about the end.
One day, we will suddenly want to cry, immersed in infinite pain, grief for everything we have lost: for the loved ones we never got, for all the friends who have gone away, for the people we have hurt, or It is to love our parents and relatives deeply...
At first, we are immersed in endless pain, and then we will no longer smell and lose our sense of smell.
The condition is called: "Severe Olfactory Syndrome", or "sos" for short.
When the sense of smell is absent, the perception of all smells is far away from us, people are no longer interested in smelling cigarettes and flowers, and even a large meal loses its allure.
Those memories that accompany smell also disappear with smell: taste and memory are linked. The smell of jasmine reminds us of my sister's handkerchief, the smell of orange reminds a person of kindergarten activities, the smell of sweet-scented osmanthus reminds us of Shanghai, and the smell of milk tea reminds us of the fear of cows...
So, the chefs began to use strong sauces. To compensate for the lack of smell, the taste becomes sweeter, saltier, sour, sweet, bitter, spicy, all ingredients that stimulate the palate are used and doubled. And human beings are such wonderful animals, they can adapt very quickly. But unfortunately they can't evoke the memories lost along with the sense of smell, and the lost past and pictures can't be reproduced.
So, those who still have faith and hope, begin to inspire other senses of our existence. Use the violin to evoke the fresh air in the forest, the damp smell of the bushes, the fragrance of mushrooms and flowers... people seem to really feel something
And those who have lost hope and faith, those who think 2012 is coming, continue to spread doomsday news and redemption, admonishing people to convert and confess their sins.
Scholars have also made their own interpretations. Scientists say it's environmental pollution, politicians say it's a terrorist attack, theologians say it's God's punishment, communists say it's a military weapon used by decadent capitalism to stimulate the economy, and some say it's an alien invasion... ...
but it all goes on.
People first feel lonely and frightened, then manic, then hungry... After chewing everything, they regain their composure and their sense of taste is permanently gone.
Restaurants go on and on, smart people use sound to replace smell and taste. So restaurant food becomes: soft, hard, crunchy, loose, slippery, cold, hot, ...
Life goes on, and most people are still trying their best to do the work and cause. Taste and smell disappeared, but other senses took their place.
After that, starting in Thailand, people started to lose their hearing.
They are brought about by rage and mania.
The world began to panic, fury, anger, hatred, violence, arson, killing... When everything was calm, people lost their hearing.
All one can do seems to be to wait.
Restaurants are booming again: to cook for those in quarantine.
When this apocalypse is approaching, there are two kinds of people: one kind of people returns to the state of nature, and uses violence and disorder to snatch everything that can be taken away, they do not believe in everything, but only in the end of the world; the other kind of people , they go about their business as usual, trying to keep the world in order: the soldiers stick to their posts, the cleaners keep the streets clear, the restaurant people deliver meals as usual, they believe that life still has to go on - besides believing, people can what to do?
People do their best and plan for the worst. The disappearance of vision is a matter of time, so we have to plan ahead: adapt to those dark days in advance, and try to cherish all existing perceptions...
In this way, without warning, suddenly, we feel happiness (I think that kind of happiness must be brought about by cherishing what we have), and deeply feel the meaning of life, just like children, love everything around us, love In this world and others where we still exist, people sincerely embrace each other and feel this unparalleled happiness... And
just like that, darkness comes.
There is a kind of research that shows that the ice age did not come gradually, and the cold came in, so those prehistoric creatures were frozen there in an instant, so we will see today that in the stomachs of those frozen animals, there are still There is hay just eaten.
Hundreds of millions of years later, the new creatures on the earth will look at us like this...
ps
said: grief does not hurt
the gods, there is no joy, anger, sadness, only whim.
We are not saints like Confucius, let alone gods. But when faced with the end, we can also choose between two actions:
believe in the end; or move on with our lives.
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