@DogsB said in Today in reading the headlines...: the universe appears to have gotten unfathomably stupid in the hour after I decided to use paint stripper You didn't notice the unfathomable stupidity before you used paint stripper? I would have expected it to dull your senses, not sharpen them. Maybe it displaced the alcohol. for its intended purpose. As opposed to some unintended purpose? I suppose it might cause some sort of intoxication, but probably a very unhealthy sort.