Holding grudges is a form of self harm.

Then do not. Act with conviction, stop wasting more time explaining.

Things relate more than most realize.

What do you mean enter?

Piercing through the veil.

Understanding the rules/laws/customs are created to protect the few and control the many. Part of this includes ethics that do indeed protect everyone. However, there are deliberate faults to make sure some can live outside the same framework.

Most people do not have/take the time/focus/perspective/intelligence/capability to think all of it through, outside their box/bubble.

And then there are those blessed with the curse. Next part is more difficult: turning it into actionable change. Working on that one myself; will take time.

I cannot have more respect for a person than I have for Billie.

Thank you for the strange compliment.

We are all rats. When this ship sinks, we will float to the next, or (decide to) drop off.

All things considered, how much would actually be lost?

The alternative being.............

And you forgot the most important of them all: System system!

That is just shitty culture. Unlikely where I am from. Perhaps there is a jaded dude here or there, sure. Ganging up on someone telling them they should divorce? Sounds crazy.

Feel free to tell those people to just shut the hecc up.

Is this a Cat King?

I agree, I have experienced temperatures up to 45c in Spain and India; not pleasant to be out in the sun, quite survivable once you are used to it.