this is consistent with my suspicions as well. the overwhelming swell of pro government, pro mask, pro vax shit during that period broke all my assumptions about the masses' agency and that's just the "conservatives" i know. everyone left leaning in any way is multiple orders worse. plus everything like inability to visualize an apple and how you'd feel if you didn't eat breakfast came so shortly after that it is now impossible for me to just assume i'm dealing with a real person. it gets weirder when i remember how the proliferation of zombies in all aspects and genres of media started a decade prior. then shit like the marvel decade long mega plot about disappearing half of existence concluding literally weeks before covid started. all that to say almost everyone is fake and gay. i'm not convinced they have souls at this point.
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