…it didn’t occur to them to even start learning Russian before they went?!

More of a callback, I think: https://www.reddit.com/r/grilledcheese/comments/2or1p3/you_people_make_me_sick/

I’m actually still trying to get one to work… might need to step back and make sure I can get base Dolphin to run it first!

I do think some of this is just fatigue. The usual way to deal with this is to either pick one or a few things to try to actively address, or just buckle down and wait for things to improve. Both lead naturally to a situation where it’s hard to get a critical mass of people to respond on any one subject.

As I understand it, the rate of post-hormone regret for these kids is extremely low. Like, single or double digits low.

Leaving aside for the moment the free speech issues inherent here… if you want to control what someone does with a book after you sell it? You can’t sell it. Lend it, rent it, whatever; but if it’s sold, you’ve given up all right to determine what happens with it.

Don’t want to invest in the infrastructure to do that? Then is it really that important to you?