My other They is a Them.

No base, no trace.

Are we efficient now? Are we great again yet?

"slippery slimy" wow, ok.

Wat? The first sentence was an acknowledgement of illness and injury. I'm not discounting those realities at all.

Unforeseeable circumstances like injury or illness aside, much of the bodily degredation people succumb to is voluntary. Our bodies are very much "use it or lose it" and if you're sedentary and disregard the importance of diet, you'll have a bad time.

Of course there is. That's what the art of living is.

I read A Scanner Darkly years ago and it made me uncomfortable. Then I read about Dick and it made so much sense.

Hard same. It's been 25 years since I left, and whenever I encounter anyone from either Ukraine or Russia I don't reveal my origins at all. Then I overhear them talking absolute shit and I remember why I remain stealth.

Uhh, US biscuit or UK biscuit?

It's stupefying how committed people are to ignorance. Many of these perspectives persist among immigrant communities abroad, so leaving the country isn't enough. You have to leave the culture, too.

Damn girl, this one is a knockout.