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I'd say to my kids: "I was there when it was written"
I was there, $name. I was there 4 years ago when the strength of men failed.
We're going to look like such fucking idiots when people read about how we collectively handled it.
The only consolation, is that most of us looked at how many people were handling it at the time and said, "well they're fucking idiots."
Wearing pajamas, streaming Netflix, sitting atop our hoarded mountain of toilet paper
We'll probably still be morons no matter when people are reading about it. At least it'll provide reassurance that whichever things we screw up next are not unprecedented failures.
"It's true, all of it"
"Even the shitposts?"
"Especially the shitposts!"
My man.