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But I cannot imagine a better motivator to clean up the diet, knock off the seed oils, porn and computer games and go to the gym than an all out existential crisis. I have always felt this whole shit show will either sink us or trigger a renaissance.

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Yes, I agree. And I believe we're seeing the first shoots of spring already. Those choosing death are sinking into the mud. Those choosing life are becoming ever more vital.

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I feel it in myself. I see it in others too. I am also seeing people's terminology changing in private. Less polite terms used for what we are seeing around us. That is a shift.

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A few years ago, it was a furtive "I don't want to sound racist, but...."

Now, it's "I don't care if this sounds racist...."

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Yep. Soon it will be, thanks for noticing.

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Great meme, that.

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Everyone else is racist. TheChinese view it as a survival mechanism.

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Everyone is racist, and no one else cares.

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Not racist itтАЩs prejudice. I donтАЩt pet hungry lions for a reason.

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I'm not sure lions are the best animal metaphor for Africans. Jackals, more like.

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