I once took a disastrous day trip to Orange County with a person I haven't seen since around that time. Along the way she played her eclectic music mix. One of the songs she played was Garbage, Stupid Girl.
I will never forget what she said,
"I think she's far too hard on herself. It is not easy to trust others..."
I have since expanded that to include my own opinion on this song.
We live a society that coerces programming towards myopic self made traps of faith. Belief built up inside the head that can backfire. You can be taken in by a trickster, a liar, a manipulator, or other dishonorable character if you assume your best interest will be upheld, at least in this context.
I feel it taps a tendency that major decisions (that expose vulnerability) should and will be done without empiricism or at least "beyond a shadow of a doubt". And people do it, and act all surprised when they get tricked by their own animal desire masked as belief. It leads people right to the gallows time after time. The stigma associated becomes: "Those who don't take chances deserve ridicule for not taking chances."
To me, and my apathetic nihilism, the one truth that can be taken is: "People are all self serving at their core". Number 1 is number 1, and honestly, you deserve to be fucked if you give ambiguity or mere wishful thinking weight. What makes the world go around is certainly not benevolent or altruistic. But that is a presuppositional argument for another time.
I think the inconsistencies of christianity rooted itself into western culture as another stigma for those who won't mimic the method of society at large. In this case "faithful thinking". Instead of it being "demanding a higher standard for trust"; it becomes "the pussy afraid of taking a chance". Chastise those who won't let down their armor.
It has to be for personal agenda.
But that is just my opinion. I am sure Shirley Manson would tell me to fuck myself for taking the wrong message.. probably..
In any case, I like 90's music.
