And really, I think the bonus fourth thought is that I really was a lucky bastard, in timing and in finding community because I could then, and I am so grateful to everyone who made up and held together all the things I benefitted from.
And why whenever I see folks have their little clubs and communities they built themselves, it keeps me from throwing my hands up in the air and shouting fuck this shit and proverbially walking into the sea. It’s not gone, just things are a mess out there.