Anons,
I had a realization today, very unexpected. I noticed, in my sphere, a 1 to 1 coorespondance between the folks in my life were "enraptured" by those "fidget spinner" toys a few years ago and the vax/mask addiciton. I thought the spinners were odd when they arrived on the scene, and I could discern no purpose for them - yet even non-fidgety people just had to have them. Now I think that I get it - it was an experiment writ large on conditioning and comliance. Each interation of the "game gets bigger in scope. Does anyone else share that observation?