Lake of Pig Shit

As we crossed into the lake of pig shit, I asked Faulkner what the point of having a different type of animal feces was. "Well, these are all people who eat shit, rather than the ones who spew shit out. Y'know, like a pig rolls around in its' own filth and eats shit all day, so too do these people. Just listen and you'll understand." We passed into the lake and I began to hear the moans of shit eaters. "Oh, but you're so thin! I could never be as thin as you are. I'm all fat, don't you think?", to which a voice replied "Me thin?! Good Lord no, you're the thin one dear." I realized that these were the whiners, the people who wanted you to feel sorry for them all the time, that literally fed on it. As I looked around I could hear the cries for pity all around and some of the people began grabbing onto the boat. Whenever one got too close, the nameless kayaker would smack them with the oar and then they would whine about that too. Now that we were a fair distance from the shoreline, I realized that it was in fact not so much a mountain as a giant pillar. "Wait, so that cliff we walked down is holding up that whole desert we walked across to get to this point? What's underneath the plateau? The Charybdis?" I asked. Faulkner nodded and replied, "Basically, there are four pillars that hold up the sins that are socially acceptable. Each pillar corresponds to a lake, since the people swimming in this stuff are ones that are borderline socially acceptable but abuse one of the four foundations of human conduct. The four foundations or pillars are: Courtesy, for the Pig Shit people who overdo humility to gain pity. Interest, for the Lake of Fire since they are all really interested but only because they want to tell their own cool story. Discussion, for the Bullshitters who subvert conversation into their own gains. And finally Withheld information, for the lake of Shit mixed with Dirt. The last one is a part of social interaction because you shouldn't go blabbing every awkward thing to a person. In fact, most of the time, if you think something is going to make people feel uncomfortable then go ahead and just not say it. These four pillars make-up the foundation of social conduct and this whole desert and lake region constitutes socially acceptable sins. They're all in Hell because they took it too far, but still, it would be possible to be in the same room with one of these people in the living world." I nodded, and we passed into the Lake of Shit mixed with Dirt.