The Crowd Over Performs [301]

Hi Crowd! What a timeline we’re on amirite? As a non-US resident I often find myself looking at what’s going on in the US and thinking it’s too absurd to be real. I know this isn’t an uncommon perspective as it’s the most common discussion that comes up anytime the US is mentioned in conversations with other non-US residents. Last week I ventured across the border and spent a few days with friends new and old and while it wasn’t the primary conversation, it was certainly a conversation. There’s so much disbelief and utter “how the fuck is this still going on?!” and when I say “this” I’m referring to *waves hands around wildly* because it’s not just one thing, and any one thing on it’s own would be bonkers, but everything in total is just something else. But it’s also interesting to see the perspective, outside the US it’s an almost universal observation and inside the US it’s not. Like you can’t see the thing you are standing in the middle of as well as someone looking from a…