Have you tried various flavored waters or seltzers? Long term the caffeine addiction probably isn’t that great for you either.

You don’t have to go cold turkey, but if I were you I would try to taper down your soda consumption and see how that makes you feel. You may also be slightly dehydrated and a little water (as in flavored waters, if you can handle it) may make you feel a little better.

Oh don’t get me wrong I LOVE Levar, and I’m interested in checking out the book. It just seems like an odd choice looking back, then again a lot of sci-fi tends to age that way.

This is the first I’ve heard of this book, I’m assuming it was written years ago prior to ‘Melanotan 2’ being a thing. It’s a peptide which at high enough doses it can effectively transform the fairest skinned caucasian to a skin complexion to that of someone who is from Sub-Saharan Africa. The entire premise seems a little far fetched when there is a relatively simple solution available.

Some people online claim he’s hiding as a preacher named Bob Joyce.

There are so many details I have to ask, is this for a creative writing session, or are you asking based on a real life situation?

That said, your question is oddly phrased as I’m not entirely sure of the relevance of gen z or social media. But at its core it sounds like you are asking are death bed confessions prosecutable?

According to Google yes it’s technically possible. But in the scenario you are discussing, where someone is potentially in hospice or in a hospital death bed confessing a crime at an extremely old age, I suspect nothing much would happen.

Often legal issues take a long time for anything to happen, they would have to reopen a case, start an investigation, see if they can find corroborating evidence, ect. Depending on the situation all they would have to go on all they might have is the confession itself and it may be difficult to prove this wasn’t some kind of confabulation of dementia.

Assuming they moved forward and the individual made it to trial (which very often can take many years), it’s doubtful that you would be able to find a jury willing to convict a 105+ year old person based upon potentially thin evidence.

So yes it’s technically possible, but I’m not sure it would be a worthwhile use of judicial resources and suspect it would very likely be swept under the rug.

That’s what scrolling through the web in the late 90’s/early 2000’s felt like. I legitimately can’t tell if that page felt nostalgic or if it was seizure inducing.

Some thing, some thing Miles O’Brien.

I’d love to know your thoughts why the Internet is systemically right leaning? I don’t spend too much time on the political side of YouTube, but similar to op I’ve been perpetually confused as to why Instagram runs so hard to the right.

The idea that the Internet being systemically right leaning is super interesting and may explain a lot.