I agree with some of your points. I also lived through the 80’s and 90’s and can pick them out more acutely.

But they’re also long ago enough for the survivorship bias to kick in. There are highly specific aesthetics of the 80’s that are regurgitated back to us through media that says “THIS IS THE 80’S”. Think Stranger Things, where they just condensed an entire decade into head nods. Whether or not we personally experienced some of these things, we collectively accept them as “the 80’s”.

Meanwhile, no one is putting Bow Biters forward as iconic of the era, despite the fact that I remember seeing them everywhere when I was a kid. They are not a culturally recognized touch point the way that acid washed jeans and curly mullets are.

I think the average person has a very strong link to the aesthetics of their childhood, too. Someone born in 1995 is going to have a much sharper sense of what the “2000’s” looked and felt like than you or I.

Tons of reasons.

1. You lived through them. There is a continuity in your mind, rather than a dissociated aesthetic.
2. Survivorship bias takes time. We think of bell bottoms for the 60’s, even though there were many other pant styles. Over time, specific things become iconic of an era.
3. The internet and mass media flattened and accelerated trends.

jfc

Yes. And sometimes poop.

It’s a lot more difficult for AFAB people to do one and not the other if the urge is present for both.

This is how I use them already. People plotting their government resistance through text terrify me.

Is there one that would work with my car’s system?

Right, but it’s not going to contain anything that can be used against me by fascists.

Jesus fucking christ.

I don’t use my phone for anything other than directions, phone calls, and texting my wife. Partially because I’m not going to carry around something with tons of shit that can be used against me.

This is fucking insane.

I love excel, personally. I’m a big ol’ nerd and love putting shit in a spreadsheet.

Good. Fuck 'em.

How you doin’?

No, fellow comrade. I am an authentic human being. I enjoy chewing and touching grass.

It has indeed. I live in one of the most hostile states in the country. Working like hell to get the fuck out.

Fuckin’ gross.

So for every person who submits for a renewal or new passport, they are crosschecking records to try to catch “the trannies”.

their unknown app

This part deeply worries me, as a trans person. Does their little fascist app know about my previous name? My gender change? I cannot imagine the horrific treatment trans people are getting if it does.

Do not do this if you are transgender or have an X gender marker. They will cancel your passport and tell you to apply for a new one with your sex assigned at birth.

Uh . . . how? I’m a trans man, but my passport says male. I changed it years ago. I have an active passport. Is there anything in this process that would get me flagged as a trans person?

Kinda surprised that New Hampshire is at the bottom. Not surprised that my state is just above it.

I sorta agree with this. I live in the Trumpiest state in this shitty union. I’m the most left leaning person on my block. I know most of my neighbors and they have gotten to like us. That said, there are some of them who I know would turn us in no matter what.

Doing the good work, comrade.

If they are in your home and you are at gun point, all you can do is play along and pray. Anyone saying otherwise is beating their chest or stupid.

If you were armed and responded with force, they will kill you. Period. Even if you manage to take down the initial force, you’re not leaving that house alive.

We need to do so many more things before the “they’re in my house with guns” stage.

Start by getting to know your neighbors. For real. If they are all right leaning, move. Surround yourself with like-minded people. Build mutual aid networks. They are far less likely to enter your neighbor’s home if you’re sheltering there, for example.

Have contingency plans on top of contingency plans. For example: you have a best case scenario fleeing plan. Decide where you’re going (ideally another country). Build out your time line, work on making it happen. Then plan less ideal ones all the way down to your “Anne Frank” plan. Who can you hide with long term?

For the Anne Frank scenario; what are your insurgency skills? You don’t have to be a fighter to be useful to your community. Learn, hone, and practice the skills that make you valuable to yourself and others.