No matter how many near misses there has been or what chances are in percentage that we could die. It would not even come closely to a chance percentage that we had to be born. What were the chances? No chance really and yet we did.

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Uhhhhhh. That pitchfork story gives me the willies.  I hit a sprinkler in a park onetime running full tilt.  It broke my big toe and did ligament damage.  I was at a High School leadership conference and there may or may not have been a girl and some alcohol involved.  I limped on (the girl went on scott free) and didn't report it for hours, until after the sun was up.

I do have some ideas about how close I've come a few times.  And probably hundreds that I don't know.

I am concerned.  My friend Erv predicted current behavior quite accurately in his book written 5 years ago.  I've seen bits of his continuation (we are each other's first editors) and know that he is very concerned about the tipping point.  He sees it as happening in 2020 and did so before the Pandemic.  That hasn't done much to stabilize the world.  

I just read a LONG piece about international money laundering and the way the US (and other governments) turn their back on it so long as the banks make money.  It's not pretty.

Is it going to guns?  If that's the case then it has happened too soon for the people that turned the genie loose in the first place.  

It will be interesting in the way that not all interesting things are good or helpful.

oouu...maybe i have hemophobia but seeing blood scares me so much.
But I'm glad you pull through because I read post and I'm motivated
The phrase "an inch more or less" has so many meanings when you think about it.
Infact i just remembered the story of a young man who bent to knot his shoelace and by the he got up there was a hole in the cloth that hung behind him.
This was a stray bullet and i thought for a second if he had not knot his lace he would be dead.
I might not be too interested in politics but the polarization between people of different tribes, religions, customs and even their way of thinking has affected a lot of us and the many young ones yet to be born.
The actions we take only makes or mar us
But when i think of whatever that might have caused this social tipping, i feel the underlying effect of ignorance 
Because we do not have exposure to the whole truth but only on one side of the matter

I'm glad to hear that you avoided fork impact lol. I think that "almost close" can be quite frustrating. Almost close to happiness, almost close to change, almost close to a revolution, almost close to a win. There is also the other side: almost close to dying, to suffering, to pain. Almost close is almost never good enough to produce a change. There is indeed a sweet spot where almost becomes full. It is dependant on internal and external pressures. But usually the internal pressure exceed other factors and produce the outcome. Good or bad. Almost is denial. Full is acceptance. It is a matter of perspective.

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I think I could use the whole System Of A Down discography to reply to you...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUzd9KyIDrM

With the video and all.

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About the tipping point...

Imagine a pile of rocks, balls, or cans. When a really shocking thing goes to the top, it rolls down and is distributed somewhere along the base of the pile. Our tolerance for bullshit has increased. We're impartial to what happens on the street. We're impartial to what happens next as long as there's a way to convince ourselves that it might not happen.

Also, assimilated stuff is so much easier than thinking. Thinkers and speakers are laughed upon by those who have not yet taken a hit.

Is that the Humanity you want to save, Batman?

I'm sure your texts are a clear example of how analogies can be used in an effective way. As I was reading, I was reminded of how the whole disaster began in Venezuela: everyone was waiting for just one person to transgress the line to go out and transgress it as well. Too much resentment held. The day-to-day was a razor's edge that could be felt. Now it's the same thing. People are waiting to throw themselves at each other, waiting for the other to say something to refute it, to attack it. We feel that some of us walk along a line, like a tightrope walker, so as not to arouse the fury of the people, while others are fire-breathers, who enjoy seeing the world burn. Greetings, @tarazkp

> I wonder what the social tipping point was in the past, at what point did a political movement become preparation for war, a social movement for revolution. I am guessing the seeds were sown and grown before any official declaration was ever made.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1it_LE4Zi8

https://twitter.com/tarazkp1/status/1308131032055644161

DX bet if you weren't awake before that you definitely were after!