Except, having been in Canada, it's weirder than that, imo
When you ask "How far is it to City X". The answer is "Oh, about an hour away."
"How far to the grocery store?" "Not far. About 5 minutes that way."
In practical terms... Canadians measure distances... in minutes and hours...
Any...
Free association time:
Woke. The first time I heard it, I said "Of course I don't want to be woke. I'd rather be asleep."
And I meant it. No sarcasm. No disrespect. Yup. That was me. I honestly thought it was about daydreaming through your day or some shit.
Queue meme in 3...2...1...
It's possible, I'll give you that.
Then again, it's also possible that it's human nature and that power corrupts anyone in power, regardless of gender / race / orientation, etc... and that the dystopian society is just an inevitable fact.
If I HAVE to put on my scientist hat, I say let's do...
That's... very close to politics... but let me be clear... I LOVE politics... but site rules say NO... ok... here we go:
Until (if) the pendulum swings back, we're stuck with the laws... at least till we vote in someone with a different view.
Till then, speaking personally, how I'll adapt?
A...
True...
But not all of us have your skill and style...
...or the ability to see the line that we shouldn't cross on a message board... say... as a totally personal example...
You have to find your own system.
For me, I say to try to get an eye for it. Skim / Skip the posts that don't interest you or those that you can't contribute.
It's not a test. You're not graded. Find the post(s) that catch your eye, and there you go.
Some days, just replying to those that...
I don't like taking credit for something I didn't come up with.
When I looked up a similar topic in Google, I got this quote from a "Tom Chivers" website dated July 27 2012.
No fucking clue who that is, but I fucking love the quote:
"Basically, kids have always been ghastly little sods, and...
Holy shit, that triggered a memory:
"Cucumbers are pickles given the 'water zombie' treatment. They barely resemble their prior living form. Instead, they're bloated disgusting bags filled with swamp water detritus bemoaning the loss of their prior perfect self."
Now, WHO said that to me is...