I don’t keep up with any of this stuff, and so it just makes me think of memes like this:

What is a weapon for, if not to allay fear?

Wait, isn’t China the really big one east of Europe?

I wasn’t making any kind of reference, myself, to be whooshed by. I’ve used this name around for a little while and just wanted to agree with your statement, then noticed the partial similarity in our names and wanted to comment on that, to, as if someone were trying to say my handle but got stuck on an audio loop: “Major— major— major— major—”

As an American who grew up on its proclaimed hegemony and superiority, yes, please. I think there is really something to the idea of “The American spirit” once you strip away the toxic cultures of individualism, corporatism, and blind self-aggrandizing; we were lied (propogandized) to for decades about being “the best”, and the result is some folks who would do awesome things if the fucking societal compass of this place could be directed toward real social and societal good. You know, equity, progress, a sense of self-preservation when it comes to the climate/environment…

For your consideration.

As someone who used to work with “large” (to normal people; 10k-60k rows up to maybe 70 columns) datasets in Excel exclusively, I also hate Excel.

As someone whose name escaped the skipping record that your name is, I concur.