collapse of the old society

This is one nice thing about getting older, I've met younger people I didn't even share an ethnicity with that had traits that I thought were uniquely particular to me. They're rare but they're out there. Good to know whatever makes me special is perennial. As far as carrying on family traditions I'm okay with it being a lost cause (some cousins had kids so not a complete loss) but no doubt similar enough eyes will look out on this blasted world in a dozen and a thousand generations.