Where are you located geographically @marshalleq ? As you can see everyone is fully aware of this issue.
Yes @esxpfe, it is known that Australia, India, and other countries are having serious difficulty connecting to the German servers hosting the forum. It has been reported to the staff, but it is up to the admins on how to proceed. I’ve checked with meta.discourse.org and what they recommend is adding a CDN such as Fastly or Bunny to insure fast access speeds for users such as yourself.
However, that is not a decision anyone can make besides those holding the keys to this forum. It remains up to them on whether they can commit a little time and money towards resolving this.