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Hehehe, did so.

I mean it was for sure like that all the way up until like…now. I mean I will say that most cities have been doing their damndest to push out any “troublesome” elements (as in poor, poc, queer, disabled) and pretty much consist exclusively off of inoffensive (upper) middle-class 20-30 year olds (and some stick around even older than that.

But I gotta run, cause I’m gunna hang with the missus. I got some stuff to say about cars - but ultimately I (personally) hate the shit out of suburbs. I don’t think they’re actually spacious at all. They’re like a sardine-tin hellhole. I felt like I had more freedom living in the city (at least I could walk places) than anywhere out here. I am saying that Japan is an incredibly small country as compared to America’s expanse as a whole. And that it is very futuristic to imagine lining the entirety of the country with say…a bullet train when we’ve already got rails everywhere but people don’t tend to take them for personal travel on account of it being a long and drawn out process. But I am huge proponent for fast forms of public transit in general. I don’t particularly love buses. But give me the metro and I’m on it. Buses are meandering and I get driven freakin’ insane on them. But that’s just me.

Ugh, to tired - gunna go hang with the missus. I’m not fighting this. I don’t really care ultimately. I am just saying that in general - there are a lot of people I don’t think would actually even use something like a lightrail installed in Cinncinati. Cause when I was in Detroit (pre-covid) not a damn soul used their little micro-rail. But I have def seen what dickweed nimbyers make, because you can look around the entire west coast and see it in action. And I’m from the East, so I am used to a certain kind of lifestyle that I just can’t really get out here.

I mean, we’ve got the rails. So I am not saying it’s like we don’t have rails. But more so I mean the urban density just isn’t there (which is what you’re talking about with the suburbs). But also that usually comes with industry, and there’s so much space in America that just doesn’t pull the level of industry and even if there’s “cities” it basically just ends up having cities that look like burbs or like they’re from the 70s (because I think a lot of architecture is from there or the 80s). And I know Japan has the bullet train, but it’s way smaller than here. Idk what’s going on in China, so I can’t talk there. But I will also say that in America a lot of public transit is intentionally used to keep group a away from group b. So extending that access isn’t seen as desireable.

It’s kinda weird because like…America is super big and super stretched apart. And we really did put off viable transit for so long. I am not really sure what else to say, because it makes me sad. But I am living in the suburbs for the first time in a hundred years and it feels so lonely out here. Like everyone is participating in their daily cycles, but ultimately everyone is an isolated bear in a cave. Likewise there are no sidewalks, and the few kids I do see playing are constantly wandering the streets that are filled with mega-trucks. I sort of feel like I entered one of the layers of hell, and want to escape. But for now I am here, and perhaps I won’t be in the future. But where I am at isn’t really even all that urbanized as a whole. So, shrugs.

And I am not saying lay concrete down on every corner. And I do think that urban spaces are filled to the brim with a lot of toxins. And lack a lot of nature, outside of pigeons and a couple of trees per block. I don’t know as a whole. It feels like we expanded too much as a people. Which makes me feel frustrated yet again. So I’m just gunna sit here and let you wizards wiz it up. Cause I can’t seem to get past the first part which is valid but not really conducive to anything.

Hahaha! You got me laughing over here! Hahaha! Yeah it sounds like it helped some, but hindered others. And in general is pretty unpredictable. But like I said, when you’re in a desperate (hopeless) situation it’s kinda like…what line are you willing to cross in order to get better? Stinks, but it does go through the old brian-bin.

a) Thank you! That was super sweet! No worries, I legit pick up and put down stuff all over the place. So the crossed wires are immense.

b) I went through a series of emotiosn reading about helminth treatment. Thought: “how far are you willing to push to get better? Would I do this? Yes? No? Maybe so. Eh!” I think even the journal itself notes that it’s a relatively common reaction to this new form of treatment. But if they could figure out how to spin this large scale over time, nobody really needs to know what the source of the extract is. Just more so that it can reduce swelling and seems to be hypoallergenic. Which would be pretty rad in my book. Not so open to a pill of worms in my body, way more open to treatment derived from their lipids.

Thanks again!

That’s incredibly interesting. I can seemingly only find information on helminthic therapy, if you come across it do you mind passing some information this way?

Also, I read this last night and literally wanted to pack up my bags and head to Nebraska. I am glad that they are getting some funding, it sounds like they’re cataloging the various species. I wondered if they performed studies as well, but I probably am going to go and have to track down more information myself if I want to know more. But it was a really comfy read, and sparked the imagination. Which is what The Smithsonian is supposed to do, so mission accomplished!