@osric@terberlo.dog @aminorjourney@insearchofportlandia.com I halfway laughed (thought your post was funny, started to laugh, mid-chortle realized it's probably an accurate assessment, finished up with a sigh). The US used to be good at science! Y'know, back when we granted asylum to all those Germans who were good at rocketry and were, uh, fleeing their country for, ahh... hmm, some reason? Ahh. Okay.