@Phil M0OFX I've read this a few times now and I'm still not sure what "that stuff" is⦠I'm guessing the state of the world? But that doesn't quite seem to fit with the rest of what you say, which seems to be about the cult of personality/"popufur" thing.
But yes, I agree about the cult of personality stuff that goes on. On the other hand I know I'm not immune to it because there are people I've felt I can't/shouldn't approach because they are "big names" and I know they are probably overwhelmed with people and I don't want to add to that. I dunno. π€·ββοΈ
@Phil M0OFX Ahh, yep, no worries. For some reason this all made me remember this:
"And then, one Thursday, nearly two thousand years after one man had been nailed to a tree for saying how great it would be to be nice to people for a change, one girl sitting on her own in a small cafe in Rickmansworth suddenly realized what it was that had been going wrong all this time, and she finally knew how the world could be made a good and happy place.
"This time it was right, it would work, and no one would have to get nailed to anything. Sadly, however, before she could get to a phone to tell anyone about it, a terribly stupid catastrophe occurred, and the idea was lost forever."
@pippin And that reminds me of this exchange in Good Omens...
Crowley: "What did he say to get himself nailed to a cross?"
Aziraphale: "We should be kind to one other."
Crowley: "Yeah, that'd do it."