>>Do they scratch each other's backs? Because, from here, that's how this cocoon culture looks. I'll quote you and you'll quote me and we'll make sure that we invent new places where we'd mention each other and our own. No new content required, just now forms which we'll fill with recycled, remade, regurgitated same old. There will be token presence of the rest of the world, so we can have something to show that blabbermouth. But we'll stick to our own. "[unspellable]" - "when you look, we are / enough to ourselves" - by [unspellable].
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>Sometimes I truly wonder why you moved here. Oh, well. Have a good weekend and try to smile once in a while ;-)

My country was a screwup, and isn't getting much better. There still is some future for my kids here. We're doing fine. It's springtime, and I can rant. At least a few people hear me - so I have the pleasure of thinking I'm actually doing my bit to move things. Whether it's just an illusion, or am I really moving a few grains of sand on this beach, I can't know. But at least gives me something to do. I'm smiling at the moment, thanks :).