Humans don't have deep-time thinking wired into their mental processes. Heck, some of them have a hard time thinking ahead to the next election.

Only if you're a naturally social person.

You got that right :D

Klav did die, oh yes. Begging for mercy that she didn't deserve. ...typical egocentric vainglory, actually.

Props for 25th Century parenting that allows the adults to learn from the kids without going off on a cringe-worthy rant about how things are these days.

Paper wasps are one sheet of A4 folded to a thick wad and propelled at an enemy with the aid of a rubber band. They really sting.

Sort of a Wine Aunt crossed with a Mischief Uncle. Chaotic Untee.

They really did.

Humans can, have, and will spread their pack-bonding everywhere. Then wonder why so many Others keep turning up. I'm like, Dude, we invited them.

Possibly?

As far as I understand the foster care system - yes.

Agreed. We should end artificial scarcity now. Also there should definitely be more therapists.

I hinted at it with "To Serve Man" lol :D Basically, the aliens are eating us.

Let them infodump and smile and nod, it's all you can do. I did (briefly) play some Magic and I absorbed some Yugioh by osmosis through my spawn watching the anime... and I'm fairly certain that Pokemon

Same, friendo. Same.

Problem with that philosophy is that "the damn thing" can be deadly. As a range of focus - I predate the MMR vaccine and when I caught measles, it was still the era when that could kill a kid.

We have a knack, as a species, for looking at the patterns of history and going, "RIP to them, but I'm different" and then wandering into the exact same bear trap. Also, I'd like to have the

Honestly? Same. Plus it would shut the anti-vaxxers up because it's allegedly "more natural" than the traditional jab vaccine. ...nevermind that there's HEAVY gengineering involved, and the people

Here's to holding each other up on the bad days, friendo. Here's to normalising and encouraging friends to say "I need extra hugs today" so you can too. Here's to everyone who helps. Cheers.

Sometimes, we all need a soft friend to help us out, and that's okay.