The common people? Hardly. To them it really didn’t matter all that much as long as they were protected from war and famine.

But eventually that happened and they couldn’t ignore it anymore.

The elites of society will have been much more aware of the situation (and acted accordingly).

Yeah I think the Romans around 400 AD felt very much the same.

You are not your job, and your worth is not dependent on your economic output.

Took me decades to internalize this and I still occasionally struggle with it. But it’s good advice all the same.

This is more like e-mail from Cthulhu. Hmm, or e-snail…

I’m incredibly grateful that my oldest cat Terra is still with us. She’s currently palliative because of metastasized cancer in her right paw and there’s nothing the vets can do. But she was originally estimated to have days to weeks, and that was over three months ago and she’s still here and fighting. I’m just so glad for every extra day I get with her.

Not accurate. In reality the piss splashes down on the unwashed masses beneath.

That, and teachers really fucking hate being called out on something for some reason.