@m it's the spherical cow of value judgments

@m There's a story about early Mormons by A. C. Doyle. He might have used some.

@m Definitely rough. Take the needed mourning time, for sure.

@m Don't think of a species as an entity, but as a set of specimens. In species with obligate sex of at least two participants, speciation can't happen via a single mutation creating a reproductive barrier. Speciation in such cases must necessarily happen (somewhat) gradually, with parts of what used to be one population drifting apart, until they become two populations. (This doesn't refute punctuated equilibrium; in the hypothetical equilibrium-punctuation case, the gradual drifting-apart would just happen relatively fast, but still, in multiple steps, and both subpopulations would eventually stabilise.)

@m @EdCates give yourselves guarded recovery time. Remember that dissociation is a holding pattern, not recovery, so put yourselves in the most healing environment you can even if it's just headphones and favorite music.If you need hope, allow time to remember what gives you hope. If hope isn't your sole driver (hello Finland and sisu representing) practice your "because fuck you that's why."

@m Good deal! I've noticed the security theater tends to move a little quicker now compared to early days.

We met a black cat named lucipurr.

@genehack @m the main value of a diagnosis is when you’re pretty sure the brain wiring is sufficiently frayed to present a fire hazard. Then they give you verbal directions to the exit and a fire extinguisher that sometimes works. Past that it can be limited in usefulness.