Am I the only one who thinks that Goldfish being “The snack that smiles back” a terrifying concept? You’re hungry, so you go into your cupboard to get some snacks. You pull out a bag of gold fish and start munching on it. It tastes pretty good and its improving your mood, so you break out a small smile. That's when you realize it. The goldfish crackers are also smiling. Are they mocking you? Saying there is no way you could eat them all? No, that’d be ridiculous. Why do they have an unchanging grin, even in the face of certain doom? They are to be eaten, and yet all they can do is smile. Do they take comfort in that, laughing at it in twisted agony? No. What I think, is that the goldfish crackers have accepted their fate, and forgive you for the atrocities you have committed. You see, those little beady orange eyes see straight through you into your past. They know all you’ve ever done wrong, and they forgive you. They offer themselves to you, as a brief respite of sustenance. So that you may smile back at them.
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