>>149114485
Pretty sure anon's talking about the idea of your selfish desires versus your social desires. In this context, the mask isn't a fake you you use to hide other people, but the version of yourself you present to the world born from the conscious decisions you make. When you're doing the right thing for your child, that's not you pretending to care, that's you managing all your impulses - including the negative ones - and choosing to let the positive ones win out.