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It's late, and I've had wine, but I can't believe that I'm the only one who's noticed this: in the five or six years of posting here, and despite the petty interfaith shit flinging we do on a regular basis, there is this.

We have reached consensus.

Our little tribe has done a LOT of talking, and we've changed our minds quite a bit. TOWARDS each other.

Our core ideals and outlook are, at their heart, aligned. We've stripped away the outer biases, and now we only fight over our inner ones.

Who's going to argue over TGRRs prophecy? Cain's insights? Cram's IRL plots? Kai's science?  ECH's cooking?

We transformed from a bunch of strangers figuring things out into a group of friends, relating our daily struggles.

I don't really know how to say this without it sounding sort of insistent, but:
Wouldn't this be the time to compile all of these core ideals and observations into another Principa-level document? A sort of "progress report"? Maybe?

Now, let's see how things go.

I'm gonna think about it a bunch over the next 3-7 days, try to come up with a new concept or three, and run with it.  I'd like to see some other people do the same thing.

If it doesn't work out in the next little while - 30 days or so - then I'm gonna pack it in.

"new concepts" referring to rant ideas, or ways to promote the community?

I'd love to see more energy here, but the same people can only do so much. The community needs to grow to be intellectually sustainable, and I really haven't seen much activism here. Where did all the GASMs go? (Not that there were that many) How can this place grow without getting a bunch of trolls instead of new members?

It seems like there are always at least as many guests on as members. Getting more of the lurkers involved could give the forum the energy it needs.

Not that I can really speak for this place, having only today joined.