I also live in the present, due to the constraints of the space-time continuum.
Humanity is good. Some people are terrible and broken, but humanity is good. I believe that.
Hoaxes are nothing new. News media isn't hard to fool. It's fun to fool and people like to mess with people. It all goes to show you that we're not all that hard to fool. I think we should just accept that and trust people anyway.
It's almost as if our society values opinion over knowledge.
I need Harry Potter like a grindylow needs water.
Welcome to the degeneration of my mind.