Thanks for the clarification, which only makes it more prescient.

Unfortunately, I will probably be long gone before the Vulcans arrive.

It used to seem there would be this universe without money or religion, and then we got to DS9, and saw the Bajoran religion, the Ferengi obsession with profit, and the gambling at Quarks.

Hey! I learned a lot about Mermaids from those documentaries. You cant find that kind of fact-based research in the Mainstream Media. Liberals hate Mermaids, and they aren’t real big on Unicorns, either.

The Gaza Riviera.

I wouldn’t go anywhere near it. Those luxury condos, resorts, hotels, and casinos that Kushner has been negotiating for since immediately after Oct 7, are going to be prime targets for terrorism for YEARS, and I won’t be sorry about it at all.

The entire region is going to be a heavily militarized zone. That’s a fun vacation.

Growing up, I watched Star Trek and ST: Next Gen. I always wondered how we could get to a kinder, more tolerant society like theirs. As I learned more about the back story, it turns out that there was a massive nuclear world war in the mid-21st century that did massive damage to the world. The society that Star Trek represents rose from the ashes of that war.

I always hoped we could reach a tolerant society without going through that, but its starting to look remarkably prescient.

If a tree falls on him in the forest, would anyone hear him squish? Or care?