La Burbuja de la Realidád

From an interview with some musicians: "Cuando digo esto sé lo miserable que soy y nunca he podido ponerme en juez de los demás, pero vivir en una nube de pedos, en una situación cortesana, no es una cosa conveniente, tampoco. Es como una manera que uno tiene de detener la realidad para que no te afecte todo el tiempo." --La García He's basically saying that he is as bad as anyone else and he doesn't appoint himself judge over other people, but keeping up appearances, being oblivious, or "living in a fart cloud" is not the most comfortable way to live. However, he understands that being oblivious and unconcerned (i.e. "living in a fart cloud") is a way of keeping reality at bay so that such realizations don't affect you all the time. I think this is an Argentinian phrase, "to live in a fart cloud" (vivir en una nube de pedos), which means to be unconcerned about what is going on around you. I suppose we who live in a literal fart cloud would definitely fit the bill. Ignorance is bliss. This isn't a "gross" phrase in Argentina, although it's probably a bit slangy, but I think it captures nicely the intersection of how we ignore the reality of what is around us (the fart cloud) in preference for our "preferred reality," or escapist pursuits, while simultaneously denying how we contribute to the whole situation (our farts). It's all tied up nicely in one stinky little bundle of words. Anyway, I like the phrase and thought I'd share!