What. The. Actual. FUCK. ?

Thunderbird just updated. The new version
implements a new turns on by default, without warning or explanation, a new-ish (by Thunderbird standards) " " of messages, an amazing innovation for displaying three to four times fewer messages in the same space. (FUCK YEAH PROGRESS!!! Or something.)

If you take one look at "Cards View" and think
what the FUCK is this shit and how do I go back?, here's how you turn it off. Pop down the menu from the tiny button in the top right corner of your inbox, set it back to Table View, and you're good.

Edited screen shot of Thunderbird 139.0, showing how to turn off the on-by-default "Cards View" using a drop-down menu from a tiny button at the top right of your inbox
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