A post submitted by CGI member Morgan.

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http://www.visibleorigami.com/2026/02/if-you-are-in-accord-with-spindle-that.html

The most noticeable Trend in the culture, which began to really develop in the 80s, and which is... ironically... when Reagan closed down the mental institutions in America, is the increasing number of the mentally ill... the emotionally damaged... the chemically impaired, AND... the lockstep masses of conditioned personalities that move around on rails of programming that wrap like train tracks around their psyche.

There are many kinds of Crazy, which might not appear as Crazy because of the bandwidth they operate in. When people repeat the same actions over and over, it doesn’t always present as mental illness, when it most certainly is, except in the rare cases where it is wisdom. One of the biggest public events in the bar scene, right up there with Karaoke Night, is Trivia Night. It attracts the superficially addicted the way porch lights attract insects.

You see it in retirement communities. You see it in large care home settings. You see it in suburban neighborhoods, and it is just one of those cultural demographics that define the shape of the culture. There are a number of these large gathering sites, like the huge entertainment venues and sporting events. The recent Super Bowl had thousands of people who could not really see the action on the field, and who paid in the neighborhood of 8,000 dollars (just for the ticket) to be there. Some paid a great deal more.