We've always had political spinning. And a certain amount of susceptibility to conspiracy theories, which has waxed and waned like a low grade infection. Now it is a raging epidemic.

The past four years have been a golden age, with a purveyor in chief inhabiting the White House. It will be interesting to see where American society goes from there.

These boards have been a remarkable microcosm of wider society throughout all this, with different members displaying varying levels of affinity for the deza and conspiracy theories.