So... I found the below *right* after I found this: www.justice.gov/opa/pr/relig...

And I'm seriously wondering how much God actually likes what the Religious "Right" is doing right now... 🤔😬

We'd better start down at 5, then, because 7 already ate 9.

Shouldn't it be Kears of the Tingdom, then? *headtilt* My brain hurts...

I want more RRRRRRR and less B...

Quite possibly, but have some *hugs* regardless!

Not only am I happy to live in a diverse neighborhood, I am *deeply uncomfortable* in places with insufficient diversity.

I'd be *shocked* to find a whole neighborhood of my (frankly obscure) religion!

Fair point about the values, though. I do prefer to live among fellow multiculturalists!

Granted, but they also don't usually understand that BDSM isn't just abuse as-is, so that might cut in both directions.

What? They're perfectly clear!

I'm Xennial, (end of 70s), and no. I couldn't have pictured my adult life when I was a child if I tried. Too many things that simply did not exist yet, or the existence of which I was unaware of, have become central to my life.

And it looks like Starfleet insignia crossed with legos, so bonus geek points!

No? I thought maybe she was just having a rare guest for tea... I wouldn't want her to be lonely. Other planets have whole clans of moons, and she doesn't get a single sister, poor thing.

Well, she isn't throwing rocks at us yet, so...

Oh, is THAT why they like to run right in front of the only car on the highway for miles in every direction in the middle of the night?

To remind us of the important etiquette of Yell At Coyotes!

"In a ton of pain, tired, annoyed politically & self-doubting."

*huge gentle hugs* if you want them, friend.

Sheesh, the seal is a giveaway, but even if not, if it's not physical paper with YOUR name and specific car info on it, it's meaningless. Like, even if it was somehow official, they'd have borked the making-it-about-you-specifically step entirely.

*headdesk*

Ahhh, yeah ok that makes sense. Thank you! We don't get snow here, so the strategies of salting the roads are unknown to me!

Also, that much salt would definitely mess with the estuary...

What... does she then use it for??

THIS

Like feeling tired and stupid all the time might not be normal after all.

Like you remember who you are after all, after a while of wondering whatever happened to you.

Like everything doesn't HAVE to be weirdly hard all the time.

Like being NOT so depressed you can't function.

It's right up there with "I have dice older than you" except you can't inherit usernames the same way.

For a second I thought this was a Doctor Who thing...

On the Movies side of things, we had fun using the intro song to Rocky Horror Picture Show as a list to start from 😆

I occasionally wonder what it says about us, that I and several of my friends immediately think this way about "Eat the Rich"...

My Mom did have me read some of those, watch some of those, but not until I was already invested, and trying to understand the *references*. She didn't give them to me because she thought they'd make me love Sci Fi and Fantasy, she gave them to me as history lessons about my community culture.

I am not even *close* to the oldest fan I know off the top of my head. Like, I'm actually mid-range for my local convention staff. I've met everything from newborns to centenarians at local fan con. There are PLENTY of people still around who know how to make this work!

People will host servers outside the US, have private word-of-mouth, no-profit membership systems, etc.

It's very doable. We've done it all before.

If KOSA is the problem, then we're likely just backing up to early 00s, not pre-internet. Privately hosted email lists and BBSs, basically, rather than large corporate social media. AO3 will probably survive, but that doesn't help as much for the art side.

We used to have Elfwood and such for art.

Local conventions and clubs, often starting from things like Universities and Libraries. Mailing lists. There are still people alive in fandom today who were around when this was how fandom worked before.

The 'net has been around for as long as I've been involved, but it wasn't always central.

Aha! Useful for me, too, thank you!