Ok fine no contentEditable, not even a little as a treat

src/app/airstrip_one/0/ministry_of_truth/components/Input.css.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { style } from "@vanilla-extract/css";
+import { style } from '@vanilla-extract/css';
 
 export const message_style = style({
 	boxSizing:       'border-box',
@@ -8,10 +8,12 @@ export const message_style = style({
 	border:          'none',
 	padding:         '0.5em',
 	fontSize:        '1em',
+	fontFamily:      'inherit',
 	color:           'magenta',
 	backgroundColor: 'black',
 	overflowWrap:    'break-word',
 	textAlign:       'center',
+	resize:          'none',
 	':focus': {
 		outline: 'none',
 	},

src/app/airstrip_one/0/ministry_of_truth/components/Input.tsx

@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 'use client'
 
-import { useEffect, useRef } from 'react';
+import { useLayoutEffect, useRef } from 'react';
 import { useSearchParams } from 'next/navigation';
 
+import comic_sans from '../../../../comic.ts';
 import { message_style } from '../components/Input.css';
 
 export default function Input() {
@@ -13,6 +14,8 @@ export default function Input() {
 		const encoded = btoa(message);
 		const new_url = `${window.location.protocol}//${window.location.host}${window.location.pathname}?e=${encoded}`;
 		window.history.replaceState(null, '', new_url);
+		input_ref.current!.style.height = "";
+		input_ref.current!.style.height = `${input_ref.current!.scrollHeight}px`;
 	}
 
 	const message = search_params.get('e') ?
@@ -22,18 +25,18 @@ export default function Input() {
 			?? 'At the apex of the pyramid comes Big Brother. Big Brother is infallible and all-powerful. Every success, every achievement, every victory, every scientific discovery, all knowledge, all wisdom, all happiness, all virtue, are held to issue directly from his leadership and inspiration.'
 		);
 
-	useEffect(() => {
+	useLayoutEffect(() => {
 		set_message(message);
 	});
 
 	return (
-		<p
+		<textarea
 			ref={input_ref}
 			className={message_style}
+			type="text"
+			rows="1"
 			onInput={() => set_message(input_ref.current!.textContent ?? '')}
-			contentEditable
-		>
-			{message}
-		</p>
+			defaultValue={message}
+		/>
 	);
 }