We really need more websites that are .html and files in directories. Making everything an executable (either server or client side) leads to very short lifetimes.

> “We didn’t have any of those feelings. That would be a very human response,” they wrote. “Don’t worry, we will be taken care of.”

At the end of the article the realization hit me that it's just standard cultist behavior: if they suddenly gave up the faith they'd be unmoored, not having anything to hope for, so it's more comforting to believe in the "lie".

Behavior that too many people in the world exhibit of course, suuure America will be great again, it's not racism, it's fighting against thugs! What grift? Oh all politicians do it, so it's fine if the ones I support do it!

[This paragraph redacted, sigh, triggering people's emotions won't get my message across]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9F-vb7s3DE

Wait. Wasn't this kind of the plot of Lifeforce??

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lifeforce_(film)

Some other discussion in 2022: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29954025

The mass suicide happened and he was still deeply loyal to the group, the people, and even Marshall.

We had a bunch of deep conversations while on shift. He seemed to have profound regret he wasn’t amongst them when they went to the level beyond or whatever they called it. He just disappeared one day and I never saw him again.