/\ I might be on that discord if you're talking about the same people I think you are?

*Blatent racism warning*

https://initiate.space/

They're a "fascist" cult of Lain from the depths of the internet.

I'm actually not there to be an antifa super soldier. I genuinely just enjoy their aesthetic and they're interesting people to chat with sometimes if you can get past the more cringe worthy decorum of some channels.

On the complete opposite end of the spectrum NYX has a very Lain vibe with their philosophy musings.

https://nyxus.xyz/

If we're not talking about the same folks I'd love a link if there's a hub of some sort. Lain lovers make the best internet stuff.

Ha, that's completely alien to me. The place I was talking about is much less sinister and more mainstream from what you've shown me. It's just lainchan.org and arisuchan.jp.

But that's some deep weird stuff, I'm delving in now.

California would be a great country.

^ yes

Losing California alone would set the USA back so far as to effectively place us behind China economically. Plus, loads of subsidies for other states would be suddenly shut off, which could send the shattered union's already reduced economy into a tailspin.

Mostly the Golden age of piracy (l7th-18th century) in the Atlantic and Caribbean, but yes there has been plenty of piracy throughout history.

Arr, the best age

Black Caesar is one of my favorites. Some of his prisoners were children who reportedly escaped captivity and formed their own language and culture in the mangrove forests.

Ha, amazing to think how our future descendants will perceive our deadly illnesses.

Hopefully this is something that can, more or less (maybe not word-for-word), be said to a child of the 2040s. Even back in 2008, cancer could be treated 90 percent of the time if caught early enough, and throughout the 2020s remote health monitoring is supposed to take that. There's that one doctor/group that's trying to get this sensor

that monitors the bloodstream for various bio-markers (not necessarily for cancer) receive FDA approval next year, which can remain active for up to two years before degrading. And, of course, Mary Lou Jepsen's miniature MRI machine, which can work as an at-home cancer detection device and is expected for release between 2022 and 2025.