@danialexis @sumpnlikefaith Christianity started with an informal gathering. It can get back to that.

@sumpnlikefaith go on about the international sources?

@AmericanPartisan there are two aspects to voters like this: intellectual and moral.

Being ignorant is one thing, it happens to us all. If unintentional, one is blameless.

But the moral failure of voting for Trump on so many ground, that's on them.

@DavidVanstone1 I actually thought this over. Pre-social media it was email, MIRC. And now ironically its email, Discord, and video chat.

@JazzCrafter preferred brands for the water filter and campstove and array?

@Helena_Handbasket

DC Comics has a character called Major Disaster who can cause disasters and see the flaws in things. Once, like 20 years ago he got his powers enhanced.

He made a statement as he looked at the world, seeing every flaw, saying "This is what it's like, watching it all fall apart."

I RELATED so hard.

Oh and for those of you wondering, yes Project Management is an AWESOME job!

Also it requires you to deal with the existential horror of seeing the flaws in EVERYTHING.

So yeah, the last few years have been hard.

@DavidSalo Oh this place is great.

As a PM, most systems run due to everyday things people do. It's a mix of Standard Operating Procedure and heroic efforts to deal with the problems with Standard Operating Procedure.

If either of those are disrupted, things fragment. If both are disrupted at the same time for a duration, the system shuts down and can even collapse.

This is honestly why regularity matters. You can do the same old same old AND have the energy for whatever heroic measures correct the dumb things that pop up.

Ted Giola states our society has a crisis of unseriousness. I not only agree, but argue it's fused with our bullshit-ridden economy of irresponsibility to create a toxic, unsustainable, blend.

I also invite people to look at how unserious they are.

https://www.stevensavage.com/blog/2024/11/were-not-serious.html

Oh no, not anything now. As in if the US breaks up or that gets legs and DOESN'T happen, it'll inspire other countries.

I'm seeing far more talk of the US breaking up. A thing I'd like to note that if that does happen, it's going to inspire similar things in other countries.

No point, really just noting.

Ted Giola published a timely article asking if the us is in a "crisis of seriousness" that resonated with me.

I'd also say, yes, and we've been in one for about a decade.

https://www.honest-broker.com/p/is-there-a-crisis-of-seriousness

@TheresaVermont This I think is a huge difference going forward. A lot of people are done with the relations they had. I can't imagine the effect.