This is good and you should feel good

My newly set expectations are once again subverted!

I’d guess, in this case, imagining a wrongfully imprisoned grandma is thought to be more immoral than “just” a 50 year old. It also causes readers to imagine their own grandma in the same situation, instead of a stranger.

I really don’t think the Mooninites will see it coming, so war should be over in a week or two. I’m willing to back a nuclear bombardment of the Moon, if it will ensure that I can still watch football this weekend.

I thought Station Eleven was pretty good about it, small vehicles / motorcycles for a while, then bicycles and horses + wagons, plus a lot of walking. That was a wildly different scenario though (99.9% of the population poofed in a few day period), so there were a ton of abandoned resources for any survivors.

Feels like a truth in advertising moment, but with what enforcement? As others have said, voting with your dollars is the best leverage you have.