Screenshot Dispatch: The Family Group Chat Has a Government Now
Every family thread eventually develops factions, message discipline, ceremonial thumbs-up use, and one member who speaks as if minutes are being kept.
The modern family chat is no longer a convenience. It is a municipality. There are factions, procedural disputes, and at least one person who responds noted like they are managing supply lines.
The thread becomes political long before anyone uses political language. One sibling is counting votes. One cousin is freelancing amendments. Somebody drops a reaction emoji with the force of a procedural objection and then disappears for six hours.
The joke lands because the governance structure was already there waiting for somebody to name it. Screenshot coverage merely performs the introduction.
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