# Sleeping through society's collapse

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleeping-through-societys-collapse/1022669>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 2, 2025, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleeping-through-societys-collapse/1022669 "2025-09-02T00:06:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2025, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleeping-through-societys-collapse/1022669/28 "2025-09-02T22:24:03Z")

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> [@ParallelLines](#):
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> First, I originally thought this was a painfully evocative P&E thread title, so I am very glad to find it’s a Cafe thread. Very.

See also

> [@Misinterpreted thread titles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/258):
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> When I first saw this thread I was pretty sure it was going to be a complaint about how many Americans are going about their business as usual while all around them the country is falling apart and they’re taking no action to prevent it. Nope. Not that at all.

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