How Dystopian Are We Going?

[Sigfried Hunin]

Well, the entire point of making a clearly defined etymology is so that everyone uses the same words to talk about the same things, which is why I posted that in the first place. That was the point of defining the vocabulary, so we'd have something to relate the terms by. That exact thing that you're doing.

So, if I understand what you're saying, you're saying that you DON'T want a Declining setting, and instead want a BRINK setting, but are, for no reason, deciding to use different terms to define both of them. Roger, carry on.

EDIT: What intermediate step were you looking for between "hanging on by a thread" and "gone"? The whole point of the phrase "hanging on by a thread" indicates that it's almost gone. What's between that?