When life hits low, the predator loom ( trying to cure AI addict)

Have you ever felt stagnant? Do you want to feel more relevant? Be better than everyone? These were some of the questions on the flyers I saw while walking in the mall. I took one, crumpled it, and put it in my pocket. Yes, I do feel stagnant. My friends who didn’t know how to talk are now sociable with others; my friend who didn’t even like college activities is now active... Yet here I am, the same as before.

When the three of us met, they gave me warm smiles and said I was their inspiration, why they kept going, why they improved themselves, and “you’re still like your old self M***.”

Still the same???!?!?!?
Still the same???
Still the same.

Ah yes, I’m still the same M***, a sociable person, a smile on my face, and someone who makes friends with people. But why is it that when I became friends with them, shared my hobbies, and they tried learning them... they did better?

Why can’t I be like them? I want to be better. I want to be better than them because I did it first. I’M THE SOCIABLE PERSON, SO WHY... WHY ARE THEY BETTER THAN ME? I don’t want to be just a friend who introduces someone to others—I’m not a salesman.

I want to be like them, but I can’t—

I felt the paper I had just crumpled and finally really looked at it.

“Call ******275 for you to avail,” I read on the flyer while listening to the ring of the phone.

“Hello?”

“Welcome, gifted person. Do you want to improve? Do you want to be better? Then come to our office at ***** building. You will always be welcome M***.”

“I want to be better than them.”

"Anything you want... my genius"