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Related: About this forumWe've all become so comfortably numb...
Or at least...I have.
Love and peace to all...let the Floyd fly...
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We've all become so comfortably numb... (Original Post)
cayugafalls
Dec 2023
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Iwasthere
(3,170 posts)1. The fact that there is only one response to this your post
... well that in itself is telling imo. Everyone is shrugging it all off. We've been gaslighted, for years. Normalization tactics in hyper drive by media
cayugafalls
(5,643 posts)2. Indeed.
Thank you...for the response.
Prairie_Seagull
(3,336 posts)3. I had the Hong Kong flu in 1968 or 69.
I was then 9 or so and I almost died. Was a very intense and almost psychedelic in nature experience. Lost weight to near the end but got better. I got my 'fleeting glimpse' I do believe.
redqueen
(115,103 posts)4. I wouldn't say comfortably, the financially secure, sure.
the rest of us...